West Bengal Govt Calendar 2023 PDF Summary
Dear readers, today we are going to offer the West Bengal Govt Calendar 2023 PDF Download for all of you. As you know guys that the government of West Bengal released the holiday list for the state of West Bengal for the year 2023. Therefore here we are presenting a complete list of the West Bengal govt calendar 2023 pdf.
This calendar will be very valuable and useful for those people who work in any government department in the state of West Bengal. If you are one of them and also searching for this list on the web then this article will also prove to be very useful for you.
Through the given list of holidays, you can easily see the complete government holidays in 2023 that will fall in West Bengal. Some of which are as follows – Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda, Netaji’s Birthday, Republic Day, Saraswati Puja, Doljatra, Birth Day of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) etc.
West Bengal Government Calendar 2023 PDF Download
Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road
Howrah-711102
No. 4331-F(P2)
Howrah, the 21st October 2022.
NOTIFICATION
- In exercise of the power conferred by the explanation to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), read with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Notification No. 20/25/56-pub(l) dated the 8th June 1957 the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List-1 below to be Public Holidays during the year 2023.
- The Governor is also pleased to notify that the offices under the Government of West Bengal with the exception of the offices of the Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata and Collector of the Stamp Revenue, Kolkata shall be closed on the days as specified in List-II below which are not declared to be public holidays, during the year 2023.
- Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified in List-III may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2023 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.
West Bengal Govt / Public Holiday List 2023 PDF
| List-I (Public Holidays in 2023 under the N. I. Act) | ||
| Festival | Date | Day |
| Birth Day of Swami Vivekananda | 12 Jan 2023 | Thursday |
| Netaji’s Birthday | 23 Jan 2023 | Monday |
| Republic Day | 26 Jan2023 | Thursday |
| Saraswati Puja [Sree Panchami] | 26 Jan 2023 | Thursday |
| Doljatra | 7 March 2023 | Tuesday |
| Mahavir Jayanti | 4 April 2023 | Tuesday |
| Good Friday | 7 April 2023 | Friday |
| Birth Day of Dr B. R. Ambedkar | 14 April 2023 | Friday |
| Bengali New Year’s Day (Nababarsha) | 15 April 2023 | Saturday |
| Eid-UI-Fitr | 22 April 2023 | Saturday |
| May Day | 1 May 2023 | Monday |
| Buddha Purnima | 5 May 2023 | Friday |
| Birth Day of Rabindranath Tagore | 9 May 2023 | Tuesday |
| Id-Ud-Zoha (Bakrid) | 29 June 2023 | Thursday |
| Muharram | 29 July 2023 | Saturday |
| Independence Day | 15 Aug 2023 | Tuesday |
| Birth Day of Gandhiji | 2 October 2023 | Monday |
| Mahalaya | 14 October 2023 | Saturday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Saptami | 21 October 2023 | Saturday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Nabami | 23 October 2023 | Monday |
| Durga Puja, Dasami | 24 October 2023 | Tuesday |
| Lakshmi Puja | 28 October 2023 | Saturday |
| Bhratridwitiya | 15 Nov 2023 | Wednesday |
| Birth Day of Guru Nanak | 27 Nov 2023 | Monday |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec 2023 | Monday |
Yearly Closing of Bank Account: 1st April (Saturday) (for Banks only)
(Note: The Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holidays including Treasuries, Sub-Treasuries shall remain open).
Govt of West Bengal Calendar 2023 PDF
| List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2023) | ||
| Festival | Date | day |
| Day before Saraswati Puja | 25 Jan 2023 | Wednesday |
| Birth Day of Thakur Panchanan Barma | 14 Feb 2023 | Tuesday |
| Shivaratri | 18 Feb 2023 | Saturday |
| Holi (Day after Doljatra) | 8 Mar 2023 | Wednesday |
| Day before Eid-UI-Fitr | 21 Apr 2023 | Friday |
| Rathayatra | 20 June 2023 | Tuesday |
| Birth Day of Poet Bhanu Bhakt (for Darjeeling & Kalimpong District only) | 13 July 2023 | Thursday |
| Rakhi Bandhan | 30 Aug 2023 | Wednesday |
| Janmashtami | 6 Sep 2023 | Wednesday |
| Fateha-Dwaz-Daham | 28 Sep 2023 | Thursday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Chaturthi | 18 Oct 2023 | Wednesday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Panchami | 19 Oct 2023 | Thursday |
| Durga Puja, Maha Shashthi | 20 Oct 2023 | Friday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 25 Oct 2023 | Wednesday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 26 Oct 2023 | Thursday |
| Additional Day for Durga Puja | 27 Oct 2023 | Friday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 13 Nov 2023 | Monday |
| Additional Day for Kali Puja | 14 Nov 2023 | Tuesday |
| Birth Day of Birsa Munda | 15 Nov 2023 | Wednesday |
| Day after Bhratridwitiya | 16 Nov2023 | Thursday |
| Additional Day for Chhat Puja | 20 Nov 2023 | Monday |
(####) Birth Day of Pandit Raghunath Murmu falls on 5″ May, Friday, which is a holiday under N. I. Act and therefore has not been shown separately in List-II.
