DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Government on reconsideration, has decided to grant a separate quota of 3% to Outstanding Sports Persons (OSP) and Eligible Sports Persons (ESP) (3% of total Group C posts advertised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission in any given year). Sharing information in this regard, the Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs shall create a separate quota for this purpose and send a requisition to Haryana Staff Selection Commission for a separate recruitment drive for eligible OSP and ESP to the tune of 3 percent of total Group C posts advertised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission in any given year. These quota posts will exist within selected few departments, namely Home Department, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, School Education Department and Elementary Education Department Thus, while the calculation of the number of such posts will be as 3 percent of total Group C posts advertised by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission, these posts will be advertised for only the selected few departments mentioned above, he added. He further said that within this separate quota (3percent of Group C posts advertised by H.S.S.C in a given year) for OSP and ESP, first preference will be given to Outstanding Sports Persons appointed to Group C posts under the Notification of Haryana Government, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs on dated February 26, 2021 namely, the Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Group A, B, C) Service Rules, 2021.Divulging details, he said that once the candidates appointed to Group C posts under Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Group A, B, C) Service Rules, 2021 have been accounted for the remaining posts in this separate quota. (editor@dailyworld.in)