Therefore, the following directives were passed:
i. The State government should consider creating a legal framework that imposes statutory regulation on the functioning of every sports organisation/clubs/association, including the state unit of the National Sports Federation in respect of every field of sports;
ii. Every sports association/organisation shall be compulsorily registered with the State government;
iii. Every Sports Association should have a record of all the above stated details and it shall be within the power of the State government to inspect such records at any given point of time;
iv. The State government as well as the state unit of the National Sports Federation of every sport which is recognised by the Central government shall have a grievance cell;
v. The positions of President, Vice President and Secretary of every sports association/organisation as well as important functionaries of such organisations including that of the State unit of the National sports Federation shall be held only by sports persons;
vi. The selection of athletes shall be within the purview of the decision-making powers of the selection committee consisting only of sports persons;
vii. No person shall be entitled to hold the position of President, Vice President, Secretary or any other important functionary in any association as well as federation on the only ground that he or she has contributed financially to the said organisation;
viii. Any reference to the term ‘sports persons’ would mean a person who has participated in sports at least at the State level;
ix. An online registration system for all district level, state level and national level athletic championships, competitions, meets and events, similar to the model followed in the Federation Cup Athletics Championships, shall be effectuated immediately;
x. It shall be mandatory for every association to have a website where all its financial aid as sanctioned and granted by the sports development authority of the respective State as well as by the Union Government must be furnished;
xi. In cases where it is found after an enquiry that any association/organisation or state unit of the National sports Federation has acted against merit in respect of the selection of participants, the State Government can take penal action against such an organisation;
xii. In the event of any grievance made by any athlete/sports person to the state unit of the National sports Federation, the same shall be disposed of within a period of one week from the date on which such a grievance has been raised;
xiii. The suggestions placed by the sixth respondent, which are extracted in para 9(vi) of this order shall be considered by the respondents 1, 4 and 5.
Source: Barandbench
