new delhi money is the only thing which matters to the school games federation of india sgfi if one has to go by the latest communication by the federations secretary general and ceo rajesh mishra to the sgfis affiliated member units states and union territories uts on the day the sports ministry renewed the annual recognition of the sgfi till december 31 2020 pending its elections to elect the new set of officebearers mishra shot off a letter to its affiliated units informing to release all outstanding dues including annual affiliation fees for the session 202021 by the end of this monthwhile the sgfis efforts should have been to conduct its elections immediately in a fair and transparent manner the federations secretary and ceo looked more interested in directing its member units to immediately clear all outstanding dues till date including the dues of annual affiliation fees before november 30 2020its requested to immediately arrange to clear outstanding dues till date including the dues of annual affiliation fees up to the session 202021 vide rtgsneft to the sgfi before november 30 2020 if any unitmember has not cleared its outstanding dues then it or its representative will not be entitled to participate in the sgfis elections and will solely be held responsible for the consequences wrote mishraearlier on thursday the ministry renewed the sgfis recognition till december 31 which was originally suspended on february 25 2020 the last election for electing the federations office bearers was held on june 25 2016 for the term 20162020 the elections to decide the new executive committee of the sgfi for the term 20202024 has become dueits been decided that sgfi shall conduct election of its executive body by december 31 2020 following the model election guidelines prescribed in the national sports development code 2011 the sgfi is required to make categorical affirmation of the provisions of the sports code in its constitution within six months so as to bring the same fully in line with the sports code the federation is also required to take necessary steps for uploading the information in compliance to the instructions as issued by this ministrys letter dated february 26 2015 the ministrys communique to the sgfi read