The Bombay High Court has issued notice to former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and other respondents for recruiting sportsmen in government jobs without following procedure.Sports and Physical Development Association (SPEDA) has filed a PIL in this regard, alleging that Chavan directly recruited 12 sports persons in various posts such as deputy collector, deputy superintendent of police and Tehsildar under sports quota. The notices, issued by a division bench of justices N H Patil and B P Colabawalla, are returnable after six weeks. he PIL has alleged that the 12 appointees were either related to ministers or known to them, and sought cancellation of these appointments saying the due procedure was not followed in approving them.The judges sought a clarification on whether government had a policy by which the chief minister directly recruited sports persons in government jobs without following the proper procedure.