Excitement was running high among sportspersons at the prospect of the State government implementing two per cent reservation for them in the upcoming recruitment for thousands of jobs.
The job aspirants from sports quota were all the more happy at reports that the quota will be implemented without a cutoff date. The norm earlier in such jobs was to consider excellence in sports at national and international levels dating back up to three years only from the time of notification. Now, certificates of excellence in sports will be considered without a time limit, it was said.
The government had already declared that an order issued in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh in 2012 providing two per cent reservation in education and employment will be considered in the latest recruitment in Telangana. Sportspersons who participated anytime in their playing career in senior, junior and sub-junior national championships, all-India inter-university championships and under-14, 17 and 19 competitions of all India school games federation will be eligible to compete for jobs in the quota. But, their chances of qualifying will depend on points allotted to different categories of championships and also sports disciplines.
