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No. 33 Poudouchéry Mardi 10 Avril 2012 (21 Chaitra 1934)

No. Puducherry Tuesday 10th April 2012

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (EDUCATION)

(G.O. Ms. No. 35, dated 30th March 2012)

NOTIFICATION

The Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry is pleased to notify the guidelines for organisation of "State School Games Championships" by the Directorate of School Education, Puducherry as detailed in the Annexure appended to this order.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

[ 373 ]LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 374 374

ANNEXURE

GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATION OF "STATE SCHOOL GAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS"

BY THE DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, PUDUCHERRY

1.1. Short title, extent and commencement.— 1.1.1. The scheme shall be called the "State School Games Championships".

1.1.2. It shall extend to all the students studying in the Middle Schools, High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools of Government, Government aided private schools and private schools (recognised by the Government of Puducherry) in the Union territory of Puducherry.

1.1.3. It shall come into force from the academic year 2011-12.

1.2. Object.— To develop the sports spirit among students at school level, zonal level and state level in various games taught under the Physical Education curriculum. For each and every game, fair and healthy competitions will be held at zonal level and state level.

1.3. Scope.— 1.3.1. The prominent players in the schools will be selected for School Teams for the Zonal Competitions. During the Zonal Competitions, the best players will be selected and get the opportunity to participate in the state level competition.

1.3.2. Possession of merit certificates in the State School Games Championships by the students secure reservation in the admission to higher studies and enable them to receipt of scholarships for the sports talented students from the Government of Puducherry/Government of India.

1.4. Definitions.— 1.4.1. 'State' means the Union Territory of Puducherry.

1.4.2. 'State School Games' means the sports competitions organised for the school students at state level.

1.4.3. 'Championships' means the title of the sports competitions.

1.4.4. 'Champion' means the title of the first place winner of the Championships.

1.4.5. 'Chairman' means the Chairperson for the organisation of the State School Games Championships - The Director of School Education, Puducherry.

1.4.6. 'Secretary' means the Organising Secretary for organisation of State School Games Championships - The Deputy Director (Sports and Youth Services), Puducherry.

1.4.7. 'Joint Secretaries' means Joint Organising Secretaries to organise the State School Games in the respective region.

Karaikal : The Chief Educational Officer, Karaikal.

Mahe : The Chief Educational Officer, Mahe.

Yanam : The Delegate to the Director of School Education, Yanam.

1.4.8. 'Zone' means the division of Physical Education Zone for the organisation of sports competitions in the Union territory of Puducherry.

1.4.9. 'Zonal School Games' means the sports competitions organised for the school students at zonal level.

1.4.10. 'Zonal Chairperson' means an officer nominated by the Director of School Education as the Chairperson to organize the Zonal School Games Championships.

1.4.11. 'Zonal Organising Secretary' means a technical person in the field of Physical Education nominated by the Zonal Chairperson shall be the Organising Secretary for the respective Zonal School Games Championships.

1.4.12. 'Coaching Camp' means the training period for selected students prior to participate in the State School Games Championships.

1.4.13. 'Player' means a student who takes part in the Zonal/State School Games Championships.

2. Geographical limitations .—

2.1. Zones : For the purpose of physical education activities, the Puducherry Union Territory is divided into 8 Physical Education Zones viz, 4 zones in Puducherry region, 2 zones in Karaikal region, one zone each in Mahe and Yanam comprising the following limits:-

Puducherry region :

2.1.1. Puducherry Municipal limit

. . Zone-I

2.1.2. Oulgaret Municipal limit

. . Zone-II

2.1.3. Ariankuppam and Bahour Communes . . Zone-III

2.1.4. Mannadipet, Nettapakkam and Villianur Communes . . Zone-IV

Karaikal region :

2.1.5. Karaikal North (Northen side of Thirunallar road) . . Zone-V

2.1.6. Karaikal South (Southern side of Thirunallar road) . . Zone-VI

2.1.7. Mahe region :

. . Zone-VII

2.1.8. Yanam region :

. . Zone-VIII

3. Level of competitions and jurisdiction.— 3.1 There shall be two levels of competitions for the school students in the state, initially at zonal level and then at state level.

