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GENERAL HOLIDAY LIST 2010

Circular No.126 08.12.2009

All members of the Chamber

We reproduce below the following Notifications I & II issued by the

Government of Karnataka regarding the General Holidays / Holidays declared
under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for your information and record.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully

T.S. Sampath Kumar

Secretary General

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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

NO.DPAR 7 HHL 2009 Karnataka Government Secretariat

Vidhana Soudha
Bangalore, dated 07.12.2009

NOTIFICATION – I

The following list of General Holidays sanctioned by the Government for the
year 2010 is published for general information.

All Second Saturdays, Sundays and the following days.

1. 14.01.2010 Thursday Uttarayana Punyakala Makara

Sankranti
2. 26.01.2010 Tuesday Republic Day
3. 12.02.2010 Friday Maha Shivaratri
4. 27.02.2010 Saturday Id-milad
5. 16.03.2010 Tuesday Chandramana Ugadi
6. 02.04.2010 Friday Good Friday
7. 14.04.2010 Wednesday Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi
8. 01.05.2010 Saturday May Day
9. 10.09.2010 Friday Khutub-E-Ramzan
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10. 02.10.2010 Saturday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi

11. 07.10.2010 Thursday Mahalaya Amavasye
12. 16.10.2010 Saturday Mahanavami, Ayudha Pooja
13. 01.11.2010 Monday Kannada Rajyotsava
14. 05.11.2010 Friday Naraka Chaturdashi
15. 06.11.2010 Saturday Balipadyami Deepavali
16. 17.11.2010 Wednesday Bakrid
17. 24.11.2010 Wednesday Kanakadasa Jayanthi
18. 17.12.2010 Friday Last Day of Moharam
19. 25.12.2010 Saturday Christmas

Note :

1) This list does not include Mahaveera Jayanthi (28.03.2010), Basava

Jayanthi (16.05.2010), Independence day (15.08.2010), Vijayadasami
(17.10.2010), which falls on Sundays.

2) Government Offices will be closed through out the State on General

Holidays. However Heads of Department should make necessary
arrangements for the discharge of urgent work.

3) If any of the Muslim Holidays notified above does not fall on the date
notified Muslims in Government Service may be granted Holiday on the
date of observance in lieu of the holidays already notified.

4) Local holidays, are declared for Kodagu District only on account of

Huthri Festival on 23.11.2010 (Tuesday).

5) Separate list of Holidays will be published by the Commissioner of

Public Instructions Bangalore for the Education Department.

6) In addition to the General holidays, the State Government Employees

may utilise any of the Restricted Holidays not exceeding two days
during the year 2010 with previous permission from the authority who
is authorised to sanction casual leave.

By order and in the name of

The Governor of Karnataka

Sd/-
K.V. RAMA
Under Secretary to Government
Dept. of Personnel & Administrative Reforms
(State Protocol-1)

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ANNEXURE TO NOTIFICATION – I

LIST OF RESTRICTED HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT

EMPLOYEES FOR THE YEAR 2010.

1. 01.01.2010 Friday New Year Day

2. 20.03.2010 Saturday Devara Dasimayya Jayanthi
3. 24.03.2010 Wednesday Sriramanavami
4. 03.04.2010 Saturday Holisaturday
5. 20.04.2010 Tuesday Shri Ramanujacharya Jayanti
6. 18.05.2010 Tuesday Shri Shankaracharya Jayanti
7. 27.05.2010 Thursday Budda Poornima
8. 28.07.2010 Wednesday Shab-E-Barat
9. 20.08.2010 Friday Shri Varamahalakshmi Vrata
10. 23.08.2010 Monday Rug Upakarma
11. 24.08.2010 Tuesday Yujur Upakarma
12. 01.09.2010 Wednesday Shri Krishna Janmashtami
13. 03.09.2010 Friday Jamat-Ul-Vida
14. 07.09.2010 Tuesday Shab-e-khader
15. 21.09.2010 Tuesday Ananth Padmanabha Vrata
16. 18.10.2010 Monday Tula Sankramana
17. 23.11.2010 Tuesday Huttari Festival
18. 24.12.2010 Friday Christmas Eve

This list does not include Shri Madhvanavami (24.01.2010), Basava Jayanthi
(16.05.2010), Thiru Onam (19.09.2010) and Gurunanak Jayanthi
(21.11.2010), which falls on Sunday and Swarna Gowri Vrata which falls on
Second Saturdays.

By order and in the name of

The Governor of Karnataka

Sd/-
K.V. RAMA
Under Secretary to Government
Dept. of Personnel & Administrative Reforms
(State Protocol-1)

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NOTIFICATION – II

Under the explanation of Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

(Act No.XXVI of 1881) read with Notification No.20/25/26/Pub-I dated
15.06.1957 of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, the
following shall be Public Holidays throughout the State of Karnataka during
the year 2010.

All Sundays and the following days.

1. 14.01.2010 Thursday Uttarayana Punyakala Makara

Sankranti
2. 26.01.2010 Tuesday Republic Day
3. 12.02.2010 Friday Maha Shivaratri
4. 27.02.2010 Saturday Id-Milad
5. 16.03.2010 Tuesday Chandramana Ugadi
6. 01.04.2010 Thursday Yearly closing of Bank Accounts
7. 02.04.2010 Friday Good Friday
8. 14.04.2010 Wednesday Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi
9. 01.05.2010 Saturday May Day
10. 10.09.2010 Friday Khutub-E-Ramzan
11. 11.09.2010 Saturday Varasiddhi Vinayaka Vrata
12. 30.09.2010 Thursday Half yearly closing of Bank Accounts
13. 02.10.2010 Saturday Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
14. 07.10.2010 Thursday Mahalaya Amavasye
15. 16.10.2010 Saturday Mahanavami, Ayudha Pooja
16. 01.11.2010 Monday Kannada Rajyotsava
17. 05.11.2010 Friday Naraka Chaturdashi
18. 06.11.2010 Saturday Balipadyami Deepavali
19. 17.11.2010 Wednesday Bakrid
20. 24.11.2010 Wednesday Kanakadasa Jayanthi
21. 17.12.2010 Friday Last Day of Moharam
22. 25.12.2010 Saturday Christmas

1) This list does not include Mahaveera Jayanthi (28.03.2010), Basava

Jayanthi (16.05.2010), Independence day (15.08.2010), Vijayadasami
(17.10.2010), which falls on Sundays.

2) These holidays are declared for closing of Accounts of Commercial

Banks and Co-operative Banks. The Reserve Bank of India will be
functioning on these days. All the Offices of the Reserve Bank will,
therefore remain closed for public transactions on July 01. However,
December 31 will be a working day for Reserve Bank of India.

By order and in the name of

The Governor of Karnataka

Sd/-
K.V. RAMA
Under Secretary to Government
Dept. of Personnel & Administrative Reforms
(State Protocol-1)

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