CoA calls for BCCI election, new IPL Governing Council

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Even as the Supreme Court deliberates on the new BCCI constitution, the Committee of Administrators has urged it to conduct fresh elections. In a report sent to the court, the Vinod Rai-led CoA has also stated that since the term of the office bearers has ended, they cannot continue their duties.

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) led by chairman Vinod Rai have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to conduct fresh elections for the BCCI office bearers. The CoA has also called for the formation of the new IPL Governing Council and if the court accepts the recommendations, it would bring an end to the terms of the existing office-bearers - acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry. Also, the IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla’s term might come to an end as well.

The CoA filled its seventh status report and submitted it to the Supreme Court. The status report mentioned that the existing cricket board office-bearers’ respective three-year terms had expired, while saying that fresh elections could be conducted even without formally adopting the new BCCI constitution. It added that the persons “consciously guilty of non-compliance” shouldn’t be given the “benefit of an extended tenure”.

“As a consequence, the audited statement of accounts for the financial year ending March 31, 2017, along with auditor’s report are yet to be adopted even as the next financial year (ending March 31, 2018) is drawing to a close. In light of the aforesaid, there is a need to conduct the 88th AGM of BCCI at the earliest so that the audited statement of accounts for the financial year ending March 31, 2017, along with auditor’s report can be adopted,” the status report said,

The CoA also pointed out that the term of the current office-bearers has expired and that they cannot continue to perform their duties. 

“If the respective terms of senior-most Vice-President and the Joint secretary have expired, they cannot continue to perform the duties of the President and Secretary respectively.” 

With respect to fresh elections, the report further added that it would be in the fitness of things if the Court directs the elections to be conducted. 

“It would be in the fitness of things if this Hon’ble Court directs that elections may be conducted in terms of the recommendations of the Lodha Committee even as this Hon’ble Court continues to consider the New BCCI Constitution in terms of the order dated July 24, 2017,” the report further added. 

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