The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wants to get away with the limitation of Cooling off period bestowed upon the BCCI officials as per the Lodha panel recommendation. The BCCI’s application before the Supreme court of India to water down this clause will be heard on Wednesday.
If this limitation clause stays then President Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah and joint-secretary Jayesh George will soon have to leave their posts.
A mandatory cooling-off for three years is required for office-bearers in cricket administration after six years in office – BCCI and state association combined.
Going by BCCI constitution, board secretary Shah has completed his six-year term, while president Ganguly will have to step down at the end of this month. George’s term ends in August.
They had served as office-bearers in their respective state associations – Gujarat Cricket Association, Cricket Association of Bengal and Kerala Cricket Association – for more than five years before coming to the BCCI in October 2019.
In December last year, the BCCI, however, filed an application before the Supreme Court, with a request to amend its constitution, including the watering down the clauses about the cooling-off period, changes in disqualification criteria, curbing the chief executive’s powers and conflict of interest.