NEW DELHI: The Committee of Administrators (CoA), in a 12-point directive issued on Thursday, has effectively rendered BCCI top office-bearers — acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry — “executives without portfolio”.
The guidelines follow on from the seventh status report the CoA has presented to the Supreme Court, seeking directions to remove the existing BCCI office-bearers, as they have completed their respective three-year terms in office.
“Notice of any meeting of any committee/sub-committee or the General Body of the BCCI shall be issued only with the prior approval of the Committee of Administrators. While seeking such approval the convener of the relevant committee/sub-committee and/or the Acting President/Acting Secretary, as the case may be, shall also provide a draft notice and draft agenda for the proposed meeting as well as any related documents that are circulated and/or intended to be circulated to the persons/members entitled to attend such meeting,” the CoA directive states, while also empowering BCCI CEO Rahul Johri to be present in all such meetings. Decisions taken in those meetings are subject to the CoA giving giving its go-ahead before implementation.
In issuing its latest set of directives, the CoA, has cited the apex court’s January 2, 2017 and January 30, 2017 orders directing the BCCI office-bearers to function “subject to the supervision and control” of the CoA. It also gave the committee the power to issue “all appropriate directions to facilitate due supervision and control”.
