NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court (Bench at Srinagar) on Tuesday directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India to run the management, control and administration of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) as an interim measure till a new body of the association is elected under BCCI supervision.
A division bench of Justices Ali Muhammad Magrey and Puneet Gupta observed that there was no further need of continuation of the court-appointed administrators (CAA) and the chief executive officer (CEO) of the JKCA and directed that they shall stand discontinued, Greater kashmir reports.
The division bench asked the BCCI to consult all the stakeholders, including the parties litigating before the court – the representatives of the erstwhile clubs of the JKCA as also of the district cricket associations now formed by the CAA – while finalizing the amendment, if any, in the constitution of the JKCA in conformity with the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee.
The BCCI, the court said, shall ensure promoting of cricketing activities in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in Ladakh in tune with its approved constitution and at par with other affiliated associations from various states and Union territories of the country.
“The BCCI, given the task assigned to it as indicated above, shall be authorized to appoint committee / sub-committee to run, administer, control and supervise the affairs of the JKCA till the elections are held and a body of the JKCA is elected under its supervision, whereafter the administration, control and supervision of the JKCA shall be handed over to the newly elected office bearers of the Association,” the court stated.
Additionally, the court asked the deputy commissioner of Jammu as well of Srinagar to cooperate with the BCCI for ensuring implementation of its directions passed in its judgment for any requisitioned assistance. “They shall ensure preparation of inventory of movable and immovable property of the JKCA and furnishing the same, along with the list of assets and liabilities of JKCA as existing on the date of this judgment, to the BCCI during the course of this week”. “We hope and trust that the aforesaid exercise, assigned to the BCCI, is concluded by the BCCI as expeditiously as possible,” the bench said.
