BCCI seeks court permission for appointment of adhoc JKCA committee

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 9: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today sought permission from the court for appointment of adhoc committee to hold the affairs, management and administration of J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) as the present management has failed to implement the court directions in letter and spirit.
Senior Counsel Sunil Sethi appearing for the BCCI today submitted before the division bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Puneet Gupta that the present Administrators of JKCA with CEO as appointed by the court were obliged under law to hold the free and fair elections of JKCA and to amend the constitution of JKCA in conformity with the Lodha Panel within two months as directed by the court.
Advocate Sethi informed the court that even after a gap of more than two and half years neither the constitution has been amended, nor were elections of the JKCA held till date. He added that the Administrator as also the CEO are running the affairs of JKCA in contrast to the basic spirit of direction contained in the DB judgment of this court and the orders of Supreme court.
Senior advocate Mohsin Qadri appearing on behalf of various clubs informed the court that the Administrators and CEO have amended the JKCA rules in contravention of the mandate of law given by the court as also against the Lodha Committee which he said, is approved by the Supreme Court. He further added that the Administrators and CEO withdrew the memberships as well as voting rights of the cricketing clubs who were members of JKCA.
The Division Bench after hearing the parties at length, kept the matter for further proceedings tomorrow again in order to settle the issues related to the affairs of Association and inter-se disputes of clubs.
Advocate Sethi in this connection has already moved an application on behalf of the BCCI mentioning therein that the board has received complaints against the Administrators, CEO.
“Committee of Administrators of JKCA and CEO are deliberately trying to create disputes by excluding the affiliate clubs by forming District Committees. Administrators as well as JKCA CEO have no authority to go beyond the scope of order of Supreme Court as such the affairs, functions, administration and management of JKCA may be permitted to be taken over by the adhoc committee, formed by BCCI”, submits the BCCI in its application.
The number of litigations in different courts came to be filed by two factions one headed by Dr Farooq Abdullah and another led by Imran Raza Ansari from 2015 claiming to be the office bearers of JKCA which as per the BCCI has hampered the object of promoting the cricket activities in the association.
The Division Bench while deciding the matters finally on October 2017 had appointed an ombudsman for settlement of disputes among the clubs and JKCA and apart from appointment of two Administrators C K Prasad (retired Supreme Court Judge) and Syed Rafat Alam (the then Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh) had appointed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari (retired IPS) as Chief Executive Officer for running the affairs of JKCA till rules are amended and elections are held.

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