DDCA directors ask BCCI for committee after ombudsman orders re-election

DDCA Ombudsman Justice Deepak Verma (Retd) had called for re-election and removal of Joint Secretary Rajan Manchanda in his last order. Verma had made it clear that while the coronavirus pandemic had delayed the issue, the process of re-election for vacant posts would start as soon as normalcy returns.

New Delhi: The controversy around the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) refuses to die down as Joint Secretary Rajan Manchanda along with directors Nitin Gupta, Alok Mittal, Renu Khanna, Apurv Jain Director and Sudhir Aggarwal Director have written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking them to appoint a committee to oversee proceedings till next AGM.

This comes after DDCA Ombudsman Justice Deepak Verma (Retd) had called for re-election and removal of Manchanda in his last order. The ombudsman had made it clear that while the coronavirus pandemic had delayed the issue, the process of re-election for vacant posts would start as soon as normalcy returns.

DDCA Ombudsman Justice Deepak Verma (Retd)

But in the 14-point letter written by the joint secretary and the five directors, they have mentioned that reports in the media are misleading and they would welcome any decision of the BCCI.

"In the wake of recent developments here in Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA), we deem it our duty to apprise you about the current situation of our Association. There have been certain media reports doing the rounds presently wherein the name of the Association has been maligned. Such media reports and representations are absolutely false and are only an attempt to mislead BCCI.

"The office of the ombudsman, however, has been passing orders without following the due process of law and dehors his jurisdiction as determined by the AoA, with undue haste, in ex- parte manner and at the instance of one single person namely Sanjay Bhardwaj.

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"Despite all this, a fully functional board is working towards running the company and promoting its cause, to whichever extent it is possible in these times and also in protecting the health and finances of its staff, who and whose families are dependent on the company.

"We deem it our duty to inform and apprise you about the current situation, BCCI being our parent body, Apex Council of DDCA would welcome any decision taken by them, including the appointment of a committee to oversee the affairs of DDCA along with the Board of Directors till the next AGM/elections," it read.