**Summary of Delhi Gazette Notification: Holiday Declaration for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Birth Anniversary**
The Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, General Administration Department (Co-Ordination Branch), issued a formal notification on April 13, 2026, regarding a public holiday.
**Key Announcement:**
The Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has declared **Tuesday, April 14, 2026**, as a holiday in observance of the birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
**Legal and Statutory Authority:**
* **Act:** The declaration is made under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881).
* **Prior Reference:** The notification is read in conjunction with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs' Notification No. U-11030/2/73-UTL, dated June 28, 1973.
**Administrative Information:**
* **Notification Reference:** F. No. 53/841/GAD/CN/2026/2278-2321.
* **Gazette Details:** Published in the Delhi Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV, No. 100.
* **Registration Number:** REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99.
* **Issuing Official:** Pradeep Tayal, Joint Secretary.
* **Publication Details:** Uploaded by the Directorate of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064, and published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Key Entities Referenced
Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: The statutory provision that empowers the government to declare specific days as public holidays.
National Capital Territory of Delhi: The specific geographic and administrative region where the public holiday for Ambedkar Jayanti is applicable.
General Administration Department (Government of NCT of Delhi): The nodal department responsible for the coordination and notification of administrative orders and public holidays within Delhi.
Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi: The primary authority who exercises delegated powers to officially declare the public holiday.
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No. 100] DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026/CHAITRA 23, 1948 [N. C. T. D. No. 08
भाग IV
PART IV
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्य क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
सामान्य प्रिासन जिभाग
(समन्िय िाखा)
अजधसचू ना
दिल्ली, 13 अप्रलै , 2026
फा. स.ं 53/841/GAD/CN/2026/2278-2321-—गृह मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार की अधिसूचना
स.ं यू-11030/2/73-यू0टी0एल0 दिनांक 28 जून, 1973 के साथ पठित परक्राम्य धिलेख अधिधनयम, 1881 (1881 की
अधिधनयम स0ं 26) की िारा 25 द्वारा प्रित्त शधियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए राष्ट्रीय राजिानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली के उपराज्यपाल,
दिनांक 14 अप्रैल, 2026 (मगं लिार) को डा0 बी. आर. अम्बेडकर के जन्म दििस के अिसर पर अिकाश घोधित करत े ह।ैं
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली के उपराज्यपाल के आिेि ि उनके नाम पर,
प्रिीप तायल, संयक्ु त सजचि
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
(Co-Ordination Branch)
NOTIFICATION
Delhi, the 13th April, 2026
F. No. 53/841/GAD/CN/2026/2278-2321.— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), read with the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs'
Notification No. U-11030/2/73-UTL dated 28.06.1973, the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of
Delhi is pleased to declare 14th April, 2026 (Tuesday) to be a holiday on account of the birth anniversary of
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
By Order and in the Name of the Lieutenant Governor
of the National Capital Territory of Delhi,
PRADEEP TAYAL, Jt. Secy.
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