Holiday List for West Bengal Government Employees, 2026

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
“NABANNA”
325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Howrah-711 102

No. 4188-F(P2) Dated 27/11/2025

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(I) dated the 8th June, 1957, the Governor is pleased to declare the days as specified at List-I below to be Public Holidays during the year 2026.

2. 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 at List-II below which are not declared to be public holidays, during the year 2026.

3. Further, the Governor is pleased to declare that the days as specified at List-III may be observed as Sectional Holidays in the year 2026 for the employees of different communities mentioned against the day.

List-I (Public Holidays in 2026 under the N. I. Act)

List-II (Holidays under the order of State Government in 2026)

List-III (Sectional Holidays in 2026)

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-Ul-Fitr, Id-Ud-Zoha, Muharram, Fateha-Dwaz-Daham, Shab-e-Barat depending upon the sighting of the moon, 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 holiday for this festival.
3) It may happen that the change of date of abovementioned occasions has to be notified at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement would be made through T.V. / A.LR. I 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,
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Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal

No. 4188/1(500)-F(P2) Dated 27/11/2025
Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:

1) The Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata- 1.
2) The Principal Accountant General (Audit) West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata – 1.
3) 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.
4) The Principal Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal.
5) The Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal.
6) The Resident Commissioner, Government of West Bengal, A/2, State Emporia Buildings,
Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.
7) The Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary (All )
8) The Commissioner.. Division (All).
9) The Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal, 4 Lyons Range, Kolkata – 1.
11) The District Magistrate/District Judge/Superintendent of Police (All).
12) The Sub-Divisional Officer, (All)
13) The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-I/II/III.
14) The Registrar & D.D.O., Finance (Accounts) Department, Nabanna, Howrah- 711 102.
15) The Accounts Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 91.
16) Treasury Officer, Treasury (All)
17) Shri Sumit Mitra, Network Administrator, Finance Department, for uploading Notification in the Finance Department Website.

Deputy Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal

Vide Memo No. 4188-F dated 27.11.2025, Source