3.1.1. Phase-I— Zonal School Games Championships : The competitions shall be conducted in all the eight zones of the Union territory of Puducherry as the first level of school games. Students studying in various schools within the zonal limit shall participate in the Sonal school games, every year.

3.1.2 Phase-II— State School Games Championships : The State School Games Championships shall be conducted in all four regions of Union territory of Puducherry every year. Group-I Puducherry, Group-II Karaikal, Group -III Mahe and Group -IV Yanam. During the Zonal School Games Championships, the prominent players shall be selected and trained to represent their zonal teams in the State School Games Championships.

4. Discipline, team composition and prizes.— 4.1. Zonal School Games : 4.1.1 Popular disciplines of games in Union territory of Puducherry and those, which are popular in the respective regions, are included in this level of competitions.

4.1.2. The list of competitions and permissible number of prizes for first place and second place in each discipline for Zonal Schools Games Championships are detailed in the Annexure I A- Zone-I to IV (Puducherry region), Annexure II A-Zone-V and VI (Karaikal region), Annexure-III A- Zone-VII (Mahe region) and Annexure-IV A- Zone-VIII (Yanam region) appended. No deviation is permissible under any circumstances.

4.1.3. The number of prizes for first place and second place shall be awarded in the Zonal School Games for each zone as follows :

4.1.4. Yanam zone : There shall be no competitions for under-19 age category in respect of Yanam region at the zonal level. Teams for under-19 age category for participation in the State School Games Championships shall be formed by way of conducting selection trials.

4.1.5. State School Games : The list of competitions and permissible number of prizes for first place, second place and third place in each discipline for State Schools Games Championships are detailed in the Annexure V-A.

The number of prizes for first place, second place and third place to be awarded in the State School Games are 396 each.

5. Age groups and eligibility :-

5.1. Age group.— 5.1.1. The competitions are conducted for three age groups for boys and girls students separately in the Zonal and State School Games. The age group, eligible date of birth and class studying for each age group are as follows:

5.2. Eligibility.— 5.2.1 The bona fide students studying in VI Standard to XII Standard in Government schools, Government aided schools and private schools recognised by the Government of Puducherry are eligible to participate in the Zonal/State School Games Championships. Children studying from 1st Standard to 5th Standard are not eligible to participate in the Zonal/State School Games Championships.

5.2.2. The Head of Institutions must certify the eligibility of the student to participate in the Zonal School Games.

5.2.3. Based on the students eligibility form issued by the Head of Institutions, the Zonal Chairperson shall prepare and sign in the entry form for State School Games.

5.2.4. Verification and confirmation about the date of birth and the class in which studying shall be based on the School Admission Register/Records only.

5.2.5. Players exceeding the prescribed age limit as on 1st January in either of the age groups will not be eligible for the participation in the respective age group.

5.2.6. A player who participates in the Zonal School Games, selected for coaching camp and finally selected for State School Games Championships alone can participate in the State School Games Championships.

5.2.7. No player can be selected directly from any schools for State School Games without participating in the Zonal School Games Championships.

5.2.8. A student of lower age group can participate in a higher age group competition where there is no competition in his/her age group.

5.2.9. The eligibility criteria for students as prescribed above shall be strictly adhered to.

5.2.10. Any violation of the eligibility criteria shall attract disciplinary action against the institution and against the official concerned.

5.2.11. Malpractices of any sort shall be recorded and reported by the Organising Committee to the Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Services with all details for disciplinary action under CCS (CCA) Conduct Rules.

6. Phase - I: Zonal School Games Championships :

6.1. Constitution of committees and organisation : 6.1.1. The Chairpersons to organize the Zonal School Games Championships shall be nominated by the Director of School Education.

