chandigarh from now on no punjab government official will be allowed to hold an elective office in a sports association or federation for a term more than four years or for one term whichever is less this latest decision of the government assumes significance since many ips and ias officers in the past have headed sports bodies in the state for many years and multiple terms the only serving bureaucrat who is heading a sports body today is punjabs additional chief secretary home affairs and justice n s kalsi he is president of state table tennis association and is one of the vicepresidents of the punjab olympic association poa the last election for the punjab table tennis association was held in december 2010 which means he has been heading the association for more than six yearsat the same time there are at least eight retired ips and ias officers heading various sports bodies in the state many of them were heading the bodies even while serving in the government also there are around eight politicians heading such bodies