chandigarh the haryana government has said that 2010 commonwealth games gold medalist and london olympics quarterfinalist boxer manoj kumar cannot be appointed on the post of deputy superintendent of police dsp just because he wants to be appointed on a particular posta detailed reply in this regard has been filed before the punjab and haryana high court in response to a petition filed by kumar seeking appointment on dsps postthe appointments under the sports quota are provided under the states sports policy state has already offered him a post of coach in groupb in in the sports department when the group b post was offered to him there was no post of dsp was available at that time since he has already been offered a post under the policy he cannot claim appointment against a particular post in a particular department as it will affect the claim of other sportspersons the state has stated in its reply before hcseeking directions to dismiss the boxers plea the haryana government also submitted that the power to create the posts was the sole prerogative of the executive and legislative authorities and the court cannot direct for the creation of the post which would be violation of the principles of separation of powersin his plea manoj kumar 31 stated that he had been approaching the state government for the past several years for appointment as dsp in parity with other sportspersons who were given such posts in the past an arjuna awardee kumar also gave a comparative chart of several other players who have been made dsp by the state but he was denied illegallymamta sauda jitender kumar joginder sharma geetika jakhar have been given appointment as dsp by the state but despite being fully entitled for the same as per the states policy i have been denied argued the petitionerhe had stated that he was a graduate while persons who were just class xii pass has been appointed dsp manoj has specifically mentioned that he being gold medalist on 19th commonwealth games and a participant of several international events has been denied while joginder sharma who had only played one 2020 cricket world cup match in 2007 at south africa has been appointed as dsp