GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU                                                                                                                                 MANUSCRIPT SERIES

2017

PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT 
G.O.Ms-No.937, Dated the 7th November 2017
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Holidays - Public Holidays under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for the State Government Offices and all Commercial Banks including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu for the year 2018 - Orders issued.

Read:

1. G.O.Ms.No.893, Public (Miscellaneous) Department, dated 14.11.2016.

2. Reserve Bank of India letter reference No. HRMD (Che)/4054/03.02.091/2016-17, dated    28.06.2017

ORDER:

The Government of Tamil Nadu pass the following orders in regard to the observance of Holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2018:-

(i) Public Holidays: The Holidays declared under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) indicated in the notification appended to this order will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

(ii) Government Holidays: The Government direct that all the offices under the control of the Government of Tamil Nadu be closed on

(a) The dates specified in the notification appended to this order (except Annual Closing of Bank Accounts on 01.04.2018)

(b) All Saturdays and Sundays in the year 2018.

2. The above notified Public Holidays shall also be applicable to all State Government Undertakings / Corporations / Boards, etc.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)                                                        

                                                                                            GIRIJA VAIDYANATHAN

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-79
(for publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette).  
All Secretaries to Government, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Chennai-9.
All Departments of Secretariat, Chennai-9.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Chennai-9.
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
All District Judges.
All Judicial Magistrates.
All Public Sector Undertakings / Corporations.
All Municipalities / Panchayat Unions / Town Panchayats.
The Reserve Bank of India, Chennai-1 and Other leading Banking Institutions.
The Secretary to Chief Minister, Chief Minister's Office, Chennai-9.
The Special Officer, Chief Minister's Special Cell, Chennai-9.
The Secretary to Governor, Raj Bhavan, Chennai-22.
The Information Commission, Teynampet, Chennai-18.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai-3.
The Secretary, State Human Rights Commission, Thiruvarangam Building, 143, P.S.Kumaraswamy Raja Salai, Chennai-28.
The Registrar, High Court, Chennai-104.
The Registrar, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.
The Director, Information & Public Relations, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad.
The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru.
The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Puducherry, Puducherry.
All Leading Religious Institutions.
All Recognised Service Institutions.
All Universities in the State.
All Chambers of Commerce.
All Ministers of Government of India and Other State Governments,
The General Manager, Southern Railway, Chennai-3.
All Central Government offices.
The Zonal Manager, Life insurance Corporation of India, Chennai-2.
The Chairman, Port Trust, Chennai-1.
The Deputy Principal Information Officer, Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Chennai-6.
The Director, National Informatics Centre, Chennai-9.

Copv to: 
The Personal Assistant to Hon'ble Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
All Senior Personal Assistant to Ministers, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
The Private Secretary to Chief Secretary, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
The Private Secretary to Principal Secretary, Public Department, Chennai-9.
SF/SC.

//Forwarded/ By order/

Section Officer

APPENDIX
NOTIFICATION

Under the "Explanation" to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881) read with Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No.20-25-26, Public-1, dated the 8th June 1957, the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby declares, that in addition to "Sundays" expressly defined as Public Holidays in the said "Explanation" the following days shall be Public Holidays for the year 2018.

ANNEXURE

* Applicable only to Commercial Banks and Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

                                                                                                                                                        GIRIJA VAIDYANATHAN

CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

//Forwarded/ By order// 

Section Officer