The association of Uttarakhand Secretariat Services Employees has demanded the state government to take back its decision of declaring Goverdhan Puja and Bhai Dooj as restricted holidays. They said that the state government should declare public holidays on the days of these festivals held around Diwali. In a letter addressed to the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the president of the association Deepak Joshi said that the notification of general administration department dated December 15, 2017 regarding declaring Goverdhan Puja and Bhai Dooj as restricted holidays should be withdrawn and the government should declare public holidays on the days these festivals are celebrated on the line of what the Uttar Pradesh government has done.