CoA clips wings of BCCI office-bearers

[Varun]

MUMBAI: In order to ensure that it retains absolute control of the game’s administration and day-to-day affairs, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) severely cut powers of BCCI office-bearers on Thursday. The CoA sent a list of do's and don’ts to all members of the board, which leaves them absolutely ineffective where daily functioning is concerned.

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The CoA - comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Eduljee - released a 12-pointer, stating that this is being done to ensure all affairs of BCCI are carried out in accordance with the orders passed by the SC as well as in the interests of good governance.

In doing so, the CoA has dictated that all existing office-bearers and the CEO “shall be bound to act in accordance with the directions of the CoA and shall aid, assist and cooperate with the CoA so as to enable it to (i) effectively supervise the management and administration of the BCCI through the CEO; (ii) ensure that the directions contained in the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment dated 18th July 2016 (“Judgment”) are implemented; and (iii) supervise and control the functioning of the officebearers of the BCCI. The existing officebearers and the CEO shall take all necessary steps to ensure compliance and/or give effect to these directions”.

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“In order to address various difficulties and to better facilitate the supervision and control of the management and administration of BCCI, the CoA is of the view that it is now necessary to issue a fresh set of directions to replace the directions on April 6, 2017,” Rai said.
The board officials are convinced that this decision on part of the CoA needs to be challenged. They strongly believe that “the CoA has gone about doing everything except the one thing that the Supreme Court has asked them to do”.

The office-bearers say Supreme Court asked the CoA to get the new constitution approved and conduct elections. “They’ve swept that aside and instead have been sitting here for 16 months, taking decisions that have nothing do with the SC order. So they’re school principals and we’re schoolchildren, is it?” fuming BCCI members told TOI on Thursday.
The new mandate - one that BCCI members are crying foul about and are gearing up to challenge in the apex court - says office-bearers of the board can no longer exchange e-mails between themselves or with the staff / employees / consultants without the CoA and CEO of BCCI being marked on it.

“This is ridiculous. What is this, a Nazi comeback? My basic right as a citizen is now under question. Now, we can’t order food and water in office without CoA’s approval?” BCCI officials retorted.

The CoA clampdown

• Office-bearers of BCCI and their respective executive assistants shall not undertake any travel, including (but not limited to) hotel accommodation at BCCI’s expense without prior approval of the CoA

• BCCI shall not bear expenses of any legal representation sought by the office-bearers

• CEO alone will sign all pleadings/ affidavits/applications

• All contracts/tenders above Rs 25 lakh will only be approved by CoA

• All payments to be made on behalf of the BCCI shall be jointly approved by the acting secretary and the CEO

• No meeting of the general body will be allowed without approval of the COA

• The acting secretary shall continue to sign all contracts/appointment letters on behalf of BCCI. However, if a contract/appointment letter that has been approved by the CoA is not signed by the acting secretary within reasonable time not exceeding 5 working days, the CoA may direct the CEO to sign such contract/appointment letter. Once a contract/appointment letter has been signed by the CEO as per the directions of the CoA, the same shall be binding on BCCI.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...-bcci-office-bearers/articleshow/63324118.cms

Why can't this play out more quickly with a clear winner and loser? This saga has been going on for over a year now.

 

[IndianFan2018]

Power is Addictive ...Not so easy to let go

 

[hadi123]

Stuff like this should be resolved quick

 

[Oligochaetes]

Supreme court decision 18 July 2016
COA passes directive 16 Mar 2018.
COA works at snail pace?

 

[rhony]

If this is soccer, India would have been banned by FIFA. There is just too much intervention from the government bodies. How a private entity like BCCI is responsible to follow supreme court's orders is beyond me

 

[mmkextreme_1]

If this is soccer, India would have been banned by FIFA. There is just too much intervention from the government bodies. How a private entity like BCCI is responsible to follow supreme court's orders is beyond me

I don't think they are private.

Someone can correct me if I'm worng, but isn't the BCCI just like the PCB and comes under the government?

 

[JaDed]

If COA is corrupt who looks into that,another committee seriously Supreme Court needs to stop interfering.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

If COA is corrupt who looks into that,another committee seriously Supreme Court needs to stop interfering.

as an Indian we should respect supreme court order.
they know what they are doing.

 

[JaDed]

as an Indian we should respect supreme court order.
they know what they are doing.

Not really,SC is not even bothered about Sports the only reason they are taking up this is because BCCI makes money.
They never appointed any committees for hockey ,football as such which could interfere in this level.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I don't think they are private.

Someone can correct me if I'm worng, but isn't the BCCI just like the PCB and comes under the government?

All sport bodies are independent organisations and not under govt unless they take govt grants.

 

[cricketjoshila]

If COA is corrupt who looks into that,another committee seriously Supreme Court needs to stop interfering.

CoA is pathetic. They have no idea how to run the thing.

Diana Eduljee is a nobody in Indian cricket and Vinod Rai has never run a corporate entity. The only person who had any capability was Vikram Limaye and he has left the CoA.

The CoA must be disbanded.

