Section 31 in Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act, 1988
31. Other Holidays.
(1)Every employee in any establishment shall also be entitled to nine holidays in a year with wages on the days to be specified by notification, from time to time, by the Government which shall include the 26th January (Republic Day), 1st May (May Day), 15th August (Independence Day), 2nd October (Gandhi Jayanthi) and 1st November (Andhra Pradesh Formation Day) and on every such holiday, all the establishments, either with or without employees shall remain closed.(2)Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the Chief Inspector may, having due regard to any emergency or special circumstances prevailing in the State or any part thereof, notify any other day or days as holidays with wages to employees or class of employees as he may deem fit. The holidays so notified shall be deemed to be additional holidays:Provided that, any such employee in any residential hostel, restaurant, eating-house, theatre, or any place of public amusement or entertainment may be required to work in such establishment on any such holiday declared under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), subject to the condition that in lieu thereof, a compensatory holiday with wages shall be allowed to such person within thirty days from the date of such holiday;Provided further that, such compensatory holidays shall not exceed seven in a year and where any such employee in any such establishment is required to work on any such compensatory holiday he shall be paid additional wages at the ordinary rate of wages in lieu of such holiday.(3)Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of any establishment where the number of holidays with wages allowed by the employer is more than the holidays notified by the Government under that sub-section:Provided that, every such employer shall send a list of holidays with wages allowed by him, which shall include the five holidays specified in subsection (1), to the Inspector and to the Chief Inspector and shall also display the list at a prominent place of the establishment.
