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Government Revokes Decision to Grant Public Holiday on Sundays

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Government Revokes Decision to Grant Public Holiday on Sundays
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June 7: The government has revoked its decision to provide public holiday on Sundays. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday (June 6) took a decision to this effect. The new rule will come into effect from June 15.

The government had earlier announced two days holiday a week in order to reduce consumption of petroleum products. The government had introduced such provision on a trial basis starting from May 15. However, the government rolled back its decision to grant two days holiday a week after it drew criticism from all quarters.

A writ petition was also filed at the Supreme Court seeking the court’s intervention to annul the government decision to provide public holiday on Sundays. Advocates Santosh Bhandari and Punya Prasad Khatiwada had filed the writ petition at the apex court.

The petitioners had argued that the government’s decision lacked proper research and study and was just a whimsical decision.

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and the Ministry of General Administration were made the defendants in the case. However, the case does not hold significance anymore as the government has withdrawn its decision.

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