MUMBAI: With the first set of timelines less than a week away now, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to write to the Lodha Committee’s secretary Gopal Shankarnarayanan, requesting to extend the September 30 deadline set by the panel to amend the constitution, Memorandum of Association, rules and regulations and bye-laws as per the Supreme Court judgment.
An MCA source confirmed to Hindustan Times that the association will be writing to the Lodha panel for a minimum extension of one month. “We are not stating that we cannot implement these guidelines. Of course, it is the apex court which has passed an order and we have to abide by it. However, we received an email from the Lodha Committee’s secretary on September 2 stating the timelines for various amendments.
“We have to deliberate on a lot of issues while preparing the new constitution. There are legal opinions which we have to seek. A special general meeting has to be called for our members where we have to take their views before passing it in the annual general meeting. It is a time consuming process and that is why we are seeking an extension. We will at least require a month to get everything in place,” the source said on Saturday.
Although the email to all state associations from the Lodha Committee may be sent on Sept 2, the first set of timelines by the panel were out on their website on August 9 when the BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke had the first meeting with the SC-appointed committee.
{{/usCountry}}Although the email to all state associations from the Lodha Committee may be sent on Sept 2, the first set of timelines by the panel were out on their website on August 9 when the BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke had the first meeting with the SC-appointed committee.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, the MCA has taken another legal recourse to escape major reforms to their constitution by filing a petition in front of the special bench in the Bombay High Court stating that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cannot force the MCA to change its constitution since the state unit is registered under the Societies Registration Act and Bombay Public Trust.