6.1.2. The Zonal Chairperson shall be in the rank of Headmaster Grade-I of Government High Schools/ Principals/ Vice-Principals of Government Higher Secondary Schools /The Deputy Director/The Chief Educational Officer/ The Delegate to the Director of School Education, Yanam.

6.1.3. The Lecturer in Physical Education/Physical Education Teacher of the Zonal Organising School/Office shall be the Organising Secretary of the respective zones.

6.1.4. The Zonal Chairpersons shall constitute the following committees under them:-

6.1.5. Organising Committee comprising 2 Lecturers (Physical Education) and 3 Physical Education Teachers to organise the competition.

6.1.6. Prizes and Sports Article Purchase Committee comprising 5 members to purchase sports articles and prizes for the competition.

6.1.7. Players Selection Committee to select the zonal teams.

6.1.8. The Zonal Organising Committee.— The Zonal Organising Committee shall be responsible for the entire administrative works related to the Zonal School Games as follows:-

(i) Convening the meeting of representatives of schools.

(ii) Locating the venues for the disciplines to be organised involving the Heads of Institutions and the teachers where infrastructure facilities are available.

(iii) Collecting of intimation of participation, drawing the calendar and drawing of fixtures.

(iv) Receiving entry forms and verifying the eligibility of the players (class and date of birth), keeping in custody the entry forms and results for verification during subsequent years.

(v) Disbursing of travel/refreshment charges to the Government School and Government aided school students participating in the Zonal Championships.

(vi) Purchase and distribution of prizes to the I and II place winners (only cups or medals).

(vii) Purchase procedures shall be followed while procurement of prizes and sports articles.

(viii) Writing and issue of merit certificates with all the required particulars duly signed by the Chairperson and the Organising Secretary.

(ix) Using the barest minimum number of teachers for match officiating works.

(x) Nominating teachers to train the zonal teams for participation in the State School Games Championships.

(xi) Preparation of entry forms with correct particulars for participation in the State School Games Championships.

(xii) Taking up all other works connected with the conduct of Zonal School Games Championships, selection of Zonal Teams, Training the Zonal Teams and participation of Zonal School Teams in the State School Games Championships.

(xiii) The fixtures drawn must be communicated well in advance to the Deputy Director (Sports and Youth Services).

(xiv) The statistical report on the conduct of competition for each discipline and age group shall be sent to the Deputy Director (Sports and Youth Services) for assessment of physical targets, future plan proposals.

(xv) All results of the competitions, i.e. names of I and II place winners only must invariably be sent to the Deputy Director (Sports and Youth Services) for verification during the counter-signature of certificates for admission to educational institutions.

6.1.9. Period of organisation.— The Zonal School Games shall be organised during the month of July to October every year.

6.2. Prize and Sports Article Purchase Committee.— The Prize and Sports Article Purchase Committee shall be responsible to purchase the prizes to the first place and second place winners and the sports articles under the scheme.

(i) The prizes will be only cups or medals.

(ii) Purchase procedures shall be followed while procurement of prizes and sports articles.

6.3. Players Selection Committee for the formation of Zonal Teams :

6.3.1. The selection of players for coaching camp should be made according to the list of competitions to be conducted in the State School Games Championships only.

6.3.2. The list of competitions for State School Games Championships and the maximum number of players and Teacher in-charge permissible to participate from each zone for coaching camp prior to State School Games Championships and permitted to participate in the State School Games are as follows:

(i) For each zone: Zone-I to VI and Zone -VII :

(ii) For Zone-VII (Mahe) :

6.3.3. Method of selection of players for coaching camp and state school games:-

(i) During the Zonal School Games Championships, the prominent players should be selected according to their overall performance in the competitions to form the Zonal Teams in various disciplines.

(ii) For athletics, carrom and roller skating, the players should be selected according to the results only.

(iii) For the rest of the games, the Selection Committees shall submit a detailed report regarding award of marks for the fundamental skills, application of the skills in the game situation and position wise performance of the players, etc.

