No orders for Oct 2, Jan 26 and Aug 15 holidays?

No orders for Oct 2, Jan 26 and Aug 15 holidays?
May 23, 2012 | IANS | Lucknow
Tags: national holidays RTI

http://www.asianage.com/india/no-orders-oct-2-jan-26-and-aug-15-holidays-211

Even as India has observed Jan 26, Aug 15 and Oct 2 as national
holidays, the government does not seem to have issued any formal
orders for the same.

The disclosure from the central home ministry came in response to an
application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 filed by
10-year-old Aishwarya Parashar here.

The Class 6 student sent a letter April 25 to the Prime Minister's
Office (PMO) seeking attested copies of Government Orders under which
the three holidays are observed by the nation.

Jan 26 (Republic Day), Aug 15 (Independence Day) and Oct 2 (Mahatma
Gandhi's birth anniversary) are observed as holidays both by the
central and state governments as well as the private sector.

A student of the City Montessori School, Aishwarya told IANS that the
home ministry reply stated in Hindi: "No such orders were (ever)
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Parashar had earlier stumped the PMO when she sought to know under
which order was the title 'Father of the Nation' bestowed upon Mahatma
Gandhi.

The central governments response conceded there were no official
records for the same.

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