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 2012 - Orders issued.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
2011

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms. No.994, Dated the 20th October 2011

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 2012 - Orders issued.

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.911, Public (Misc) Department, dated 01.10.2010.

2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No. DAPM (Che)/307/03.02.091/2011-12 dated 12.07.2011.

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 2012:-

   (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 02.04.2012 and Half Yearly Closing of Bank Accounts on 29.09.2012).

   (b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2012.

   2. The above Public Holidays notified 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 2012.

ANNEXURE

S.NO	FESTIVAL	DATE	DAY
1.	New Year’s Day	01.01.2012	Sunday
2.	Pongal	15.01.2012	Sunday
3.	Thiruvalluvar Day	16.01.2012	Monday
4.	UzhavarThirunal	17.01.2012	Tuesday
5.	Republic Day	26.01 .2012	Thursday
6.	Meelad-un-Nabi	05.02.2012	Sunday
7.	Telugu New Year’s Day	23.03.2012	Friday
8.	Annual closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks*	02.04.2012	Monday
9.	Mahaveer Jayanthi	05.04.2012	Thursday
10.	Good Friday	06.04.2012	Friday
11.	Tamil New Year’s Day	13.04.2012	Friday
12.	Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Birthday	14.04.2012	Saturday
13.	May Day	01.05.2012	Tuesday
14.	Independence Day	15.08.2012	Wednesday
15.	Ramzan	20.08.2012	Monday
16.	Krishna Jayanthi	08.09.2012	Saturday
17.	Vinayakar Chathurthi	19.09.2012	Wednesday
18.	Half yearly closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks*	29.09.2012	Saturday
19.	Gandhi Jayanthi	02.10.2012	Tuesday
20.	Ayutha Pooja	23.10.2012	Tuesday
21.	Vijaya Dasami	24.10.2012	Wednesday
22.	Bakrid	27.10.2012	Saturday
23.	Deepavali	13.11.2012	Tuesday
24.	Muharram	25.11.2012	Sunday
25.	Christmas	25.12.2012	Tuesday

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

DEBENDRANATH SARANGI,
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

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