Odisha Industrial Establishments(National festival) Holidays Act, 1969, and Orissa Rules 1972 

-- Approval of list of Holidays-- 

As per provisions of Odisha Industrial Establishments (National & Festival) Holidays Act, 1969, every industrial establishment has to get their list of holidays approved from the respective District Labour Officers who are declared as Inspector under the said Act. Based on the geographical location, the application will be routed to the concerned District Labour Officer.      

 1. As regards to approval of list of holidays under the Odisha Industrial Establishment (National & Festival) Holidays Act, 1969 and Rule-3 of Odisha Industrial Establishment (National & Festival) Holidays Rules, 1972, every employer is required to submit an application in Form-I to the Inspector with list of holidays by 30th November every year for the holidays to be allowed for the succeeding year. 

2. For newly started establishments such list is required to be submitted to the Inspector within 30 days of the starting of the Industrial Establishment. 

 3. As per Rule-6, the employer should be displayed the approval list of holidays in a conspicuous place in premises of the establishment in Form-IV. 

Checklist of documents to be uploaded (Only png, jpg, pdf is supported and maximum file size of 4 MB is allowed) 

1. Signature of applicant * 

Fee Calculation 

No fee 

Timeline 

Approval of List of Holidays under the Odisha Industrial Establishments (National & Festival) Holidays Act, 1969 And Orissa Rules is provided within 30 working days from the date of submission of application. The department can however raise queries on the application within 7 working days of receipt of application. Timeline will resume on receipt of query compliance.