6.4. Organisation of coaching camp prior to State School Games Championships :

6.4.1. The Chairpersons who have conducted the Zonal School Games Championships have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting coaching camp and fielding their respective zonal teams in the State School Games Championships.

6.4.2. The selected students during the Zonal School Games have to be trained by the nominated teachers and amalgamated into a team to represent their zones in the State School Games Championships.

6.4.3. The Chairperson can nominate the Lecturers (PE)/Physical Education Teachers who are specialist in the discipline to train the Zonal Teams for participation in the State Schools Games Championships.

6.4.4. The period of coaching camp should be 15 days. The camp shall be conducted separately for each group of competitions for State School Games Championships.

6.4.5. The training session shall be between 6.30 - 8.30 in the morning and 4.30 - 6.00 in the evening during the camp period.

6.4.6. The nominated Lecturer (P.E.)/Physical Education Teacher for each discipline to train the Zonal Teams will also perform the duties of Team Manager/Coach during the State School Games Championships.

7. Phase - II: State School Games Championships :

7.1 Constitution of committees and organisation :-

7.1.1 The duly constituted organising committee shall organise the State School Games Championships.

7.1.2. All committee members shall be nominated by the Director of School Education.

7.2. Organising Committee :-

7.2.1 The organising committee will comprise the following members:

(i) Chairman . . The Director of School Education.

(ii) Secretary . . The Deputy Director (Sports and Youth Services).

(iii) Joint Secretaries . . Karaikal : The Chief Educational Officer, Karaikal.

Mahe : The Chief Educational Officer, Mahe.

Yanam : The Delegate to the Director of School Education, Yanam.

(iv) Manager

. . Lecturer (P.E.)/Physical Education Teacher who look after the

scheme.

(v) Coordinators . . Games-3 members and athletics 2 members

(vi) Jury of appeal

. . 5 members.

(vii) Technical Managers . . 2 officials for each game and athletics

(viii) Technical officials . . For all games and athletic competitions as required.

7.2.2. In addition to the organising committee, the following committees shall be constituted.

(i) Reception and accommodation committee.

(ii) Inauguration and closing ceremony committee.

(iii) Medical facility committee for first-aid.

(iv) Results and records committee.

7.2.3. Duties and responsibilities of the committees:-

(i) Organising committee: The Organising Secretary shall be responsible for the entire administrative works in connection with the organisation of State School Games Championships.

(ii) Joint Secretaries have the responsibility to organise the State School Games in their respective region for the games allotted to the region.

(iii) Manager and Coordinators should assist the Organising Secretary in the entire administrative works in connection with the organisation of State School Games Championships.

(iv) There shall be two senior specialists as Technical Managers in the game. They shall look after the technical matters like rules and regulations, appointment of referees/umpires for matches, preparation of playground, submit the results to the Organising Secretary.

(v) The Technical Manager should verify the eligibility of the players and certify the number of eligible players actually participating in the competitions.

(vi) The technical officials should be the referees/umpires for the matches/competitions.

(vii) Jury of appeal will be the authorised committee to take the decision to settle the dispute or protest during the competitions.

(viii) Accommodation committee:- The department shall constitute this committee to arrange lodging facilities to the students who take part in the State School Games Championships from the outlying regions.

(ix) The Organising Secretary in Puducherry region and the Joint Secretaries of the respective region shall be the conveners. The Head of Institutions of the proposed schools for accommodation shall be the members. It will be the responsibility of the committee for the arrangement of water, electricity and latrine-bath room facilities.

(x) Inauguration and closing ceremony committee:- This committee will be responsible to prepare the detailed programme of inaugural and closing ceremony. Minute to minute programme should be checked out and proper reception shall be made.

(xi) Medical facility committee for first-aid:- Proper medical facilities for first-aid shall be provided at the competition venue.

(xii) Results and records committee: This committee will consolidate all the results of the games and athletics and writing the merit certificates.

