MEMORANDUM Sub : Vacation and Holidays for the Subordinate Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2022 — Observance of — Reg.

R.o.c.N0.78555-A/2021/C3

OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM
Sub : Vacation and Holidays for the Subordinate Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu for the year 2022 — Observance of — Reg.

The Subordinate Civil Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu are required to observe the following periods of adjournments in respect of the Vacation and
Holidays for the year 2022:
VACATION & HOLIDAYS
SUMMER VACATION DUSSEHRA
HOLIDAYS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Sunday, the I st day of May, 2022 to Tuesday, the 31M day of
May, 2022. Saturday, the 1 st day of
October, 2022 to Sunday, •the 9tl day of
October, 2022. Saturday, the day of
December, 2022 to
Saturday, the 31 st day of
December, 2022.
2. The Holidays for all the Subordinate Courts in the State of
Tamil Nadu, for the year 2022 are as follows :-
(a) All Sundays are Holidays for all the Subordinate Courts including Family Courts functioning in the State of Tamil Nadu.
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(b) The following 6 Saturdays are working days for all the Subordinate Courts including Family Courts functioning in the State of Tamil Nadu:
22.01.2022, 05.03.2022, 23.04.2022, 06.08.2022, 03.09.2022 and
15.10.2022.
(c) Except the above Saturdays, all other Saturdays are holidays for all the Subordinate Courts, except Family Courts.
(d) All the Family Courts functioning in the State of Tamil Nadu shall also work on I st and 3 rd Saturdays of every month except those Saturdays which are declared as Public Holidays. All other Saturdays are declared as holidays, except 22.01.2022 and 23.04.2022 which are declared as working days.
(e) List of Public Holidays and Court Holidays is as follows:-
MONTH DATE DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS / COURT HOLIDAYS
JANUARY 13.01.2022 THURSDAY COURT HOLIDAY
14.01.2022 FRIDAY PONGAL
17.01.2022 MONDAY COURT HOLIDAY
18.01.2022 TUESDAY THAIPOOSAM
26.01.2022 WEDNESDAY REPUBLIC DAY
APRIL 14.04.2022 THURSDAY TAMIL NEW YEAR’S DAY/
DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR’S BIRTHDAY/ MAHAVEER JAYANTHI
15.04.2022 FRIDAY GOOD FRIDAY
MAY 03.05.2022 TUESDAY RAMZAN (IDU’L FITR)
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MONTH DATE DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS / COURT HOLIDAYS
AUGUST 09.08.2022 TUESDAY MUHARRAM
15.08.2022 MONDAY INDEPENDENCE DAY
19.08.2022 FRIDAY KRISHNA JAYANTHI
3 1.08.2022 WEDNESDAY VINAYAKAR CHATHURTHI
OCTOBER 04.10.2022 TUESDAY AWTHA POOJA
05.10.2022 WEDNESDAY VIJAYA DASAMI
21.10.2022 FRIDAY COURT HOLIDAY
24.10.2022 MONDAY DEEPAVALI
25.10.2022 TUESDAY COURT HOLIDAY
Note: As New Year’s Day (01.01.2022), Thiruvalluvar Day (15.01.2022),
Uzhavar Thirunal (16.01.2022), Telugu New Year’s Day (02.04.2022), May Day (01.05.2022), Bakrid (Idul Azha)
(10.07.2022), Gandhi Jayanthi (02.10.2022), Milad-un-Nabi (09.10.2022) and Christmas (25.12.2022) on Saturdays/Sundays, these days are not shown in the above list.
3. -All the Principal District Judges / District Judges and Unit Heads in Chennai City are directed to issue Notification in the Official Gazette declaring the periods of adjournments specified in Para — 1 above, as ‘Vacation and Holidays’ and other Holidays specified in Para — 2 above as ‘Holidays’ for all the Civil Courts in their Jurisdiction, in consonance with the above instructions.
4. All the Chief Judicial Magistrates / Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai are directed to issue Notification in the Official Gazette declaring the Holidays specified in para – 2 above only, as ‘Holidays’ for all the
Criminal Courts ‘in their Jurisdiction.
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The receipt of this Official Memorandum is required to be acknowledged

immediately.
HIGH COURT, MADRAS Sd/- P.DHANABAL
DATED: 07.12.2021 REGISTRAR GENERAL