Btw the CoA got a mouthful from cricketer turned administrator. He supported Shami and now the CoA has backtracked and will give Shami his contract as long as ACU dorsnt give a adverse report.

 

[rhony]

I don't think they are private.

Someone can correct me if I'm worng, but isn't the BCCI just like the PCB and comes under the government?

BCCI is a private body.

 

[Zahid87]

CoA is pathetic. They have no idea how to run the thing.

Diana Eduljee is a nobody in Indian cricket and Vinod Rai has never run a corporate entity. The only person who had any capability was Vikram Limaye and he has left the CoA.

The CoA must be disbanded.

Btw the CoA got a mouthful from cricketer turned administrator. He supported Shami and now the CoA has backtracked and will give Shami his contract as long as ACU dorsnt give a adverse report.

Wonder who you know in the CAB....

 

[CanadianG00se]

I don't think they are private.

Someone can correct me if I'm worng, but isn't the BCCI just like the PCB and comes under the government?

No

 

[Snak3eye5]

So let me get this traight. BCCI is private but still is headed by coa which is the government. Am i missing something ? I like checks and balances but this to me sounds like BCCI is not a private entity...

 

[CanadianG00se]

So let me get this traight. BCCI is private but still is headed by coa which is the government. Am i missing something ? I like checks and balances but this to me sounds like BCCI is not a private entity...

BCCI is a private body that overlooks cricket in India. But supreme court have interfered and now ensuring they implement some of their recommendation to prevent any corruptions in future. But instead of that CoA is micro managing BCCI, basically they are telling BCCI who is the boss

 

[cricketjoshila]

Wonder who you know in the CAB....

Why do you think so?

 

[cricketjoshila]

BCCI is a private body that overlooks cricket in India. But supreme court have interfered and now ensuring they implement some of their recommendation to prevent any corruptions in future. But instead of that CoA is micro managing BCCI, basically they are telling BCCI who is the boss

CoA was to supervise bcci not micro manage it. Hopefully SC sees sense.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

as an Indian we should respect supreme court order.
they know what they are doing.

You are right. Baap baap hota hai beta beta hota hai.

 

[CanadianG00se]

as an Indian we should respect supreme court order.
they know what they are doing.

But Supreme court also needs to understand that they are not responsible for running and organisation. They are there just to ensure oraganisations are adhering to laws of the nation.

 

[CanadianG00se]

CoA was to supervise bcci not micro manage it. Hopefully SC sees sense.

I highly doubt SC will do anything in this matter. It was them who appointed CoA, so highly doubt they would teminate them just yet. Longer CoA stays, more damage they will inflict on Indian cricket.

 

[RainMan_]

Coa has become a cancer to Indian cricket. Quite sad.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

The Committee of Administrators chief (CoA) Vinod Rai on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court order on mandatory cooling off period for BCCI office-bearers after two consecutive terms and for putting a road-map in place for the Board’s elections.

The original Lodha Committee reforms suggested only one term of three years before mandatory cooling off but Thursday’s order allows office-bearers two consecutive terms before the mandatory cooling off.

The new judgment effectively means that current acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and acting treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry can contest for another term.

”This is an excellent order by the Honourable Court. I have absolutely no problem with office-bearers having two consecutive terms. Even I had originally wanted a six year term before cooling off period but couldn’t get consensus,” Rai told PTI on what is being seen as the most significant aspect of the order.

Rai said another positive to come out on Thursday is the timeline set by the apex court for the adoption of the approved BCCI constitution, which will also pave the way for the Board’s elections provided there is 100 per cent compliance by the state associations.

The state units have been warned by the SC to either comply or face action. ”Now we finally have a roadmap in place which will lead to adoption of the new constitution and subsequently elections. Now there is a time-line in place,” Rai said.

He also expressed satisfaction that all the original members have retained their voting rights.

The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising justices AM Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, restored the permanent membership of Railways, Services and Universities and granted membership to Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha.

”We had maintained that legacy units like Mumbai should retain their voting rights. The draft constitution also mentions that. Every member unit should have voting rights,” the former CAG said.

“Now the SC ruling will ensure that state units will have to comply with the order by deadlines or else COA can move court,” Rai signed off.

Another COA member Diana Edulji also welcomed the latest order. “We are happy with the judgement. We were appointed by the Supreme Court in the first place to oversee reforms. Now that SC has modified its order, we will have to see that it is implemented properly. I hope everybody will comply and cricket will move on,” she said.

“We did not having anything personal (against any BCCI official). We were nominated by the SC to do a job and our focus has always been on that,” she added.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/...es-excellent-sc-order-on-lodha-reforms-733736

 

[cricketjoshila]

Thank God. 2 more months and the CoA is out of bcci. Most of the office bearers will stay on for another term. The sooner Rai and Edulji leave bcci the better.

 

[Kroll]

BCCI new constitution comes into force; CoA withdraws powers of all bodies except CAC and Selection

This decision means that now only the paid employees of the BCCI will have powers apart from the CAC and Selection Committee members.

The Committee of Administrators (C0A) issued a directive in the light of the Supreme Court judgment on enforcement of BCCI‘s new constitution. With this directive, the CoA effectively dissolved the powers of all bodies except the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) and the Selection Committee.

