Rules

Terms & Conditions For Affiliated Units

1- All affiliated GFI or their State units/Associations shall maintain suitable facilities for Gatka players and sufficient number of active members

2- Each affiliated and registered unit of WGF/GFI shall be furnished with a copy of prescribed Rules of competition and they shall be bound to implement them thereby. The International Gatka Council or its any National unit shall have power to take disciplinary or punitive action against any affiliated Federation/Association or person connected with it for not conforming to the Rules and Regulations of WGF.

3- Each affiliated National Federation or their State unit/Association shall intimate dates of their annual national, state or district calendars/championships in writing to WGF and forward the results thereof to their National Federation. Each National Federation shall also furnish a copy of their annual report and accounts to the WGF and State Associations to their National Federations.

4- The players and Officials i.e coaches, referees, judges, scorers and other technical assistants of the affiliated Federations/Associations shall not take part in any unauthorized Gatka exhibitions, competitions and contests.

5- No affiliated Federation/Association/unit is empowered to participate or arrange Gatka exhibitions, competitions or send Gatkebaaz outside their territorial jurisdictions or boundaries of their country without prior written permission/sanction of the WGF or its affi liated National Federations/State Associations.

6- No affiliated Federation/Association/unit shall hold any Gatka competitions/exhibitions of International/National category without prior written approval/sanction of WGF or affi liated International/National Federation/Association. The Offi cials for the conduct of such competitions shall be duly approved by the WGF or concerned affiliated National Federation/Association. The Federation shall also depute an Observer for the Competition. TA/DA of such Officials shall be borne by the National Federation/Association/State unit.

7- No National Federation/State Association or Regional Unit shall be permanently affi liated to the WGF/National Federation unless it has been recognized/affi liated to its National/State Olympic Association. Temporary affi liation may be granted till such approval

8- Only one International/National/Regional Unit/Association from a particular Country/Region/State shall be affi liated to the WGF or National Federation as the case may be. Any other Federation/ Association/Unit (may be men/women) from the same Country/State, will not be affi liated to the WGF/National Federation.

Miscellaneous

1- The Federation may sue or be sued in the name of the President/Honorary Secretary and lawsuit if any, shall only be filled at the Headquarters of the Federation.

2- No decision taken in the meeting of General Council or Executive Committee shall be reopened, modified or cancelled within a period of six months thereof.

3- WGF and GFI possesses sole privilege of Copyright, Patent, IPR laws imposition on this prescribed Gatka Rules Book and it can only be amended by the expert technical committee constituted by the WGF and GFI includingtheir office bearers as they deem fit at any stage but after a span of one year from its publication, with one month prior written notice served to all the concerned members by the President/Secretary of WGF/GFI.