GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH SERVICES NURSING SECTION SWASTHYA BHAWAN, 1°” FLOOR, WING-‘A’ SALT LAKE CITY, KOLKATA-700092 Memo No.HNG/4T--64/Pt1/ ly Date: 89. 81618 It has been decided that the Nursing Staff of all categories belonging to WBNS/WBGS Cadre willbe eligible to enjoy the following 27(twenty seven) holidays for the year 2018. UST OF HOUDAYS 1. New Year’s Day :1Uanuary, Monday 2. Birthday of Swami Vevekananda 12" January, Friday 3. Saraswati Puja (Sree Panchami) 22" January, Monday 4. Netaji’s Birthday 23°? January, Tuesday 5. Republic Day 26" January, Friday 6. Shivaratri 14" February, Wednesday 7. Doljatra :2™ March, Friday 8. Good Friday :30" March, Friday. 9. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Birthday 4" April, Saturday 10. Bengali New Year Day 215" April, Sunday 1. May Day 21" May, Tuesday 12. Rabindranath’s Birthday :9" May, Wednesday 13. 1D-UL-Fitra 16" June, Saturday 14, Independence Day : 15" August, Wednesday 15. In-UD-Joha(Bakrid) : 22" August, Wednesday 16. Janmastami 3° September, Monday 17. Muharram 224% September, Friday 18. Birthday of Gandhiji 2" October, Tuesday 19. Mahalaya : 8" October, Monday 20. Durga Puja Saptami 16" October, Tuesday Asthami 17" October, Wednesday Nabami : 18" October, Thursday Vijaya Dasami 19" October, Friday 21. Laxmi Puja 24" October, Wednesday 22. Kali Puja 6" November, Tuesday 23. Bhatridwitiya +9" November, Friday 24. Christmas Day : 25" December, Tuesday The admissibility of these halidays shall be subjected to the following conditions. 1) Individual nurses who may not however, be allowed to enjoy any of aforesaid holidays in the interest of public service, will be credited with one days’ compensatory leave for each such holiday. a) The compensatory leave must be applied for and sanctioned in advance. Failure to comply with this condition will make @ nurse liable to forfeiture of the benefit of compensatory leave. Page 1 of 2b) Persons, who are on any kind of regular leave or on unauthorized leave on the prescribed holidays, shall not be entitled to compensatory leave in lieu of the said holidays. ) (i) Compensatory leave earned by a nurse may be availed of in conjunction with off day/casual leave/admissible holiday, provided that, the total number of days on which she may be absent on different kinds of leave, off day or holidays taken together shall not exceed three (3) days, but whom such leave off day etc., are combined with the Durga Puja Holidays the total period of absence may be extended up to seven (7) days. (ii) Compensatory leave so admissible shall not be prefixed or fixed with regular leave of any kind. d) The compensatory leave shall be availed of within a period of three (3) months from the date on which the leave is earned, failing which, the leave so earned shall be lapse provided, however, if such leave duly applied for, is not granted by the authorities concerned owing the exigencies of service, the leave shall be availed of within a period of six (6) months from the date on which the leave is earned after Which the leave so earned shall lapse. 2. Of the four (4) holidays admissible on account of Durga Puja, minimum of two (2) days should be granted to the Nursing Staff within a period of twenty seven(27) days (i.e. upto Kali Puja) from the date of commencement of the Puja Holidays. The remaining two(2) days will be admissible according to the conditions laid down in para-l above. 3. Holidays falling on the fixed off day will not be counted towards compensatory leave. re Director of Health serie, La Secctary Government of West Bengal Page 2 of 2