State associations urge COA for deadline extension

New Delhi: The Committee of Administrators (COA) running the BCCI has received multiple pleas from various state associations to extend the deadline for submitting compliance report on Lodha recommendations till March 27. The COA on February 23 had written to all state associations to submit a compliance report adhering to all Lodha diktats by March 1. However, disqualified members of 20 state units have written to COA led by Vinod Rai that they need more clarity and since joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary’s plea in Supreme Court is pending for hearing on March 27, the COA should wait till then. Supreme Court to hear BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary’s plea against COA

“Yes, a letter is being sent to the COA as we feel they should wait till March 27 as Amitabh’s plea is pending in Supreme Court. Some clarity is still required regarding cumulative tenure of 9 or 18 years. It will be prudent if we can wait rather than being in a tearing hurry to fill up compliance report,” a state unit official told PTI on Tuesday. Amitabh Chaudhary has filed a plea in SC that seeks clarification on scope of COA taking over the management rather than ensuring smooth transition to the new administration. Earlier, the Supreme Court  agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by BCCI‘s Joint Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, alleging that the court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) was flouting its order and not allowing the office bearers to perform their duties.

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A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra assured Chaudhary’s counsel that it would communicate with the Chief Justice JS Khehar for early setting up of the bench, comprising justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud which has been hearing the matter relating to implementation of administrative reforms in the apex cricket body.