7.3. Method of organisation of State School Games:-

7.3.1. The State School Games shall be organised in 4 groups. The details of groups, venue and maximum participation of students from each zone are as follows:

7.3.2. The games for each group shall be allotted by the department according to the strength indicated above.

The games should be allotted on rotation basis.

7.3.3. It is permitted that a marginal adjustment of five players on the strength mentioned above shall be made according to the discipline allotted to each region.

7.3.4. Athletic championships shall be conducted in Puducherry along with the remaining games (not organized in other regions).

7.3.5. Games competitions shall be conducted in two days and athletics competitions in two days.

7.3.6. There shall be an inaugural function with march past of the players on the first day and prize distribution function on the last day of the State School Games Championships at Puducherry.

7.3.7. The prizes to the winners of games competitions conducted at outlying regions shall be awarded at the competition venues.

7.3.8. Merit certificates and trophies (mementoes) for the champions shall be awarded in the prize distribution function at Puducherry.

7.3.9. There shall be a Managers meeting one day before the commencement of the games competitions to draw the fixtures.

7.3.10. The Department shall depute observers for Zonal and State School Games seeking statistical particulars for future proposals.

8. Competition Rules :

8.1. Rules of Matches:

8.1.1. The rules of games of respective National Sports Federation recognised by Government of India will be followed in the State School Games Championships along with the general rules of State School Games.

8.1.2 Matches will be conducted on knock out system only.

8.1.3 Seeding will be given to the teams who won first 4 places in the previous championships according to the last year results.

8.1.4 All teams for Zonal and State School Games shall report on the scheduled time in the venue.

8.1.5 If a team does not report for match in time, the match referee will call the team by whistling three times with a duration of 2-2 minutes. If even after, the team does not report for play, the opponent team will be declared as the winner.

8.1.6. If a team leaves the playground during the match, the opponent will be declared as the winner.

8.1.7. No team will be permitted to play without the Team Manager.

8.1.8. The cricket matches for Zonal and State School Games Championships will be 20- 20 over matches.

8.1.9. The Team Championship for table tennis and chess will be decided by best of three singles.

8.1.10. The team Championships for badminton and carrom will be decided by singles, doubles and reverse singles matches.

8.1.11. No substitute players shall be permitted during the chess and carrom competitions.

8.2. Managers meeting and clinic for technical officials :-

8.2.1. Managers meeting: The Organising Secretary will release all the general information about the tournament during the managers meeting one day before the commencement of the championships.

8.2.2. During the manager meeting, the team managers should submit the entry forms in respect of Zonal School Games and the Zonal Organising Secretaries should submit the Students Eligibility Form and Official Entry forms for State School Games Championships.

8.2.3. Fixtures will be drawn by lot system in the presence of the Zonal Chairperson/Zonal Organising Secretaries/Team Managers/Department Observers.

8.2.4. Clinic for technical officials: The Organising Secretary will conduct the clinic for the technical managers and technical officials about the tournament rules and the latest changes in the game rules, one day before the commencement of the championships.

8.3. Minimum requirements for competitions:-

8.3.1. There must be a minimum of three teams/individuals for any discipline/event for the zonal competitions and a minimum of four teams/individuals for any discipline/event for the State School Games competitions.

8.3.2. In the event of less number of teams/competitors than the required number, the competitions would stand cancelled.

8.4. Maximum participation of teams/players:-

8.4.1. For team events: Each school/zone can field one team for team events in the Zonal/State School Games respectively.

8.4.2. For all the team events, maximum number of students permitted to participate in the Zonal/State School Games Championships is as per the numbers indicated in Annexure-I -A (Zone-I to IV), Annexure-II -A (Zone-V and VI), Annexure-III-A (Zone-VII), Annexure-IV-A (Zone-VIII) and Annexure-V-A (State School Games).

8.4.3. Athletics.—Zonal School Games : Each school can field 2 athletes for each individual event in the Zonal School Games; each athlete can take part in maximum 3 events excluding relay races.

8.4.4. State school games.— Each zone can field 3 athletes for each individual event in the state school games, each athlete can take part in maximum 3 events excluding relay races.

