Educational Qualification: Matriculation or its equivalent from a recognized board Nationality: Indian citizen, or a subject of Nepal or Bhutan Sports Qualification: Must have participated or won medal(s) in one of the recognized levels of competition (International, National, Inter-University, Khelo India Games, etc. – see marking scheme below) between 01.01.2024 and 01.11.2026 Candidates must possess all required educational and sports certificates on the date of recruitment; those without them are not eligible Educational certificates from boards other than Central/State Boards must be accompanied by a Government notification declaring equivalence for Central Government service

Selection follows: Documentation → Physical Standard Test (PST) → Sports Trial Test (qualifying) → Merit List (based on sports achievement marks) → Detailed Medical Examination (DME) → Review Medical Examination (RME), if required. There is no written examination. Sports Achievement Marking Scheme (Selected Rows) Competition Gold Silver Bronze Participation Olympic Games (Summer & Winter) 100 92 84 75 Asian Games 85 77 69 60 Commonwealth Games 80 72 64 55 World Championship/World Cup (Annual) 70 62 54 45 National Games / Senior National Championship 30 22 17 Not eligible Junior National Championship 25 18 15 Not eligible Inter-University / Khelo India University Games 20 13 11 Not eligible Khelo India Youth/Winter Games 15 12 10 Not eligible The official notification lists 18 competition tiers in total (including Youth Olympics, World Championship Quadrennial/Biennial, Junior World Championship, Asian Championship Quadrennial/Biennial/Annual, Junior Asian Championship, World University Games, and other MYA&S-cleared international events). Candidates get marks for only the single highest medal/participation secured in the 01.01.2024–01.11.2026 window. Documentation, PST & Sports Trial Test Documentation: Verification of original certificates (age, education, caste, sports achievement); identity/biometric verification is mandatory Physical Standard Test (PST): Height, chest (male only) and weight checked against the standards above; over/underweight candidates are not debarred at this stage – final fitness decision rests with the Medical Officer at DME Sports Trial Test: 40 marks, qualifying in nature, minimum cut-off 20 marks (does not count toward final merit); exempted for candidates who represented India in an International Sports Event with Department of Sports clearance No appeal is entertained for re-conduct of the Sports Trial Test Merit List & Tie-Breaking Final merit is based purely on the sports achievement marking scheme (Documentation + PST + Sports Trial marks are not added to merit, only used for shortlisting/qualifying) Tie-break order: (1) higher marks, (2) higher National-competition achievement if International achievements are equal, (3) younger candidate, (4) alphabetical order of name in English Medical Examination Detailed Medical Examination (DME) conducted per MHA's Uniform Guidelines for Recruitment Medical Examination (dated 20.05.2015, as amended) Candidates declared unfit may opt for Review Medical Examination (RME) by giving written consent within 24 hours; the RME decision is final Pregnant female candidates are declared temporarily unfit; their vacancy is held and they are re-examined 6 weeks after confinement, subject to a fitness certificate