Toughening its stance on the tenure limitation of the sports bosses in the country, the Government today proposed to send a senior official to the International Olympic Council (IOC) headquarters in Switzerland to sort out the matter.

A day after the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) forwarded letters of support from IOC and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) that warned against any interference in tenure limitation of the administrators, the government said it would send a detailed response and offered to send an official to IOC headquarters in Lausanne to discuss the matter.

"Government is immediately sending to the highest authorities in IOC, a detailed response on the matter," said an official statement issued today.

"Government is also proposing to IOC that in order to have a thorough and conclusive discussion on the subject, Government would be deputing a senior official, to the IOC headquarters, at a mutually convenient date to sort out the matter across the table," it added.

Sports administrators are up in arms against the new regulation which says National Sports Federation (NSF) presidents cannot continue for more than 12 years, with or without break, while secretaries and treasurers can serve eight years at a stretch but would have to take a four-year break before seeking a reelection.

Determined to thwart the move, Indian Olympic Association and NSF bosses said they were governed by Olympic Charter and IOA secretary general Randhir Singh, also an IOC member, yesterday circulated letters of support from IOC and OCA which warned India of dire consequences in case of governmental interference.