Sports

Policy regarding reservation of seats in admission to Education/Technical/Medical Institutions under the control of the Chandigarh Administration. After careful consideration the Chandigarh Administration has decided to revise the criteria for the grant of Sports Gradation Certificate(s) according to entitlement as under :-

Two percent of total number of seats in each course shall be filled up with Sportsmen/Sportswomen. These two percent seats shall be reserved in each branch of engineering/non-engineering courses in the Institutions on the basis of total intake of each branch and fraction of 0.5 or above, shall be rounded off to the next higher number, subject to amendments by the concerned Department. This category shall not be divided into U.T. Pool/General Pool. The inter-merit of the candidates seeking admission in any course in the reserved category of sports shall only be determined on the basis of their merit in sports as per grading criteria mentioned in the succeeding paragraphs. In case any of the seats in the sports category in any of the branches remains unfilled, the same shall be thrown open to the candidates belonging to general category. This policy is for the players of the Chandigarh only.

Benefit of reservation under this category shall be available only to the following category of students :-

1. Who pass their qualifying examination from Schools/Colleges, recognized by the Chandigarh Administration and situated in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, as a regular student of the said School/College, who have studied in Chandigarh School/Colleges for atleast two years before applying for gradation certificate, subject to the condition that such students must represent Chandigarh State/Schools etc. in the National/other recognized tournaments.
2. Where Chandigarh Administration has adopted the notification of other States/U.T. on reciprocal basis, to give benefit of reservation in admission in Sports category in Chandigarh, they will be graded as per existing policy of the Chandigarh Administration.
3. Countersigning of the Gradation Certificates shall only be admissible on reciprocal basis provided that countersigned certificates will be graded as per policy of the Chandigarh Administration.

Gradation Policy to issue Sports Gradation Certificate on the basis of achievements of the player.

The merit of certificates shall be graded as A, B, C,D in descending order as per following sub-para:-

GRADE- A

Sportsmen/Sportswomen of International standing i.e. those who have represented India/donned India colour in the following International Tournaments/Meets/Championships/Competitions etc:-

• Olympic Games
• World Cups/Championship/Tournaments in respective games, organized by the International Federation(s) at the highest level.
• Test Matches/One day/International Matches in Cricket. Grand Slam/Davis Cup in Tennis.
• Commonwealth Games.
• Asian Games.

GRADE-B

Sportsmen/Sportswomen who have participated in the following Tournaments/Competitions/Championships etc:-

• World Universities/International tournaments/games other than those mentioned under Grade 'A' for where atleast 10 teams took part.
• Asian Federation Cup/Tournament/Championship/SAF Games.
• Asian School Games (atleast eight teams took part)
• First three positions in Recognised National Championships/Inter-State Championship organized by the National Federation.
• All India Combined Universities Team, which participated in the Nehru/Senior National Tournaments.
• First three positions in All India Inter-versity tournaments organized by the AIU.
• Participation in International Meets/Championships for Junior, conducted by the concerned International organization.
• First three positions in the National School Games organized by the SGFI.
• First three positions in the National Championships for Juniors organized by the concerned Federation/All India Rural Sports Meet organized by the SAI.

GRADE-C

• Participation in Senior Nationals/Inter-University Tournaments/Federation cup/organized by the Federation/AIU.
• Participation in Junior National Championship/National School Games/KVS National team participated in the National School Games.
• First three positions in the recognized Chandigarh State Championships in Seniors provided minimum 7 teams participated.
• First three positions in the Panjab University Inter College Tournaments provided minimum 7 teams participated.
• First three positions in the recognized Chandigarh State Championships for Juniors provided minimum 7 teams participated.
• First three positions in Chandigarh Inter-School tournaments conducted by the Sports Deptt./KVS National Tournaments for Seniors and Juniors, provided minimum 7 teams participated.
• Provided that a sportsperson, who intends to get benefit of clause (i) & (ii), must have obtained first three positions in the respective State/Inter-College/Inter School/KVS Nationals.

