Ganesh immersion gets September 25 off; November 14 works
Government offices, schools and colleges in Hyderabad-Secunderabad and two adjoining districts were reported closed for the procession, with a Saturday returned to the calendar.
The September 25 holiday was accompanied by November 14 as a compensatory working day.
Government offices, schools and colleges in Hyderabad-Secunderabad, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri were reported to be closed on Friday, September 25, for the Ganesh idol immersion procession. November 14, the second Saturday, was reported as the compensatory working day. The calendar has been made to do paperwork for the procession.
Two published reports attributed the decision to the Telangana government’s General Administration (Special.E) Department and identified Sanjay Jaju as the signatory. A separate report on September 25 also reported the closure in the three named areas.
The official government order was not available in the research record. Its number, exact wording and territorial scope could not be independently checked. It is also not established whether private schools, colleges, universities or central-government offices are covered. The reports agree on the closure; the government has not made the paperwork easy to inspect.