Olympic gold medalists from Haryana will now be entitled for appointment to Haryana Civil Services (HCS) or Haryana Police Services (HPS) with seniority of eight years.
The new sports policy announced by the Manohar lal Khattar Government in Haryana, aims at promoting competitive sports in the state and provides secure employment to outstanding sportspersons. The sportspersons of para, blind, deaf and special Olympic Sports will also be entitled for government jobs.
Giving details about the policy, the Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Anil Vij on Thursday said that the initial appointments, whether in HCS or HPS or any other group A, B or C posts will be with “Sports” in parenthesis that would be dropped upon successful completion of the prescribed training and courses in the probation period.
Vij said that the Olympics silver medal winner will be entitled for appointment to HCS or HPS with four years seniority, the bronze medal winner for HCS or HPS, participants of quarter finals or above to Group A post and participants of below quarter final level in Olympics to Group B post.
The policy has been approved by the state cabinet and the Department has been directed to prepare the complete data of sportspersons. This is the first-of-its-kind benefit for sports person in the country, he added.
The government has also clarified that such appointments would be on an honorary basis to the HCS or HPS, and only those qualifying certain examinations, prescribed by Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) or the State Government, would be given administrative responsibilities.
The gold, silver and bronze medal winner of 4-year world Championship (restricted to Olympic Games) will be entitled for appointment to HCS or HPS (with four years seniority), HCS or HPS and Group A (other than HCS or HPS), respectively. Similarly, the participants in the quarter finals or above and below quarter final level of this world championship will be entitled for Group A and Group B posts respectively, Vij said.
The winners of gold, silver and bronze medal in Asian Games would be entitled to HCS or HPS, Group A (other than HCS or HPS) and Group B posts respectively. The participants of quarter finals or above will be entitled for Group C post.
The Minister said that the winners of gold, silver and bronze medal in Commonwealth Games or Other World or International Championship (restricted to Olympic Games) would be entitled to Group A (other than HCS or HPS), Group B and Group C posts respectively.
The winners of gold medal in World/International Championship (non-Olympic Games) would be entitled for Group B posts. The silver and bronze medal winners of this tournament would be entitled for Group C posts, he added.
Under the policy, the medal winners of team events, having five or more players, will also be entitled for appointment in various levels of government jobs.
The Minister added that for para, blind, deaf and special Olympic Sports, the appointments will be made against vacancies reserved for persons with disabilities. However, if adequate vacancies in sportspersons quota are not available, the appointment will be made against other vacancies in the appropriate category.
The State Government has also decided that land will be provided by the government to the sportsperson, who are eligible for out of turn appointment and has not taken the benefit of appointment, to open a Sports Academy in the game in which the sportsperson has achieved an Olympic medal, provided there is no other world class Sports Academy in that sports discipline in the state.