Tamil Nadu Government 2013 Holiday List

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
                       2012

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.981, Dated the 19th November 2012

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 2013— Orders issued.

Read :

1.    G.O.Ms.No.994, Public (Misc) Department, dated 20.10.2011.
2.    Reserve Bank of India letter reference No. HRMD (Che)/ 7576/03.02.091/2011-12 dated 09.05.2012.

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 2013:-

   (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 01.04.2013 and Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts on 30.09.2013).

   (b)    All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2013.

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

(By order of the Governor)

   DEBENDRANATH SARANGI,
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 2013.

SI. No	Public Holidays	Date	Day
1	New Year’s Day	01.01.2013	Tuesday
2	Pongal	14.01.2013	Monday
3	Thiruvalluvar Day	15.01.2013	Tuesday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	16.01.2013	Wednesday
5.	Meelad-un-Nabi	25.01.2013	Friday
6	Republic Day	26.01.2013	Saturday
7	Good Friday	29.03.2013	Friday
8	*Annual closing of Accounts forCommercial Banks & Co-operativeBanks	01.04.2013	Monday
9.	Telugu New Year’s Day	11.04.2013	Thursday
10	Tamil New Year’s Day andDr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday	14.04.2013	Sunday
11	Mahaveer Jayanthi	24.04.2013	Wednesday
12	May Day	01.05.2013	Wednesday
13	Ramzan	09.08.2013	Friday
14	Independence Day	15.08.2013	Thursday
15	Krishna Jayanthi	28.08.2013	Wednesday
16	Vinayakar Chathurthi	09.09.2013	Monday
17	*Half yearly closing of Accounts forCommercial Banks & Co-operativeBanks	30.09.2013	Monday
18	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2013	Wednesday
19	Ayutha Pooja	13.10.2013	Sunday
20	Vijaya Dasami	14.10.2013	Monday
21	Bakrid	16.10.2013	Wednesday
22	Deepavali	02.11.2013	Saturday
23	Muharram	14.11.2013	Thursday
24	Christmas	25.12.2013	Wednesda

Source: http://www.tn.gov.in/gosdb/gorders/public/public_e_981_2012.pdf