8.4.5. Roller skating (for sonal and state school games):—The list of competitions and distance (in meters) for each competitions are given below:-

(i) Each School/Zone can field maximum three skaters for Quad races in each age group in the Zonal School Games/State School Games respectively.

(ii) Each School/Zone can field maximum three skaters for Inline races in each age group in the Zonal School Games/State School Games respectively.

(iii) Quad skaters are not allowed to take part in the Inline races

(iv) Inline skaters are not allowed to take part in the Quad races

(v) Each Quad skater can take part in maximum 2 out of 3 races with not more than 2 skaters from each School/Zone in each race.

(vi) Each Inline skater can take part in maximum 3 out of 4 races with not more than 2 skaters from each School/Zone in each race.

(vii) Time trials will be conducted for Rink I (Quad) and Rink III (Inline)

(viii) All other races will be conducted as competitions.

8.5. The protest :-

8.5.1. No protest will be entertained against the decision of the match Referee/Umpire.

8.5.2. With regard to protest about the age or eligibility of any player, the Team Manager can apply with protest fee of ` 200 to the Match Referee on a plain paper within one hour after the match.

8.5.3. The Match Referee will forward the protest to the organising committee/Jury of appeal immediately.

8.5.4. The organizers send the team of Jury of appeal to the school concerned for verification of the eligibility of the player in the school records.

8.5.5. If the protest is proved, the concerned School/Zonal team will be debarred from the Championships.

8.5.6. If the protest is proved, the protest fee shall be refunded to the applicant. If the protest is not proved, the protest fee shall be remitted into Government Account in which the Championship is organized.

8.5.7. The matches will be continued and the results should be withheld for the findings on the protest.

On completion of the verification about the protest, the results shall be declared.

8.5.8. There will be no rematch, if the protest is proved the team shall be debarred and the next place holder shall be hiked up. There will be no provision to appeal against this rule.

8.6. Uniforms and flags:-

8.6.1. The following are the colours allotted for each zone for their uniforms and flag. The flag shall be of

120 c.m. x 80 c.m. size

Colours:

Zone -I . . Maroon Zone -V . . Yellow

Zone -II . . Violet Zone -VI . . Gray

Zone-III . . Orange Zone-VII . . Olive green

Zone -IV . . Indigo Zone -VIII . . Sky bluePART-I ] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT 385 8.6.2. All contingents shall report for march past on the inaugural ceremony and for the prize distribution function with the full uniform.

8.7. Prizes and certificates:-

8.7.1. Individual prizes and merit certificates will be awarded to the first and second place winners in the Zonal School Games.

8.7.2. Individual prizes and merit certificates will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners in the State School Games.

8.7.3. In addition to the individual prizes, each champion team will be honoured with trophies by the VIPs in the prize distribution function for State School Games.

8.7.4. The Zonal Chairperson shall receive the trophy and keep it in his school as a memento of the winner team.

9. Quantum of expenditure applicable :

The following expenditures are applicable for organisation of State School Games Championships:

9.1. Phase - I Organisation of Zonal School Games Championships:-

9.1.1. Prizes for Zonal School Games - I prize @ `100 each (Cups and medals only)

II prize @ ` 75 each (Cups and medals only)

9.1.2. Refreshment charges/travelling allowance to Government School and Government aided school students who participate in the Zonal School Games Championships @ ` 20 per head for each participation.

9.1.3. Provision for purchase of sports articles @ ` 15,000 for each Zone

9.1.4. Organisational expenditure:- Refreshment to officials, ground preparation, labour charges, printing charges of merit certificates, preparation of chest numbers to athletes, public address system and miscellaneous expenditure @ ` 25,000 per Zone for Zone-I to VI each and @ ` 20,000/- for Zone-VII and VIII each.

