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No. Puducherry Tuesday 29th October 2024
(7 Kartika 1946)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DIRECTORATE OF SPORTS AND YOUTH AFFAIRS
(SECRETARIAT WING)
(G.O. Ms. No. 02, Puducherry, dated 04th October 2024)
ORDER
The Government of Puducherry constituted a High Level Committee headed by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Puducherry vide G.O. Ms. No. 65, dated 23-02-2024 of the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Puducherry, to frame detailed Guidelines and Modalities for implementation of 5% horizontal reservation for Meritorious Sports Persons (MSPs) in the recruitment for the Group 'C' posts in Government Departments of the Union territory of Puducherry.
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2. The High Level Committee after detailed deliberations evolved
and recommended the Guidelines and Modalities to be adopted in
selection of Meritorious Sports Persons for appointment against Direct
Recruitment quota of various Group 'C' Posts in Government Departments
of the Union territory of Puducherry under the Sports Quota, as well as
prescribed the Eligibility Criteria for Sports Achievement(s) at various
level(s).
3. The Government after careful consideration of the recommendations
of the High Level Committee Orders that, -
(i) The Sports achievement eligible for the MSP quota earmarked
for direct recruitment in Group 'C' Posts of various Departments of the
Union territory of Puducherry, shall be as prescribed in the Annexure to
this Order;
(ii) The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government
of Puducherry shall be coopted in the selection process for scrutiny of
applications of Meritorious Sports Persons in the respective recruitment
processes;
(iii) The Criteria for preparing the merit list by the Selection
Committee and other criteria relating to appointment of the eligible
Sportspersons would be as prescribed in the Annexure to this Order.
(iv) All the Government Departments in the Government of
Puducherry shall scrupulously follow these Guidelines for appointment
under Sports Quota in all future recruitments to Group 'C' posts in the
Union territory of Puducherry.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
F.P. VERBINA JAYARAJ,
Under Secretary to Government
(Sports and Youth Affairs).
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ANNEXURE
GUIDELINES AND MODALITIES TO BE ADOPTED IN THE
SELECTION OF MERITORIOUS SPORTS PERSONS (MSPs)
UNDER SPORTS QUOTA FOR APPOINTMENT THROUGH
DIRECT RECRUITMENT TO GROUP 'C' POSTS IN VARIOUS
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNION TERRITORY
OF PUDUCHERRY, INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
PRESCRIBED FOR VARIOUS LEVEL SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS
(I) Short title, extent and commencement.— (i) The Guidelines
shall be called the "Guidelines and Modalities for direct recruitment of
Meritorious Sportsperson in Group "C" Posts in various Departments
of the Government of Puducherry".
(ii) The Guidelines extend to the whole of the Union territory
of Puducherry.
(iii) It shall come into force on and from the date of its
notification in the Official Gazette of the Union territory of Puducherry.
(II) Object.— (i) To specify the Methodology of appointment,
criteria and provisions for the implementation of the 5% horizontal
reservation earmarked for Meritorious Sportspersons in Direct
recruitment to Group "C" Posts (Sports Quota) in various Government
Departments of the Union territory of Puducherry.
(ii) To recognise the achievement of Meritorious Sportspersons,
securing Gold/ Silver/Bronze Medal or First/Second/Third position or,
participation in recognized International/National Level Games/
Championships and to encourage them in the field of Sports.
(III) Eligibility.— (a) Appointments of sportspersons considered
meritorious can be made with reference to the following criteria under
these orders:
(i) The Sportspersons, who are residents of the Union territory
of Puducherry, shall only be eligible for appointment under the sports
quota earmarked in direct recruitment for filling up the vacancies in
various group 'C' Posts in the Union territory of Puducherry.
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(ii) Sportspersons who have represented a State or the Country in the National or International competition; or Medal winners in Senior or Junior National Championships; or Medal winners in Khelo India Youth Games (age category above 18 years); or Khelo India Winter Games or Khelo India Para Games; or Medal winners in Khelo India University Games; or Medal winners in School Games Federation of India (SGFI) in any of the games/sports mentioned in these instructions.
For Chess : Grand Master (GM) Title, International Master (IM) Title, Chess Olympiad. IM/GM title should be in Open Category like Woman Grandmaster (WGM) etc., While National Open Chess Championship is treated as 'National Championships', the Medal winning performance in National Team Chess Championship will also be considered for recruitment.
(iii) Sportspersons who have represented their University in the Inter-University Tournaments conducted by the Inter-University Sports Boards in any of the sports/games specified in these instructions, as amended from time to time.
(iv) Sportspersons who have represented the State School Teams in the National sports/games for schools conducted by the All India School Games Federation in any of the games/sports mentioned in these instructions.
(b) No such appointments can be made unless the candidate is, in all respects, eligible for appointment to the post applied for, and in particular, with regard to age, educational or experience qualifications prescribed under the Recruitment Rules applicable to the post, except to the extent to which, relaxations thereof have been permitted in respect of the class/category of persons to which the applicant belongs.