With new BCCI constitution coming into effect, the COA termed the old ‘Constitution’ as “extinguished”. “Any function to be performed by the Apex Council and/or the Governing Council under the new constitution shall be performed by the Committee of Administrators until a new Apex Council and Governing Council are elected,” the COA directive stated.

“Except for the Cricket Advisory Committee and the duly reconstituted Selection Committees, all committees/ sub-committees under the old constitution stand dissolved with immediate effect,” it added.

This decision means that now only the paid employees of the BCCI like CEO Rahul Johri, CFO Santosh Rangnekar, IPL COO Hemang Amin will have powers and acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary’s powers will cease to take effect.

Saba Karim, GM (Cricket Operations) has also been made an authorized signatory much to the bewilderment of BCCI officials. “We can still understand CEO and CFO but Saba being made a signatory. Let’s hope that once the elections take place, a few things will be straightened out. First things first, Saba Karim is there to take decisions on women’s cricket and formulate policy on domestic cricket. It would be better if he sticks to that,” a BCCI official, who is eligible to contest elections, told PTI today.

The primary point of the COA directives, uploaded on the BCCI website, stated: “All affairs of the BCCI shall be conducted in accordance with the new constitution and the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...ies-except-cac-and-selection-committee-738632

 

[gani999]

All sport bodies are independent organisations and not under govt unless they take govt grants.

The BCCI gets plenty of sops from the government.

The stadia in which the IPL and other cricket matches are played are mostly owned by state sporting associations, which in turn are government run. The policemen and women who provide security during high profile cricketing events are also paid by the government. And then there's the electricity, water and other infrastructure for these events. No points for guessing who provides these. Other than some money given as rentals for the stadia, I seriously doubt the BCCI pays the government anything other than its regular taxes (which, given it is India, are also quite likely to be evaded with impunity).

I am not a big fan of the government but someone should regulate the BCCI. The CoA appointed by the SC is probably the best bet.

 

[cricketjoshila]

The BCCI gets plenty of sops from the government.

The stadia in which the IPL and other cricket matches are played are mostly owned by state sporting associations, which in turn are government run. The policemen and women who provide security during high profile cricketing events are also paid by the government. And then there's the electricity, water and other infrastructure for these events. No points for guessing who provides these. Other than some money given as rentals for the stadia, I seriously doubt the BCCI pays the government anything other than its regular taxes (which, given it is India, are also quite likely to be evaded with impunity).

I am not a big fan of the government but someone should regulate the BCCI. The CoA appointed by the SC is probably the best bet.

State sports associations are not run by govt. They are bcci members and are independent of the state.

The stadium owners pay for the facilities like electricity water etc. They also pay for the security in the stadium. Stadiums are either owned by the bcci state member or on long term lease like the Eden Gardens where the land owner is the Indian Army.

How will bcci evade tax? Their sources of income are very transparent.

Sir you have no idea regarding how cricket is run and how CoA had single handedly destroyed a lot of good work by bcci. But their time is ending as the elections will be done next month and CoA will be done and dusted.

 

[cricketindiafan]

Someone should actually file a PIL in court asking for a forensic audit of decisions by these unaccountable office bearers in CoA. Total random decision making in the garb of cleaning up the system. Something as big as Duleep Trophy has been reduced to a complete joke. There is zero accountability.

Ex-CAG Vinod Rai being audited by current CAG and being called out for his approach would be poetic justice.

 

[MP2011]

Always thought Vinod Rai is not as clean as he shows him to be. Seems to be a fishy guy.

 

[cricketindiafan]

CoA Chief Vinod Rai - I am here to stay and run Indian Cricket"

CoA has also insulted the Cricket Advisory Committee of Ganguly, Sachin and VVS. The legends get asked by the CoA to select a selector for Junior team but the same CoA bypassed them while selecting the coach for WOmen's team because the CoA member Diana Eduljee made the decision on her own.

 

[MP2011]

CoA is getting too big for its boots. As much as I hate previous BCCI administrators like Anurag Thakur, Srini etc, they were anytime better than these clueless and accountable to none CoA members. I mean what are credentials of someone like Diana Eduljee to be in CoA? Just because she is some talent less ex-woman cricketer?

India's woman's cricket has only got from bad to worse under CoA, with coaches being changed left, right and center. Who'll be held accountable for that?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Expect cases being filed againist the CoA once they demit office after the Bcci elections. Their stooges like Rahul Johri and that bootlicker Saba Karim wont be found amywhere near Indian cricket.

 

[MP2011]

Is Rahul Johri that bad? I thought he was a pro and probably hired from Star and hence would be an excellent BCCI CEO?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Is Rahul Johri that bad? I thought he was a pro and probably hired from Star and hence would be an excellent BCCI CEO?

Well he let go off his professionalism to be a CoA stooge. Anyways the days of CoA are numbered.

 

[MP2011]

That proves he is a meek character, not a good thing since International cricket boardroom politics doesn't have any place for that. Considering the clout CoA enjoys, I'm not surprised to find him kowtowing to their whims.