File No.

CON/HR-eOF/0104(1)/1/2019-CO

मानव संसाधन नीित

HR POLICY

CON/HR/ E-office-computer No.5867 17 December 2021

Subject: Holidays to be observed in CONCOR Corporate Office and Cluster Offices

during the Calendar Year 2022.

1. The List of closed Holidays (3 National Holidays and 5 other Closed Holidays) to be observed
in Corporate Office and Cluster Offices during the Calendar Year 2022 is enclosed as per
Annexure-I.
2. Besides the closed Holidays the employees can also avail 6 Open Holidays which may be
availed by them in a calendar for any purpose. The list of Holidays in lieu of which above
Open Holidays are allowed to the employees are also provided in Annexure-I.
3. In view of above, the effective holidays declared by CONCOR for the year 2022 for
Corporate Office and all Cluster Offices are as per following:

Holidays Number of Applicability

Holidays

Closed 8 Closed Holidays Three National Holidays and Five Other Closed Holidays
Holidays
Open 6 Open Holidays Six prescribed Open Holidays may be availed or in lieu
Holidays thereof it can be availed by the employee for any purpose
in the calendar Year 2022.
Total 14

4. Besides above Holidays the employees can also avail two Restricted Holidays in the Calendar
Year from the list of Restricted Holidays provided at Annexure-II. The list of Restricted
Holidays appended to this circular is meant for CONCOR Offices located in Delhi/ New Delhi.
The respective Area Head may draw up a separate list of Restricted Holidays for CONCOR
offices in other states keeping in view the occasions of local importance.
5. The modalities for regulating Open Holidays are provided at Annexure-III.

6. The above Holidays shall be made applicable for employees posted at Corporate Office and
Cluster Offices only. For terminals separate provision of Holidays will be applicable and the
instructions will be issued separately. The holidays for the staff on roster posted at
Corporate Office and Cluster offices will be regulated as per the provision for Holidays in
terminals.
This has been issued with the approval of the competent authority.

Dy. General Manager (HR)

Circulation:
1. EA to CMD-for kind information of CMD
2. EAs to All Directors & CVO- for kind information of All Directors & CVO
3. All Functional Heads at Corporate Office
4. All Area Heads/ Cluster Heads/Terminal Heads
5. All HR Vertical Heads
6. CONCOR Employees Union
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Annexure-I

List of Holidays for the Calendar Year-2022(CO & Clusters)

National Holidays

S.No Holidays Date Day

1. Republic Day January 26 Wednesday

2. Independence Day August 15 Monday

3. Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday October 02 Sunday

Other Closed Holidays

4. Holi March 18 Friday

5. Idu’l Fitr May 03 Tuesday

6. Dussehra October 05 Wednesday

7. Diwali October 24 Monday

8. Christmas Day December 25 Sunday

Open Holidays
(In lieu of which Holiday may be availed for any purpose by the employee)
1. Maha Shivratri March 01 Tuesday

2. Good Friday April 15 Friday

3. Budha Purnima May 16 Monday

4. Muharram August 09 Tuesday

5. Janmashtami August 19 Friday

6. Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 08 Tuesday

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Annexure-II

List of Restricted Holidays for the Calendar Year 2022

S.No Holiday Date Day

1 New Year’s Day January 01 Saturday
2 Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday January 09 Sunday
3 Lohri January 13 Thursday
4 Makar Sankranti/Magha Bihu/Pongal January 14 Friday
5 Basant Panchami/Sri Panchami February 05 Saturday
6 Hazarat Ali’s Birthday February 15 Tuesday
7 Guru Ravi Das’s Birthday February 16 Wednesday
8 Shiva ji Jayanti February 19 Saturday
9 Swami Dayananda Saraswati Jayanti February 26 Saturday
10 Holika Dahan March 17 Thursday
11 Dolyatra March 18 Friday
12 Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/ April 02 Saturday
Cheti Chand
13 Ram Navami April 10 Sunday
14 Vaisakhi/Vishu/Meshadi April 14 Thursday
15 Mahavir Jayanti April 14 Thursday
16 Vaisakhadi(Bengal)/Bahag Bihu(Assam) April 15 Friday
17 Easter Sunday April 17 Sunday
18 Jamat-Ul-Vida April 29 Friday
19 Guru Rabindranath’s Birthday May 09 Monday
20 Rath Yatra July 01 Friday
21 Id-ul-Zuha(Bakrid) July 10 Sunday
22 Raksha Bandhan August 11 Thursday
23 Parsi New Year’s Day/Nauraj August 16 Tuesday
24 Janmashtami(Smarta) August 18 Thursday
25 Vinayaka Chaturthi/Ganesh Chaturthi August 31 Wednesday
26 Onam or Thiru Onam Day September 08 Thursday
27 Dussehra (Saptami) October 02 Sunday
28 Dussehra (Mahashtami) October 03 Monday
29 Dussehra (Mahanavami) October 04 Tuesday
30 Maharishi Valmiki’s Birthday October 09 Sunday
31 Milad-un-Nabi or Id-e-Milad(Birthday of October 09 Sunday
Prophet Mohammad)
32 Karaka Chaturthi (Karwa Chouth) October 13 Thursday
33 Naraka Chaturdasi October 24 Monday
34 Govardhan Puja October 25 Tuesday
35 Bhai Duj October 26 Wednesday
36 Pratihar Sashthi or Surya Sashthi October 30 Sunday
(Chhat Puja)
37 Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day November 24 Thursday
38 Christmas Eve December 24 Saturday
39 Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday December 29 Thursday
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Annexure-III

Modalities for Regulating Open Holidays for the Calendar Year 2022

The modalities for regulating Open Holidays at CONCOR Corporate Office and Cluster Offices
during the Calendar Year 2022 are provided below:

S.No. Modality Method of Regulation

1. Method of Regulating In case of CO/Cluster 6 Open Holidays apart
Holidays on transfer of an from 8 Closed Holidays are allowed while in
employee from Corporate case of terminals 14 Closed Holidays are
Office/ Cluster Office to allowed.
terminal and from If an employee is transferred from CO/Cluster
terminal to Corporate office to terminal then from the date of his
Office/Cluster Office. joining at terminal the Holidays allowed at
concerned terminal may be allowed to the
employee. Further, if an employee is transferred
from terminal to CO/cluster office then the
holidays already availed by the employee in the
terminal (except Closed Holidays prescribed for
CO/Cluster office) may be deducted from total 6
Open Holidays applicable in CO/Cluster office
and the remaining number of Holidays may be
allowed to the employee.
2. Open Holidays for Employees joining during the year may be
employees joining during allowed Open Holidays on proportionate basis.
the year.
3. Number of open holidays There is no limit on the number of open
allowed to the employees holidays to be allowed to the employees at one
at a stretch and clubbing stretch. The 6 Open Holidays can be clubbed
of Open Holidays in a row and further other holidays can also be clubbed
for any kind of familial with these open holidays.
function.
4. Procedure for availing If an employee desires to avail Open Holiday on
Open Holidays. the concerned Holiday itself as mentioned
above, then the same may be availed by them
with intimation to concerned HR Department
through controlling officer and on availing the
Holiday the number of Open Holidays allowed to
the employee will be debited accordingly.
However, if an employee desires to avail Open
Holiday on any day other than the concerned
Holiday mentioned above then the employee is
required to apply for Open Holiday in writing
mentioning the reasons/purpose thereof similar
to the process for applying for restricted
Holidays.