Haryana frames norms for sports gradation certificate

CHANDIGARH : The Haryana government has framed guidelines for issuance of sports gradation certificates to ensure that only eligible and bona fide sportspersons get jobs.

An official release said on Saturday that sports gradation certificate, to be issued by different officials for different categories of sports, entitled one to government job.

Any sportsperson playing for Haryana at national level or one who is domicile of Haryana and does not represent a state or UT other than Haryana at national level, would be eligible for sports gradation certificate.

The release said the director, sports, and district sports and youth affairs officer (DSYAO) would jointly be the sanctioning authority for all posts under Grade A, and posts, other than Group A, under Grade B.

Similarly, the DSYAO of the district concerned would be the

THE CERTIFICATE ENTITLES A PLAYER TO GOVERNMENT JOB UNDER A PARTICULAR GRADE

sanctioning authority for posts, other than Group A and B under Grade C, and only Group D post under Grade D.

It said that the certificate would be numbered serial-wise and entered in a separate register maintained by the DSYAO concerned with running serial numbers.

Only sports and games included in Haryana sports policy, as amended from time to time, would be covered. For international, Asian and Commonwealth events, individual or team should be sent or sponsored by the ministry of sports and youth affairs or Sports Authority Of India or national-level sports federation, it said.