Sunday is Central Excise Day or is it today?
February 24 th is Central Excise Day, but this year it falls on a Sunday, a closed holiday for the department and people are not ready to celebrate the day on a holiday. So in many parts of the country, the day is being celebrated today. Will they celebrate Independence Day and Republic Day on the previous days, if those days fall on holidays?
May be they should declare that Central Excise Day is the first working day before 24 th February. And how far is it legal to close the offices today afternoon to celebrate the CE Day? If you really can't get your people to celebrate it on the Day which it is supposed to be celebrated, is there any need for such celebration? After all 24 th February has significance and you can't advance it just because it happens to be a Sunday!
We are told that in Mumbai, an unofficial half day holiday has been announced for the CE officers to attend the grand function at the grand Birla Matoshree sabagruha , but most of the officers are going to have this extra half day added to their weekend bash. We are also told that the Chief Commissioner is going to sing a Hindi song to the music of Captain. In Pune and Hyderabad also, the celebrations are slated for today, while Pondicherry will celebrate it on Monday, the nearest ascertainable equivalent to the DAY. But nobody is celebrating on Sunday the actual, Excise Day.
It's their day; let's wish them a nice time.
DDT wishes all the members of the Central Excise family a Happy Central Excise Day