The Government of West Bengal hereby declared Paid Holiday on 12th April’ 2022 on the account of Bye-Election to the House of People from 40-Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and to West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 161-Ballygunge Assembly Constituency, 2022.
So, it has been directed to declare that, it has been obligatory on the part of the employers of any business, trade, industrial undertaking, or any other establishments in all areas pertaining to the constituencies, to which elections have been notified, to grant paid holiday on the day of the poll to their workmen who are voters in the said constituency areas, so as to enable them to exercise their right of franchise. The day wage/casual workers are also entitled to a holiday and wages on poll day as provided in the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951.
