TN Order: Public Holidays for the year 2021

Public Holidays in Tamil Nadu for the year 2021

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
2020

MANUSCRIPT SERIES

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.554, Dated the 27th October 2020

Holidays – Public Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the State Government Offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu for the year 2021 – Orders issued.

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS)DEPARTMENT

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.762, Public (Misc) Department, dated 22.10.2019.
2. Reserve Bank of India letter No.HRMD (Che)/277/03.02.091/2020-21, dated:25.08.2020.

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ORDER:

The Government of Tamil Nadu pass the following orders in regard to the observance of Holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2021:

(I) Public Holidays: The Holidays declared under the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) indicated in the notification appended to this order will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

(ii) Government Holidays: The Government direct that all the offices under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu be closed on

(a) The dates specified in the notification appended to this
order (except Annual Closing of Bank Accounts on 01.04.2021)
(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2021.

2. The above notified Public Holidays shall also apply to all State Government Undertakings / Corporations / Boards, etc.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K. SHANMUGAM
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

APPENDIX
NOTIFICATION

Under the “Explanation” to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) read with Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No.20-25-26, Public-1, dated the 8th June 1957, the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby declares that, in addition to “Sundays” expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said “Explanation”, the following days shall be Public Holidays for the year 2021.

ANNEXURE

* Applicable only to Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K. SHANMUGAM
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

 

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Public Holidays	Date	Day
New Year’s Day	01.01.2021	Friday
Pongal	14.01.2021	Thursday
Thiruvalluvar Day	15.01.2021	Friday
Uzhavar Thirunal	16.01.2021	Saturday
Republic Day	26.01.2021	Tuesday
* Annual closing of Accounts for   Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks	01.04.2021	Thursday
Good Friday	02.04.2021	Friday
Telugu New Year’s Day	13.04.2021	Tuesday
Tamil   New Year’s Day and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday	14.04.2021	Wednesday
Mahaveer Jayanthi	25.04.2021	Sunday
May Day	01.05.2021	Saturday
Ramzan (Idul Fitr)	14.05.2021	Friday
Bakrid (Idul Azha)	21.07.2021	Wednesday
Independence Day	15.08.2021	Sunday
Muharram	20.08.2021	Friday
Krishna Jayanthi	30.08.2021	Monday
Vinayakar Chathurthi	10.09.2021	Friday
Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2021	Saturday
Ayutha Pooja	14.10.2021	Thursday
Vijaya Dasami	15.10.2021	Friday
Milad-un-Nabi	19.10.2021	Tuesday
Deepavali	04.11.2021	Thursday
Christmas	25.12.2021	Saturday