List of Government Holidays of Tamil Nadu 2012

List of Government Holidays of Tamil Nadu 2012 is given below for ready reference

SL.NO.	FESTIVAL	DATE	DAY
1	New Year’s Day	01/01/2012	Sunday
2	Pongal	15/01/2012	Sunday
3	Thiruvalluvar Day	16/01/2012	Monday
4	Uzhavar Thirunal	17/01/2012	Tuesday
5	Republic Day	26/01/2012	Thursday
6	Meelad-un-Nabi	05/02/2012	Sunday
7	Telugu New Year’s Day	23/03/2012	Friday
8	Annual closing of accounts for Commerical Banks & Co-operative Banks #	02/04/2012	Monday
9	Mahaveer Jayanthi	05/04/2012	Thursday
10	Good Friday	06/04/2012	Friday
11	Tamil New Year’s Day	13/04/2012	Friday
12	Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Birthday	14/04/2012	Saturday
13	May Day	01/05/2012	Tuesday
14	Independence Day	15/08/2012	Wednesday
15	Ramzan	20/08/2012	Monday
16	Krishna Jayanthi	08-09/2012	Saturday
17	Vinayakar Chathurthi	19/09/2012	Wednesday
18	Half yearly closing of Accounts for Commercial Banks & Co-operative Banks #	29/09/2012	Saturday
19	Gandhi Jayanthi	02/10/2012	Tuesday
20	Ayutha Pooja	23/10/2012	Tuesday
21	Vijayadasami	24/10/2012	Wednesday
22	Bakrid	27/10/2012	Saturday
23	Deepavali	13/11/2012	Tuesday
24	Muharram	25/11/2012	Sunday
25	Christmas	25/12/2012	Tuesday

Some holidays which fall on Saturdays and Sundays, are included in the above list for easy reference.

 # Applicable only to Commercial Banks Including Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Government Employees to get Pongal Festival Bonus

An official order has been released regarding the Pongal Festival bonus for state government employees of Tamil Nadu. The order said, State Government employees in 'C' and 'D' Groups will get Festival Bonus equal to 30 days salary with an upper limit of Rs.3,000 and 'A' and 'B' category employees a special bonus of Rs.1,000.

Pensioners, Family pensioners and farmer village officers will also get Rs.500. Full-time and part-time staff, who has completed 240 days in regular service and are getting monthly salary, employees on consolidated payment, anganwadi workers, mini anganwadi workers, village assistants, employees on special time scale of pay, panchayat assistants, social workers, contract workers, daily wagers, daily wagers who later became permanent employees will also get Rs. 1,000. It will cost the exchequer Rs.272 crore.

Employees of local bodies, teachers and employees of government-aided schools and colleges, employees whose services coming under the rules of the University Grants Commission, AICTE, All India Agricultural Research and All India Services are eligible for bonus.

Source: www.tn.gov.in

[http://www.tn.gov.in/seithi_veliyeedu/pr01Jan12/pr010112_807.pdf]

Rect to fillup Backlog Deptl SCs / STs to PA / SA Rect for PWD Backlog vacancies to PA / SA

Rect for PWD Backlog vacancies to PA / SA

CO, Tamilnadu  has issued notification for

Special Recruitment Drive

to fill up unfilled Backlog Deptl reserved

vacancies as on 01.11.08 for SCs / STs for promotion to PA / SA.

Exam on 05.02.12 Sunday.

Exam will be held in all Divisions.

Last Date for submission of applications by the eligible candidates to Divisions is on 11.01.12.

Eligibility : Permanent officials with NOT LESS THAN 3 years regular service as on the last date for receipt of application in DO are eligible.

Schedule :

a. Dt. of exam – 05.02.12.
b. Last Dt for submission of applications to DO – 11.01.12.
c. Last Dt for forwarding of applications by DO to RO – 16.01.12.
d. Last Dt for forwarding RO to CO with Centre wise / Roll No. wise – 20.01.12.
e. Issue of Hall Permits by Regions / CO Units – 25.01.12.

Time Table for examination

Paper.	Subject	Date	Time
I	Essay/précis writing, letter writing, comprehension, General English/  Hindi, Grammar with spelling and usage etc  and mental ability. (Without books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	09.00 A.M. to 11 A.M.
II	Arithmetic (Without Books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	12.00 Noon to 02.00P.M.
III	Postal Manuals (With the aid of books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	03.00P.M. to 05.00 P.M.

Details of Vacancies for special LGO examination

for Backlog Reserved Vacancies of SCs/STs as on 01.11.2008 under Deptl quota.

Departmental Quota      :               SC - 2     ST - 16

Name of the Region/Unit	Backlog SC/ST vacancies as on 01.11.08 still remaining unfilled
	SC	ST
CCR	-	-
CR	1	3
SR	-	4
WR	1	5
C.O. Units	-	4
TOTAL	2	16

	SC	ST
PAs	2	10
SAs	-	6
TOTAL	2	16

Rect for PWD Backlog vacancies to PA / SA

CO has issued notification for

Special Recruitment Drive

to fill up Backlog reserved vacancies in Deptl quoto as on 15.11.09 for Persons With Disabilities (PWD) for promotion to PA / SA.

Exam on 05.02.12 Sunday.

Exam will be held in all Divisions.

Last Date for submission of applications by the eligible PWDs to Divisions is on 11.01.12.

Eligibility : Permanent officials with NOT LESS THAN 3 years regular service as on the last date for receipt of application in DO are eligible.

Schedule :

a. Dt. of exam – 05.02.12.
b. Last Dt for submission of applications to DO – 11.01.12.
c. Last Dt for forwarding of applications by DO to RO – 16.01.12.
d. Last Dt for forwarding RO to CO with Centre wise / Roll No. wise – 20.01.12.
e. Issue of Hall Permits by Regions / CO Units – 25.01.12.

Time Table for examination

Paper.	Subject	Date	Time
I	Essay/précis writing, letter writing, comprehension, General English/  Hindi,  Grammar with spelling and usage etc  and mental ability.(Without books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	09.00 A.M. to 11 A.M.
II	Arithmetic (Without Books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	12.00 Noon to 02.00P.M.
III	Postal Manuals (With the aid of books)	05.02.2012  (Sunday)	03.00P.M. to 05.00 P.M

Details of Vacancies for special LGO examination f

or Backlog Reserved Vacancies of PWDs as on 15.11.2009 under Deptl quota

Departmental Quota:                     PWDs    - 92

Name of the Region/Unit	Backlog PH vacancies as on 15.11.09 still remaining unfilled
	OH	HH	VH	Total
CCR	6	7	6	19
CR	8	9	8	25
SR	8	9	8	25
WR	6	5	5	16
C.O. Units	2	2	3	7
TOTAL	30	32	30	92

	PH CATEGORY
	OH	HH	HH	TOTAL
PAs	25	27	25	77
SAs	5	5	5	15
TOTAL	30	32	30	92

Source : http://aipeup3tn.blogspot.com/