NEW DELHI: The Committee of Administrators headed by Vinod Rai has recommended to the Supreme Court that it could reconsider the ‘one state, one vote’ policy that has for long been a bone of contention between the BCCI and the CoA.
The selection committee’s decision to revert to five members rather than three (as recommended by the Lodha panel), will also be reconsidered, Hindustan Times reports.
Earlier, the CoA had made comments with each suggestion given by the BCCI office bearers and state units that the Supreme Court had sought from them. The CoA gave a positive feedback on the suggestion that all units should retain full membership, benefitting the likes of Maharashtra (Mumbai, Vidarbha and Maharashtra) and Gujarat (Baroda, Gujarat and Saurashtra).
“The recommendation pertaining to the existing Full Members from Maharashtra and Gujarat (as modified by the judgement dated 18 July 2016) viz. annual rotation of Full Membership between the three associations from said states is one of the issues identified by this Hon’ble Court for consideration,” the CoA stated.
The CoA also recommended that the issue of membership of Services, Indian Railways and Universities be treated separately from those of NCC (National Cricket Club, Kolkata) and CCI (Cricket Club of India, Mumbai).
“The recommendation pertaining to the existing full members who do not represent any territory (Railways, Services, Universities, CCI and NCC) viz. that the said existing full members be relegated to associate membership without voting rights is one of the issues identified by this Hon’ble Court for consideration. In doing so, it would be relevant to take into account the fact that Railways and Services field teams in tournaments conducted by the BCCI and Universities conducts all-India tournaments at the university level. This is one of the reasons why the cases of NCC and CCI should be considered separately from that of Railways, Services and Universities,” the CoA said.
The matter is up for hearing next on May 11.
