Indian Olympic association President Suresh Kalmadi today said that Sports Ministry's directive ahead of Commonwealth Games on limited tenures of heads of the sports federations is uncalled for. He said a meeting of Executive Council on 18 of this month will discuss the issue. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Kalmadi said sports federations would do everything to protect their autonomy.Cracking down on the sports administrators who have monopolised most of the NSFs, the Sports Ministry yesterday announced a new regulation which says federation presidents cannot continue more than 12 years, with or without break. Mr. Kalmadi also dismissed Sports Minister MS Gill's assertion that the guideline would help bring transparency to the functioning of IOA and NSFs.