As curious employees, school children and their wards kept frantically checking about the holiday, the Chandigarh Administration forced by the situation, today morning, specially declared a restricted holiday for today in all its government offices / institutions /boards / corporations and undertakings.

Meanwhile, all offices of the Administration and those of Punjab would remain closed tomorrow due to a public holiday on account of the festival. Tomorrow's holiday would be under the Negotiable Instruments Act, whereby all banks would also remain closed.