(IV) List of sports which qualify for appointment of Meritorious
Sports Persons.—
(1) (2)
Sl. Name of Sport No
4. Badminton
(1) (2)
5. Ball-Badminton
1. Archery
6. Baseball
2. Athletics
7. BasketBall
3. Atya - Patya
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(1) (2)
9. Body-Building
10. Boxing
11. Bridge
12. Mallakhamb
13. Motor Sports
14. Net Ball
15. Para Sports (for sports discipline included in Para Olympics and Para Asian Games)
16. Pencak Silat
17. Polo
18. Powerlifting
19. Shooting
20. Shooting Ball
21. Roll Ball
22. Roller Skating
23. Carrom
24. Chess
25. Cricket
26. Cycling
27. Cycle Polo
28. Deaf Sports
29. Equestrian
30. Fencing
31. Football
32. Golf
33. Gymnastics
34. Handball
35. Hockey
36. Ice-Hockey
(1) (2)
37. Ice-Skating
38. Ice-Skiing
39. Judo
40. Kabaddi
41. Karate
42. Kayaking and Canoeing 43. Kho - Kho
44. Kudo
45. Rowing
46. Rugby
47. Sepak Takraw
48. Soft Ball
49. Soft Tennis
50. Squash
51. Swimming
52. Table Tennis
53. Taekwondo
54. Tenni-Koit
55. Tennis
56. Tenpin Bowling
57. Triathlon
58. Tug-of-war
59. Volleyball
60. Weightlifting
61. Wushu
62. Wrestling
63. Yachting
64. Tennis Ball Cricket
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(V) List of Authorities competent to award certificates on
eligibility for recruitment of Sportspersons:—
Sl. Competition Authority Awarding Certificate Form in
No.
which
certificate
is to be
awarded
(1) (2)
(3)
(4)
1 International Secretary of the National Federation 1
Competition. of the Sports/Game concerned.
2 National Secretary of the National Federation 2
Competition. or Secretary of the State Association
of the Sports/Game concerned.
3 Inter-University Dean of Sports or other officer in 3
Tournaments. overall charge of sports of the
University concerned.
4 National Sports/ Director or Additional/Joint or Deputy 4
Games for Director in overall charge of sports/
Schools. games for Schools in the Directorate
of Public Instructions/Education of
the State.
5 Khelo India Officer designated Officer in-charge 5
University from Sports Authority of India (SAI)
Games/Khelo for Khelo India University/Khelo India
India Youth Youth Games/Khelo India Winter
Games/Khelo Games/Khelo India Para Games.
India Winter
Games/Khelo
India Para
Games.
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(VI) Order of preference.— (a) First preference to those
Sportsperson who have represented the country in an International
Competition (Tournament) with the clearance of the Department of
Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.
(b) Next preference may be given to those who have
represented a State/Union Territory in the Senior or Junior Level National
Championships organized by the National Sports Federations recognized
by Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports or
National Games organized by Indian Olympics Association and have won
medals or positions up to 3rd place. Between the Sportsperson
participating in Senior and Junior National Championships/Games,
the Sportsperson having participated and won Medal in Senior National
Championship would be given preference.
(c) Next preference would be given to those, who have
represented a University in an Inter-University competition conducted
by Association of Indian Universities/Inter-University Sports Board or
Khelo India University Games conducted with authorization of
Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government
of India and have won Medals or positions up to 3rd place in finals.
(d) Next preference would be given to those who have
represented a State/Union Territory in Khelo India Yo uth Games
(age category above 18 years) or Khelo India Winter Games or Khelo
India Para Games conducted with authorization of Department of Sports,
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and have won
Medals or positions up to 3rd place in finals.
(e) Next preference would be given to those who have
represented the State Schools in the National sports/games for Schools
conducted by the All India School Games Federation and have won
Medals or positions up to 3rd place.
(f) Next preference would be given to those who represented
a State/Union Territory/University/State Schools Teams at the level(s)
mentioned in categories (b) to (e) but, could not win a medal or position,
in the same order of preference.
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(g) In the order of the abovesaid preference, the category of
tournaments shall be classified as under:-
Category Tournament Organizing Authority
No.
(1) (2)
(3)
Olympics International Olympic Committee
(IOC).
1
Paralympics I n t e r n a t i o n a l P a r a l y m p i c s
Committee (IPC).
2 World Championships International Sport Federation
(once in 4 years). (ISF) of Sport/Game concerned,
recognized by IOC/IPC.
Asian Games Olympic Council of Asia
(once in 4 years).
Asian Para Games Asian Paralympic Committee
3
(once in 4 years).
Asian Youth Games IOC
(once in 4 years).
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation
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(1) (2)
(3)
Other World/International International Sport Federation
Championships (ISF) of the Sport/Game concerned, (once in 2 years). recognized by the IOC.
Yout h Commonwealt h Commonwealth Games Federation Games (once in 2 years). (CGF).
Deaflympics I nte rn a ti ona l C o mmitt ee o f (once in 2 years). Sports for the Deaf (only those
which are recognized by IOC).
