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Interest Of Cricket Has To Be Safeguarded At All Costs, Says DDCA Ombudsman

Ex-Judge Badar Ahmed바카라s status quo order gives a lifeline to Rajat Sharma & others who had resigned en masse. Hearing is on November 27

Interest Of Cricket Has To Be Safeguarded At All Costs, Says DDCA Ombudsman
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Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ombudsman of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) said he gave an order to maintain the status quo when president Rajat Sharma and five others resigned on Saturday, as 바카라the interest of cricket has to be safeguarded at all costs바카라. He also said that he could not give to the warring parties a date earlier than November 27 for the hearing as he is tied up, and that his final order would depend on 바카라what the arguments are바카라 by the rivals.  (More Cricket News)

A former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice, Ahmed asked both parties to maintain status quo after three DDCA members, owing allegiance to Rajat Sharma, complained to the Ombudsman. But after Ahmed ordered that all the resignations be kept in 바카라abeyance바카라 until he passed further orders, Sharma visited the DDCA headquarters at the Feroze Shah Kotla on Monday and said he was 바카라assuming charge바카라. Along with Sharma, the CEO, CFO, General Manager (Cricket Operations), and two members of the Cricket Advisory Committee also quit. All of them were back on Monday, even as the opposition was adamant on convening an Apex Council meeting on Tuesday and proving its majority to all, though while respecting the Ombudsman바카라s order. 

바카라I have nothing to do with the resignation [of Sharma]. I received complaints, saying that these people have resigned, for whatever reasons 바카라 these will become apparent when I hear all these people 바카라 and the administration of cricket was in jeopardy. So, since wholesale people have resigned, I said you maintain status quo. The interest of cricket has to be safeguarded at all costs. That is what I have said in the order. I will hear all parties and then pass whatever appropriate orders are necessary. That is the only upshot of the whole order,바카라 Ahmed told Outlook in an exclusive chat. 

In his letter to the DDCA members on Saturday, Sharma had written that he was resigning as there were 바카라many road blocks, opposition and oppressions, just to keep me from discharging my duties in fair and transparent manner바카라 and that it was not 바카라possible to carry on in DDCA...바카라. 

바카라He may say whatever he has to say. That is besides the point; that is not the issue. That we will know on the 27th when everybody will be heard and then I will direct whatever course of action is to be taken,바카라 said the 63-year-old former judge of the Delhi High Court. 

After Sharma and others again took charge on Monday, the eight rebel Apex Council members sent a three-page letter to him, stating that there was no provision of taking back resignation as per Section 168(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, and backed their argument with a few High Court orders delivered on the issue. 바카라I have not got that letter as yet. All these things will be placed before me on that day, and I will decide according to law. If the law says so, so be it,바카라 said Justice Ahmed, when told about the letter. 

Since the DDCA matter is of an urgent nature, due to the ongoing domestic season, can the association members expect the order on November 27 itself? 바카라When I hear these persons, whether there will be further interim order or further directions or a panel order...that I can바카라t say right now. It depends on what the arguments are,바카라 said Ahmed, son of late President of India Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. 

But if some untoward developments happen in the next few days, before November 27, would Ahmed step in? 바카라I am not an administrator, so I have nothing to do with the administration of the DDCA. The only thing is that if I receive a complaint then I have to act on it,바카라 he said. 

The Rajat Sharma Group, supported by the SP Bansal and Vinod Tihara groups, rode to power with an authoritative 12-0 clean sweep on July 2, 2018. Sharma beat former India World Cup-winning all-rounder Madan Lal by 517 votes for the president바카라s post. Madan Lal expressed shock at the results after his panel was swept aside. 바카라There is something wrong somewhere because, definitely, we cannot lose 0-12. At least, one or two candidates of my panel should have won. Definitely, there has been manipulation. I don바카라t believe that we can lose 0-12. This is not possible,바카라 Madan Lal had told Outlook at the time. The other panel, led by senior advocate Vikas Singh, had finished third.

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