chandigarh the punjab and haryana high court has made it clear that appointment of sportspersons into the coveted haryana civil service hcs would be subject to the outcome of a petition challenging the states rules for such appointments under the sports quotaa division bench headed by justice a b chaudhari passed these orders on thursday while hearing an application filed by haryana civil service executive branch officers association the association had sought directions to refrain the haryana government from issuing appointment letters under the haryana outstanding sportspersons rules 2018 during the pendency of the main petitionin the main petition which is slated for further hearing on december 4 the association has questioned the governments move to appoint sportspersons as hcs officers with seniority according to them a sportsperson cannot be presumed to have the necessary skill set to perform executive functions it has referred to sports and youth affair minister anil vijs statement that around 100 sportspersons had applied under the policy and 50 would be given appointment letters within a monththe matter is sub judice and the hc has already issued a notice to the haryana government in the main petition such appointments would not only be illegal but would create complications and third party rights which would cause multiplicity of litigation the officers association has arguedhearing this the bench on thursday clarified that any appointment made under the policy would be subject to the outcome of the main petition through which such rules have been challengedin the main petition filed through general secretary of the officers association meenaxi raj directions have been sought to set aside that portion of the haryana outstanding sports rules recruitment and conditions of service rules 2018 which provides hcs executive job to the outstanding sportspersons along within four or eight years seniorityfurther directions have also been sought to ensure that the post of hcs executive branch be filled only through the haryana public service commission hpsc after following the procedure and qualifications as per the hcs rules 2008promoting sportsthe haryana government had recently framed a policy under whichan olympic gold medallist would be appointed in the hcs or haryana police service hps with seniority of eight yearsa silver medallist in the olympics to be appointed as hcs or hps officer with fouryear senioritya bronze medallist in the olympics or a gold medal in world championship olympic disciplines and the asian games to be appointed as hcs or hps officers but without the seniority