5
Special Olympics Only those which are recognized
(once in 2 years). by IOC.
IPC World Cup/ IPC
Championships (once in 2 years).
IBSA World International Blind Sports Championships Federation.
(once in 2 years).
6 World University Games International University Sports
(once in 2 years). Federation.
7 Other World/Asian/ Asian Federation of the Game
Commonwealth concerned, affiliated to the Championships O l y m p i c C o u n c i l o f A s i a /
(once in 2 years). I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n / Commonwealth Games Federation.
9 World/Asian School Games Internatio nal Scho o l Sp o rt s (once in 2 years). Federation (ISF)/Asian School
Sports Council (ASSC).
10 South Asian Championships/ International Federation
Other annually organized International Competitions.
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(1) (2)
(3)
11 National Games/ Na t i o n al S p o r t s Fe d e r a t i on Championships/Federation recognised by the Department of Cup. Youth Affairs and Sports or
National Games organised by Indian Olympic Association.
12 All India Inter-University Association of Indian Universities/ Competitions/ Khelo India Inter-University Sport Board/ University Games. Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports.
13 Khelo India Youth Games/ Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Winter Games/Para Games Sports.
14 National School Games School Games Federation of
India.
15 South Zone Inter-University Inter-University Sports Board
(VII) Events of National Importance.— National Championships/ Tournaments conducted by the recognized National Sports Federations in individual disciplines, National Games conducted by Indian Olympic Associations and Khelo India University/Khelo India Youth Games/ Khelo India Winter Games/Khelo India Para Games are recognized as events of National importance.
(VIII) Criteria for Preparing Merit List by the Selection Committee.— The following criteria will be followed by the Selection Committee in the preparation of merit list for Direct Recruitment(s) under Meritorious Sports Persons Quota:-
(i) Points would be given based on the level of sports achievement as per marking Scheme prescribed below for the best achievement made by the sportsperson in Senior or Junior competitions.
(ii) In case, the same points are obtained by more than one Sportsperson on the basis of criterion (i) above, the second best achievement during the eligible period will be considered for deciding the inter se ranking in the merit list. lf, the points obtained on the basis of the second-best achievement are also the same, the next best achievement will be considered and so on up to the date of Recruitment Notification.
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(iii) If, ranks of more than one Sportsperson are the same after criterion (ii) above, the sportsperson who made the best achievement in previous financial year also, would be given priority.
(iv) lf, more than one Sportsperson have equal points after criterion (iii) above, the Sportsperson having earlier date of birth will be given higher ranking in the merit list.
(v) Sports Certificate of Invitational/Memorial/open (except Chess)/Prize money League/Ranking Competitions/Friendly Matches between Countries will not be considered for award of points.
(vi) The highest achievement of the candidate in only one Annual Tournament in listed Sports disciplines in a year will be considered for awarding points.
(vii) There shall be participation of at least 6 Countries for the competition to be considered as an International Competition for merit certificate.
(ix) Achievements/participation in the international tournaments will be considered only with earlier achievements at National and State level tournaments. Direct participation/selection trials/camps in any International or National tournaments will not be considered for award of points.
(IX) Process Of Drawing Merit Amongst Meritorious Sports Persons.— The selection of Sportspersons for appointment under Meritorious Sports Persons Quota shall be drawn as under:-
Sl. Name of the Points for No. Competition
Gold/ Silver/ Bronze/ Participation First Second Third
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 Olympics/Paralympics 720 705 690 150 3 Asian Games/Asian Para 630 615 600 130 618 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
4 Commonweal th Games/ 585 570 555 120
C o m m o n w e a l t h P a r a A t h l e t e s / Yo u t h A s i a n Games (once in 4 years).
5 Other World/International 540 525 510 110
C h a m p i o n s h i p s / Yo u t h Commonwealth Games/ D e a f l y m p i c s , S p e c i a l Olympics/IPC World Cup/ C h a m p i o n s h i p s / I B S A Wo r l d C ha mp i o n s h i p s (once in 2 years).
6 World University Games 495 480 465 100
(once in 2 years).
7 World/Asian/Commonwealth 450 435 420 90
Championships (once in 2 years).
8 South Asian Federation 405 390 375 80
Games (once in 2 years).
9 World/Asian School Games 360 345 330 70
(once in 2 years).
10 South Asian Championship/ 315 300 285 60
other annually organized International Competitions.
11 National Games/ 270 255 240 50
Championships/ Federation Cup.
12 All India Inter-University 225 210 195 40
Competitions/Khelo India University Games.
13 Khelo India Youth Games/ 180 165 150 30
Winter Games/Para Games.
14 National School Games 135 120 105 20
15 South Zone Inter-University 90 75 60 0 619
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Note 1 : In the event of a tie, those who have secured a higher position or won more than one medal may be given preference.
Note 2 : Participation in individual and team event/item would be
given the same preference.
Note 3 : No preference would be given for winning more than one
medal/position.
Note 4 : In case of any doubt about the status of a tournament, the matter will be decided by the Government of Puducherry and such decision shall be the final.
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