CoA reckons that State officials should be appointed by High Court
The CoA suggested that administrators appointed by the High Court should precede over state cricket associations until elections are held for the same. The Committee ensured that Amicus Curiae Gopal Subramaniam presented this to the High Court along with all other submissions in the draft.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) stated that the administrators should be appointed through the concerned High Court in state cricket associations, where the office-bearers have completed their tenure of three years or nine years. Following the hearings before the Apex court on May 1 and May 11, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee has notified the state associations of âcertain developments including but not limited toâ the previous hearings.
âWhere the term/tenure of the current office bearers of a State Association is over and/or elections are due, the concerned Honâble High Court may be approached either by the said State Association itself and/or any member thereof for appointment of an administrator to administer the affairs of the said State Association pending elections,â the CoA said in its mail to the state associations, reported ToI.
The Committee has advised this to be one of the main submissions made by the Amicus Curiae, Gopal Subramaniam, in addition to his other submissions before the court. The submissions are expected to be deliberated by the court on July 5 and until new elections are conducted, an administrator appointed by the High Court will precede over the State Associations.
âIt is noteworthy that the said submissions contemplate a direction by the Honâble Supreme Court that the affairs of each of the State Associations be administered by an administrator to appointed by the concerned Honâble High Court till the time fresh, free, fair and untainted elections are conductedâ.
Many state associations require a fresh election. For instance, Sourav Ganguly has completed his three years at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). The Lodha Committee recommendation, which came into place on July 18,
The Supreme Court in its May 1 order, gave instructions to the state associations not to hold elections till the draft BCCI constitution was
âIt would not be appropriate for any State Association (including any State Association that has or may hereafter be declared compliant for the purpose of receiving funds from BCCI in terms of the orders dated 7th October 2016 and 21st October 2016 passed by the Honâble Supreme Court) to conduct elections until the New BCCI Constitution is finalized/approved by the Honâble Supreme Court and an administrator is appointed by the concerned Honâble High Court to administer the affairs of the said State Association pending elections,â the CoA mentioned.
Earlier, the CoA had expressed the view that state associations that have only the representatives of the clubs or district units as voting members, can grant memberships to former international cricketers without voting rights. However, the CoA has now said all ex-internationals have to be incorporated into their respective associations as voting members.
âIt is mandatory for all State Associations (including those which have only representatives of district associations or clubs as voting members in the General Body) to grant membership with voting rights to former international players (men and women) hailing from the State,â the CoA mail said, adding that this should be done âprior to conduct of elections such that they shall be entitled to vote in the said electionsâ. The Committee has spoken about receiving âseveral representations/complaintsâ from ex-international cricketers from various states, stressing that âmembership without voting rights is akin to no membership at all.
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