Holidays list 2024: Telangana releases list of general, optional

Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has issued the list of general and optional holidays for the year 2024.

The State government informed the public that all its offices shall remain closed on all Sundays and second Saturdays in all the months of 2024, except the second Saturday (February 10, 2024) in February, which will be a working day instead of a public holiday declared on January 1, 2024.

“The Government of Telangana hereby notifies that during the year 2024, the days specified in Annexure-I shall be observed as general holidays by all the State government offices including the days for occasions/festivals which fall on Sundays and also notify optional holidays for State government offices as shown in Annexure-II including the days for occasions/festivals which are falling on Sundays,” the government informed in a public notice on Tuesday.

5 optional holidays

In addition to the aforementioned general holidays in Annexure-I, the State government employees may avail themselves of optional holidays not exceeding five during the year 2024 on the festivals/occasions specified in Annexure-II to this order, at their option and irrespective of the religion to which the festival pertains.

Permission to avail of any of these holidays shall be applied for, in writing in advance and will normally be granted by the superior officer competent to grant casual leave except when the presence of an individual employee is considered necessary in exigencies of government work.

The Government also directs that General Holidays shall not ipso-facto apply to the Industrial Establishment and Public Undertakings under the control of the State government, the workmen engaged in Public Works Departments and educational institutions in the state.

Separate orders regarding the festivals/occasions when these institutions observe holidays shall be issued by the concerned administrative department of the Secretariat.

The holidays for Idu’l Fitar, Idu’l Azha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad will be informed to the public as per changes, if any, as per the moon sighting.

Here’s the list of holidays declared by the Telangana State: