Rahul Johri's increment not in accordance with his contract, claims BCCI treasurer

Things have not always been a smooth sail for Chaudhary ever since the CoA had restricted his powers as a treasurer as the committee believed Chaudhary to lend a “steadfast and unflinching support to persons who have a vested interest in obstructing the reforms process.”

However, in a completely new turn of events, the treasurer has now sent a mail to the CoA claiming that the increment granted to CEO Rahul Johri, which amounted to almost Rs 60.5 lakh, is a clear breach of Johri’s contract. Johri’s present annual income is learnt to be Rs 5.76 crore and his increment was set to be 0.5% of the incremental cash flow accrued to the BCCI, which was Rs 1 crore in his term of 2015-16.

“…The CEO ought not have received any increment since the prerequisites for the increment to be given were not even met. However…the CEO was given an increment in violation of the conditions agreed upon in the contract. The increment was approved by the Committee of Administrators and the approval is not in accordance with the contract,” wrote Chaudhary in his mail that was addressed to Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji, and also to Amitabh Choudhary (BCCI’s acting secretary) and CK Khanna (acting president).