chandigarh with a view to promoting rare martial art of gatka punjab has accorded recognition to it as a game and enlisted it in the gradation list of recognized sports enlisted in the state sports policy 2010 a notification has also been issued to include gatka game in addition to other games in para 73 of the sports policy with immediate effect on the proposal mooted by punjab deputy chief minister sukhbir badal who also holds the sports portfolio the state cabinet had already given its approval on december 16 2014 to recognize the old game by enlisting it in the gradation list it was a longpending demand of gatka players to enlist this ageold sport in the gradation list of recognized games so that they could avail all facilities being provided to other sports and players and reservation of 3 quota in all posts and admissions in punjab gatka has already been included in the national school games and punjabi university patiala is hosting all india intervarsity gatka tournaments since 2011 punjab olympic association has recognized gatka and granted affiliation to punjab gatka association meanwhile president of world gatka federation sukhdev singh dhindsa president of asian gatka federation s p singh oberoi president of gatka federation of india harcharn singh bhullar and general secretary harjeet singh grewal in a statement issued on sunday welcomed the decision