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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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2024

No.

Puducherry

Tuesday

29th

October

2024

(7 Kartika 1946)

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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.—

Sl.

Name of Sport

(1)

(2)

Archery

Athletics

Atya - Patya

(1)

(2)

Badminton

Ball-Badminton

Baseball

BasketBall

Billiards and Snookers

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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

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

65.

Yogasana

(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)

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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

Competition.

of the Sports/Game concerned.

2 National

Secretary of the National Federation

Competition.

or Secretary of the State Association

of the Sports/Game concerned.

3 Inter-University

Dean of Sports or other officer in

Tournaments.

overall charge of sports of the

University concerned.

4 National Sports/

Director or Additional/Joint or Deputy

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

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.

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 Youth 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:-