Section 727 in Rules under the United Provinces Excise Act, 1910
727. Holidays.
- The holidays allowed to Inspectors and Clerks at distilleries are-Sundays; Republic Day (26th January); Good Friday; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (official); Independence Day; Christmas Day; Holi (the day following the burning of Holi); Janam Ashtami; Desehra (principal day); Diwali (principal day); Idul Fitr (principal day); Idul Zuha; Moharram (10th day) and Shab-e-Barat.Other Gazetted holidays will only be allowed if the distillers themselves close down on special grounds with the sanction of the Excise Commissioner.In case, the Excise staff stationed at a distillery is required to attend the distillery on any of the above-mentioned holidays the distillers shall be required to pay to Government an overtime fee according to the following scale :Rs. 4 per hour per Excise Inspector.Re. 1 per hour per Excise Clerk.Re. 0.25 Naye paise per hour per Excise Constable.The overtime fee so realized, shall be credited to Government under the head "0.39 State Excise other receipts".