9. 2. Conduct of coaching camp prior to state school games championships:-

9.2.1 The students and teacher-in-charges who participate in the coaching camp shall be provided with refreshment charges @ ` 10 per day for 15 days during the training session (Morning and evening), 9 . 2 . 2 T h e s t u d e n t s s h a l l b e p r o v i d e d w i t h t r a v e l l i n g a l l o w a n c e f r o m t h e i r r e s i d e n c e t o c amp venue (to and fro) @ ` 10 per day for 15 days for each student.

9.3. Organisation of State School Games Championships:-

9.3.1. The participating students shall be provided with actual bus/train fare (including reservation and local transport) from their home town to competition venue (to and fro).

9.3.2. The students shall be provided with contingent expenses towards breakfast, lunch and dinner during the journey @ ` 125 per day/per student (to and fro).

9.3.3. The students shall be provided with contingent expenses towards breakfast, lunch and dinner during the stay at the competition venue @ ` 125 per day/per student for 2 days.

9.3.4. Uniform allowance for the participating students @ ` 500 per head (one set of track suit and one set of playing uniform).

9.3.5. Prizes for the winners of the State School Games Championships:- I prize @ ` 160 each, II prize @ ` 140 each and III prize @ ` 120 each (only cups or medals should be issued).

9.3.6. Mementoes for Champion teams @ ` 500 each for all the Team Champions every year.

9.3.7. Provision for purchase of sports articles for the organisation of State School Games Championships @ ` 20,000.

9.3.8. Organisational expenditure.— (i) Group- I Puducherry region : ` 1,00,000 (Invitation and merit certificate, refreshment to the games and athletics officials, refreshment and honouring the VIPs and guests, stage, decoration, shamiana, public address system, minor repairs to sanitation, lighting, water supply and maintenance at the place of accommodation of students, banners, badges and chest numbers of athletes, ground preparation chunnam, river sand, information brochure, engagement of 5 labour per day for 4 days for common works related to this scheme, miscellaneous and unforeseen expenses, etc.).

(ii) Group- II Karaikal region: ` 15,000 (Refreshment to the games officials, minor repairs to sanitation, lighting, water supply and maintenance at the place of accommodation of students, ground preparation, chunnam, labour charges, miscellaneous and unforeseen expenses, etc.).

(iii) Group- III Mahe region: ` 8,000 (Refreshment to the games officials, minor repairs to sanitation, lighting, water supply and maintenance at the place of accommodation of students, ground preparation, chunnam, labour charges, miscellaneous and unforeseen expenses, etc.).

(iv) Group- IV Yanam region: ` 8,000 (Refreshment to the games officials, minor repairs to sanitation, lighting water supply and maintenance at the place of accommodation of students, ground preparation, chunnam, labour charges, miscellaneous and unforeseen expenses, etc.).

10. Cancellation of award :-

The Directorate of School Education has every right to cancel or revise the prize and certificate at any stage if there has been any default in the finalisation of the award.

11. Interpretation and clarification :-

In the implementation of the scheme under these rules, if any doubt arises in regard to interpretation of any of the provisions of the scheme or any point requires clarification, the matter shall be referred to the Government and the decision of the Government shall be final.

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

ANNEXURE-I-A

Details showing the disciplines, age group and the number of first prize and second prize each in respect of

Zonal School Games Championships for Zone-I to IV of Puducherry

ANNEXURE-II-A

Details showing the disciplines, age group and the number of first prize and second prize each in respect of

Zonal School Games Championships for Zone-V to VI of Karaikal

ANNEXURE-III-A

Details showing the disciplines, age group and the number of first prize and second prize each in respect of

Zonal School Games Championships for Zone-VII of Mahe

ANNEXURE-IV-A

Details showing the disciplines, age group and the number of first prize and second prize each in respect of

Zonal School Games Championships for Zone-VIII of Yanam

ANNEXURE- V-A

PUDUCHERRY STATE SCHOOL GAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS

Details showing the disciplines, age group and the number of first prize and second prize, third prize each in

respect of State School Games Championships

GRAND TOTAL : GAMES 310 + Articles 86 =

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