Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri, on Thursday, requested the Bombay High Court to appoint a Committee of Administrators for the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to implement the Lodha reforms and conduct elections as per the amended constitution, according to cricbuzz.com.
Johri was responding to a writ petition filed by Muslim Sports Club, which stated that the present managing committee has overstayed its tenure. MCA had called for elections last year but put it on hold.
Johri’s affidavit mentions all the timelines given to the state associations to implement the Lodha reforms, which were validated by the Supreme Court
“I say and submit that the honourable high courts of Delhi, Hyderabad and Jammu & Kashmir have already intervened by appointing administrators to ensure that the respective state associations under their jurisdiction implement the judgement,” the report quoted the affidavit.
“In light of the aforesaid, I say and submit that the BCCI (under instructions of the CoA) joins the petitioner in requesting this honourable court to appoint a Committee of Administrators (CoA) to forthwith take charge of the affairs of the MCA and take steps to implement the recommendations of the Lodha Committee as contained in the report and accepted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide the judgement and thereafter supervise the conduct of elections thereof.”
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