Tamil Nadu Election Holiday 2021
GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
ABSTRACT
Holidays – Public Holiday – General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021 & Bye-Election to Lok Sabha from 39 Kanniyakumari Parliamentary Constituency – Declaration of the poll day 06.04.2021 as Public Holiday – Notified.
PUBLIC (MISCELLANEOUS) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.160
Dated: 16.03.2021
Read:
1. From the Senior Principal Secretary, Election Commission of India, Press Note No.ECI/ PN/ 16 &17/ 2021, dated. 26.02.2021.
2. Tamil Nadu Government Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 164, Public (Elections) Department, dated. 12.03.2021.
ORDER:
The Election Commission of India has notified 06.04.2021 (Tuesday) as the poll day for the General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2021 & Bye-Election to Lok Sabha from 39 Kanniyakumari Parliamentary Constituency, in Tamil Nadu. 06.04.2021 (Tuesday) has to be declared as a public holiday under section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881).
2. The following Notification shall be published in an extra-ordinary issue of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 16.03.2021.
Notification
Under the “Explanation” to Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act, XXVI of 1881) read with the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs No. 20-25-26, Public -1 .dated the 8th June 1957, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby declares Tuesday, the 6th April 2021, the date on which the poll for the General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 2021 & Bye-Election to Lok Sabha from 39 Kanniyakumari Parliamentary Constituency will take place in Tamil Nadu, to be a Public Holiday.
Grant of Paid Holiday to employees on the day of poll – DoPT – Election Holiday 2021
(By Order of the Governor)
RAJEEV RANJAN
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