GRADE -D

• Participation in the Senior National Championships/National Games.
• Participation in the recognized Junior National Championships.
• Participation in the National School Games.

Provided:

Gradation will be done in case of sportsperson taking part in the Nationals without obtaining any position in the State.

No gradation for State participation.

IMPORTANT: Only A, B, C and D Grade will be awarded.

Inter-se Seniority/Ranking/Grading will be decided by the concerned Institution itself. In the matter of rating, inter-se, the performance of the same grade will be given in the following descending order, namely:-

• Record Holders in any event
• Winners
• Runners Up
• Third position holders
• Number of times participated
• Number of disciplines participated

Note:

• Regarding Senior and Junior Tournaments/Championships, Senior shall have precedence over Junior. Further, Junior and School championships will be considered at par.
• If there is a tie within the same category, the same shall be resolved by considering the academic merit of the sports person. In case of a tie again, the same shall be resolved by considering the seniority in age.
• Performance shall only be considered for the purpose of admission against this category provided that the Association/Federation holding the tournament should be affiliated/recognized by the National Federation of the concerned game.

Performance in the following Sports disciplines will only be considered for the purpose of Sports Gradation Certificates:-

Students seeking admission to this category shall be considered only :-

• If his/her age falls within the age group which is eligible for participation in Inter-College/Inter-University tournaments.
• If his/her achievement in sports relates to his/her activity in any of the three years preceding to admission. (For example, for admission in the Year 2003-04, the achievements shall not be prior to the Ist April, 2000.
• Gradation Certificate will not be meant for employment purposes.

NOTE:

• No Sports Gradation shall be issued to the players, who have participated in Mini/Sub-Junior /open/Ranking tournament/memorial tournament and invitational events.
• Only those certificates issued by the concerned Sports Federations/Associations as are properly signed in ink by atleast one of the office bearers of the respective Sports Federation/Associations. The position holders certificate(s) issued by the State Association must have photograph attested by the concerned association with serial number. The application shall be entertained only when received through an affidavit affirming the authenticity of the claim(s) duly attested by the Magistrate (Ist Class) on non-judicial stamp paper worth Rs.3/-.
• In the context of Individual events/Team Games position achieved will be considered only if it has been achieved through a competition with seven or more competitors/atleast seven units i.e. for State, Senior, Junior/Inter College.

1. International Tournaments for Senior and Junior organized by the International Federation of that discipline and where atleast 10 countries have participated, other than those mentioned against Grade-A. Cricket will be excluded from this.
2. Atleast 10 States/Universities for Nationals i.e. Senior/Junior and All India Inter-Versity, respectively, shall take part for gradation purposes.

• The applicants shall be interviewed and may also be given field test(s) in the discipline(s) concerned to ascertain the genuineness of the testimonial(s)/certificate(s) which they produce in support of their claim(s), to make the grading of the candidate(s) not merely on the basis of the certificate(s) but after due examination and verification.
• The Director Sports, Chandigarh Administration, or his nominee, not below the rank of the Joint Director Sports will issue the certificate, and also have the authority to cancel any certificate at any time, if it is found to have been issued on false/incorrect/concealed information or record.
• Sports Gradation will be used for admission in Colleges/Professional Colleges but the Director Sports or his nominee as aforementioned shall not be made a party in case of non-acceptance of the certificate(s) by the admitting authority.

The Committee for screening, interviewing, ascertaining the claim on the basis of physical performance/considering the sports certificate(s), grading shall consist of the following namely :-

IMPORTANT:

Screening/Trials/Meeting for issuance of Gradation certificate will be held on quarterly basis. It may be done on monthly basis if need be with the prior approval of the competent authority as a special case.

In case of any doubt or clarification about this criteria the decision of the Secretary Sports, Chandigarh Administration, shall be final.

Changes in disciplines of Sports Gradation Policy.

The following games have been approved for inclusion in place of the existing Sports Gradation Policy, as per charter of Athens 2004 Olympic games to be implemented from the academic session 2007-2008:-

Rest of the Gradation Policy will remain unchanged.