University of Hyderabad No.UH/P-I/F.15/2016/ 2.090 (CATION Registrar’s Office Personnel Section - IT 19 December, 2016 Sub: Holidays to be observed in the University during the Year 2017 — Reg. Ref: 1. DoPT, GOI Office Memorandum F.No.12/8/2016-JCA-2, dt. 24.06.2016. 2. Minutes of the Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee meeting dt. 29.11.2016. 3. Vice Chancellor’s Order dated 13.12.2016. It has been decided that the following holidays will be observed in the University of Hyderabad during the year 2017. Sl.No. HOLIDAY DATE DAY 1 Republic Day January 26 Thursday 2 Ugadi March 29 ‘Wednesday 3__| Ram Navami April 05 Wednesday 4 Mahavir Jayanti April 09 Sunday 5 Good Friday April 14 Friday 6 Buddha Purnima May 10 Wednesday Te Idu’l Fitr June 26 Monday 8 Independence Day August 15 Tuesday 9 Ganesh Chaturthi August 25 Friday 10__| Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) September 02 Saturday 11__| Dussehra September 30 Saturday 12__| Muharram October 01 Sunday 13, | Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday _| October 02 Monday 14 __| Diwali (Deepavali) October 19 Thursday 15 Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 04 Saturday 16 | Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad | December 02 Saturday (birthday of Prophet Mohammed) 17__| Christmas Day December 25 Monday Page 1 of 3In addition each employee will also be allowed to avail himself / herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him / her out of the following Restricted Holidays List of Restricted Holidays - 2017 SL._No. HOLIDAY DATE DAY 1l New Year’s Day January 01 Sunday 2 Guru Govind Singh’s January 05 Thursday Birthday 3 Makar Sankranti January 14 Saturday 4 Basant Panchami / Sri February 01 ‘Wednesday Panchami 5 Guru Ravidas’s Birthday February 10 Friday 6 __| Shivaji Jayanti February 19 Sunday 7 | Swami Dayananda Saraswati | February 21 Tuesday Jayanti 8 Holika Dahan / Dolyatra March 12 Sunday 9 Holi March 13 Monday 10 Chaitra Shukladi / Gudi March 28 Tuesday Padva / Ugadi / Cheti Chand 11 Ram Navami April 04 Tuesda’ 12 ~_| Hazarat Ali’s Birthday April 11 Tuesday 13 Vaisakhi / Vishu April 13 Thursday 14__| Mesadi April 14 Friday 15 | Vaisakhadi Bengal) / Bahag | April 15 Saturday Bihu (Assam) 16 __| Easter Sunday April 16 Sunday 17 Guru Ravindranath’s Birthday | May 09 Tuesday 18 | Jamat-Ul-Vida June 23 Friday 19 | Rath Yatra June 25 Sunday 20 Bonalu July 10 Monday 21 __| Varalakshmi Vratham August 04 Friday 22__| Raksha Bandhan August 07 Monday _ 23 Janmashtami (Vaishnav) August 15 Tuesday 24 __| Parsi New year’s day / Nauraj | August 17 Thursday 25 ‘| Vinayaka Chaturthi / Ganesh | August 25 Friday Chaturthi 26__| Onam September 04 Monday 27 ‘| Dussehra (Maha Saptami) September 27 Wednesday (additional)SL. No. HOLIDAY DATE DAY 28 | Dussehra (Maha Ashtami/ | September 28 Thursday Bathukamma 29 | Dussehra (Maha Navmi) September 29 Friday 30 _ | Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday _| October 05 Thursday 31 Karaka Chaturthi (Karva October 08 Sunday Chouth) 32___| Deepawali (South India) October 18 ‘Wednesday ae: ‘Naraka Chaturdasi October 18 Wednesday 34 Govardhan Puja October 20 Friday 35__| Bhai Duj October 21 Saturday 36 Pratihar Sashthi or Surya October 26 Thursday Sashthi (Chhat Puja) 37 | Guru Teg Bahadur’s November 24 Friday Martyrdom Day 38 Christmas Eve December 24 Sunday 3. No substitute holiday will be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall ona weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day. 4. The date of holiday shall change, if necessary, based on the decision of the Central Government Employees’ Welfare Co-ordination Committee (CGEWCC), in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad. To All Concerned University Webmaster - with a request to upload it on the website.