Telangana HC Orders Sports Authority to Compensate Student

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• the Telangana High Court ruled that the Sports Authority of Telangana must compensate chess player M. Shreeshwan for denying him an engineering seat under the sports quota, terming it a “classic example of apathy” towards sports in India.
• Justice T. Vinod Kumar criticized the Sports Authority for its lackadaisical evaluation process, including their failure too seek clarification from the All India chess Federation about eligibility criteria.
• Shreeshwan, who holds accolades such as being awarded third place at the Asian Youth Chess Championship (2019) and earning FIDE’s ‘International Master of Chess Champion’ title, was deemed ineligible despite his achievements and prior cash reward given by the authority itself.
• The compensation ordered is equivalent to the fee difference between securing admission through merit quota versus sports quota.

Indian Opinion Analysis
The judgment highlights systemic issues within India’s sports management concerning accountability and fair treatment of deserving athletes. Denying a highly accomplished chess player access to education benefits under the sports quota reflects a larger problem of valuing bureaucratic rigidity over talent recognition and support for sportspersons’ advancement off-field.This case should prompt introspection about how policies interact with execution at state-level administrative bodies tasked with nurturing talent across disciplines in India.

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