NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green signal to the new dates of elections of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) next month after the warring factions struck an out-of-court settlement and submitted affidavits to that effect. The new polling dates are November 5-8, as per IANS.
Returning Officer Navin B. Chawla, based on an opinion from DDCA Ombudsman Justice (Retired) Deepak Verma, had countermanded the elections for six posts after both felt that the process had been “polluted beyond redemption” due to politics within the DDCA.
IANS reports, the candidates who had filed nomination papers can withdraw their candidature on October 17, between 11 am and 1 pm and the final list of the candidates would be published by 4 pm the same day. The elections for six posts – president, treasurer, and four directors – would take place, if required, between November 5 and 8.
“The Supreme Court has approved next month’s new dates of DDCA elections after different factions agreed to come to a common ground outside the court. Mr Pramod Jain and I have withdrawn our Special Leave Petitions filed in the Supreme Court,” DDCA joint secretary Rajan Manchanda told IANS.
Different factions submitted affidavits to this effect with the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Rohan Jaitley, son of late DDCA president Arun Jaitley, is the consensus candidate of all factions for the president’s post while straight contests are expected between two groups.
The Manchanda-Bansal-Tihara combine has announced its candidates. Pawan Gulati, a maternal uncle of former India and Delhi captain Gautam Gambhir, is to contest the treasurer’s post while Ashok Sharma ‘Mama’, Karnail Singh, Pradeep Aggarwal, and Dinesh Kumar Sharma will contest the posts of directors, IANS reports.
On the other hand, the CK Khanna faction has not announced its candidates officially.
