ਪੰਜਾਬ Newsline, Chandigarh, September 24-
In view of elections of the Legislative Assembly in the Haryana state, the ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ declared paid holiday on 5th October, 2024.
Disclosing this here ਅੱਜ, an official spokesperson of ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ said that in case any officer/employee is a voter in the voter list of Haryana Legislative Assembly and is working in the ਸਰਕਾਰ Offices/Boards/Corporations and ਸਰਕਾਰ Educational Institutions of the ਪੰਜਾਬ State, then he/she would be eligible for availing special holiday on 5th October, 2024 from the competent authority by presenting their voter identity card. This holiday won’t be deducted from the leave account of the officer/employee.
Apart from this, he said that Department of Personnel has issued notification in this regard. According to this notification, the ਸਰਕਾਰ of ਪੰਜਾਬ has declared paid holiday on 5th October, 2024 for voters who are included in the voter list of Haryana Legislative Assembly and working in any business, trade, industrial undertaking, or any other establishment in the state of ਪੰਜਾਬ as per the provision of the Section 135B(1) of the Representation of ਲੋਕ Act, 1951.
