HCA twists and turns on googly

Things are getting twistier in the Hyderabad Cricket Association post the recent Supreme Court order on revamping cricket administration in the country.

The Executive Committee is scheduled to meet soon, likely on Saturday, to realign the power equation as five ruling members including the president and two vice-presidents stand disqualified.

The HCA constitution too will need to be amended in tune with the top court’s ruling before elections are conducted. As per bye-laws the biennial polls are due on the last Sunday of May.

However, HCA officials are likely to wait till January 19 when the Supreme Court will nominate persons on a committee of administrators that will supervise the running of BCCI, for further course of action.

Be that as it may, the Ranga Reddy Court has allowed an interlocutory application petition filed by HCA member T. Sheshnarayan to appoint Advocate K. Rajeev Reddy as commissioner to conduct elections.

Later, Mr Reddy issued a notification dated 31.12.2016 to conduct elections to HCA’s Apex Council, “in consonance to the recommendations of Justice Lodha Committee and Supreme Court judgement and Bye-laws of the Hyderabad Cricket Association,” on January 17 with a detailed dateline of election procedure.

As per the Lodha panel recommendations, the nine-member Apex Council is to have six elected members — president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary, treasurer and another ‘Councillor’ to be elected by the general body. Three other Councillors are to be nominated — one each by male and female players associations and another nominated by the Comptroller & Auditor General.