List III (Sectional Holidays in 2023)
| Easter Saturday | 8 April (Saturday) [for Christians only] |
| Hui Diwas | 30″ June (Friday) [for Adivasi (Santhal)only.] |
| Karam Puja | To be notified later on |
($$) Shab-e-Barat, Sectional Holiday for Muslim Community falls on 8th March 2023 (Wednesday), which is a Holiday under State Government & therefore has not been shown separately in List-III.
Note:
- Sundays are holidays under the Negotiable Instrument Act.
- In the year 2023, the following festivals/occasions fall on Sundays which are Public Holidays under N. I. Act and hence have not been included in lists:
| i) New Year’s Day | 1st January 2023 – Sunday |
| ii) Birth Day of Guru Rabidas (for the followers of Guru Rabidas) | 5th February 2023 – Sunday |
| iii) Birth Day of Shri Shri Harichand Thakur (Madhu Krishna TroyodashiTithi) | 19th March 2023 – Sunday |
| iv) Durga Puja Maha Ashtami | 22nd October 2023 – Sunday |
| v) Kali Puja | 12th November 2023 – Sunday |
| vi) Chhat Puja | 19th November 2023 – Sunday |
3. The holiday with double asterisk marks i.e. (**) is applicable to those Government Offices only where Saturdays are not observed as full holidays.
4. General instructions as laid down hereunder are to be followed in case of Muslim festivals.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED IN ALL TYPES OF HOLIDAYS INCLUDING HOLIDAYS FOR THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS
1) No substitute holiday shall be allowed if any of the festival – holidays initially notified subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non-working day or in the event of more than one festival falling on the same day.
2) If there is any change in the date of Eid-UI-Fitr, Id-Ud-Zoha, Muharram, Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, Shab- e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, the holiday will be declared by a separate order for the date on which the festival would be actually observed in lieu of the date originally notified as a holiday for this festival.
3) It may happen that the change of date of the abovementioned occasions has to be notified at very short notice. In such a situation, announcements would be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / News Papers and Heads of Department / Offices of the State Government may take action according to such announcements without waiting for formal order about the change of date.
By order of the Governor,
Sd/- Dr Manoj Pant
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal
No. 4331/1(500)-F(P,)
Howrah, the 21″ October 2022.
Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:
- The Principal Accountant General {A&E), West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata — 700 001.
- The Principal Accountant General (Audit) West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata — 700 001.
- The Accountant General (Receipts, Works and Local Bodies Audit), West Bengal, C.G.O. Complex, 3rd M.S.O. Buildings, 5th Floor, Block-DF, Sector-I, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 064.
- The Principal Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal.
- The Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal.
- The P. S. to Hon’ble M. 0. S. (I.C.), Finance Department, Government of West Bengal.
- The Resident Commissioner, Government of West Bengal, A/2, State Emporia Buildings, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
- The Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary………………………………… (All Departments).
- The Commissioner…………………………………Division(AII).
- The Special Secretary/Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary, Finance Department.
- 11) The………………………………… Department/Directorate.
- The Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal, The New India Assurance Buildings, 4 Lyons Range, Kolkata – 700 001.
- The District Magistrate/District Judge/Superintendent of Police………………………………… (AII).
- 14) The Sub-Divisional Officer………………………………… (AII).
- The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-I, 81/2/2, Phears Lane, Kolkata – 700 012.
- The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-II, P-1, Hyde Lane, Jawahar Buildings, Kolkata – 700073.
- The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-Ill, lB. Market, Sector-Ill, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 106.
- The Registrar & D.D.O., Finance (Accounts) Department, West Bengal Secretariat, Nabanna, Howrah-711 102.
- The Accounts Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700 091.
- Treasury Officer,______________________________________________.
- Sri Sumit Mitra, Network Administrator, Finance Department, for uploading this Notification to the Finance Department Website.
Secretary – 21/10/2022
to the Government of West Bengal
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