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(1) Every employee in any establishment shall also be entitled to nine holidays in a year with wages on the days to be specified by notification, from time to time, by the Government which shall include, the 26th January (Republic Day), 1st May, (May Day), 15th August (Independence Day), 2nd October (Gandhi Jayanthi) and 8[2nd June, (Telangana Formation Day)] and on every such holiday, all the establishments, either with or without employees, shall remain closed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the Chief Inspector may, having due regard to any emergency or special circumstances prevailing in the State or any part thereof, notify any other day or days as holidays with wages to employees or class of employees as he may deem fit. The holidays so notified shall be deemed to be additional holidays: Provided that, any such employee in any residential hostel, restaurant, eating-house, theatre, or any place of public amusement or entertainment may be required to work in such establishment on any such holiday declared under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), subject to the condition that in lieu thereof, a compensatory holiday with wages shall be allowed to such person within thirty days from the date of such holiday: Provided further that, such compensatory holidays shall not exceed seven in a year and where any such employee in any such establishment is required to work on any such