TIOL-DDT 783 · Wednesday, 16 January 2008 · story 1 of 6

Government of India declares a holiday next Sunday

A DOPT press release says, “All Central Government administrative offices located at Delhi/New Delhi shall remain closed on 20th January, 2008 on account of Muharram in place of 19th January, 2008.”

20 th January, 2008 happens to be a Sunday and is anyway a Holiday . Now the Government wants to close all the offices on Sunday, which is a Public Holiday.

What is the logic of declaring Sunday as a public holiday?