As a majority of Muslims in the country mainly belonging to the Sunni community did not observe Id ul Fitr on July 6, which was the designated holiday, the government has announced that Muslim employe
As a majority of Muslims in the country mainly belonging to the Sunni community did not observe Id ul Fitr on July 6, which was the designated holiday, the government has announced that Muslim employees are allowed to take leave on July 7 without prior permission. The move according to experts is a cover up for the gaffe by the government for failing to announce July 6 as a working day after it became evident in the evening of July 5 that Id would be celebrated on July 7.
While Muslims all over the world mainly in the Gulf and neighbouring Pakistan celebrated Id-ul-Fitr on July 6 after sighting the moon in the evening of July 5, the monsoon conditions prevailing in India prevented sighting the moon at prominent places. As a result, most moon sighting committees around the country announced by early evening that July 6 would not be celebrated as Id and it would be observed on July 7 after the completion of 30 days of the month.
“While the Central government took cognisance of the same and deemed July 6 to be a working day and July 7 as a holiday, the Maharashtra government failed to do so as a result of which Mantralaya and BMC remained closed on July 6,” said a senior political expert.
In light of this slip up, the general administration department had to come out with a clarification relaxing attendance norms for Muslim employees.
The statement said that heads of departments, officers and clerks of all government establishments and organisations are permitted to take leave on July 7 without prior permission from their respective authorities.
