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Oct 2, Jan 26 and Aug 15 National holidays
without formal orders
Wednesday May 23, 2012 11:42:55 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Even as India
has observed Jan 26, Aug 15 and Oct 2 as national holidays, the
government does not seem to have issued any formal orders for the
same.
The disclosure from the central home ministry came in response to
an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 filed
by 10-year-old Aishwarya Parashar here.
The Class 6 student sent a letter April 25 to the Prime Minister's
Office (PMO) seeking attested copies of Government Orders under
which the three holidays are observed by the nation.
Jan 26 (Republic Day), Aug 15 (Independence Day) and Oct 2
(Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary) are observed as holidays both
by the central and state governments as well as the private
sector.
A student of the City Montessori School, Aishwarya told IANS that
the home ministry reply stated in Hindi: "No such orders were
(ever) issued."
Parashar had earlier stumped the PMO when she sought to know under
which order was the title 'Father of the Nation' bestowed upon
Mahatma Gandhi.
The central governments response conceded there were no official
records for the same.
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