Hyderabad: The Telangana government has given permission to all Muslim employees to leave work an hour early during the month of Ramzan from 3 April to 2 May.
Employees can leave at 4 p.m to perform the necessary rituals, except when their presence is required due to exigencies of services during the said period.
The permission has been given after Telangana State Minorities Employees Service Association (TSMESA) wrote to the government seeking the same.
The order signed by state chief secretary Somesh Kumar added that Muslims will be granted an hour's permission during the period "except when their presence is required to exigencies of services".