Hyderabad: Members of the Hyderabad Cricket Association on Sunday decided to amend the HCA byelaws in tune with the Lodha Committee recommendations in pursuance with the Supreme Court judgement dated July 18 last year.
The recommendations were accepted at the Special General Body Meeting held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.
“This makes HCA the third Association in the country — after Tripura and Vidarbha — to adopt the Lodha reforms in toto,” HCA secretary T. Shesh Narayan said.
The meet witnessed a fair bit of opposition as well. Members R.M. Bhaskar, S. Venkateshwaran, Ajmal Asad and C. Babu Rao objected that the meeting and amendments cannot be conducted and contended that Supreme Court may review its own orders.
Among the prominent amendments are restructuring of the governing body from 22 to 9 seats; no post in the Association to be held for more than nine years with a three-year cooling off period after each term (three years); inclusion of players representatives (one male and one female) being nominated to the Apex Council by respective player associations; a nominee of the Comptroller and Auditor General/ state Accountant General on the Council; automatic membership for international players — men and women — hailing from the state; no proxy voting; age limit of 70 years to run for office; ministers, government servants and those holding posts in other sports associations being barred from contesting; construction of stadia in each district of the state; an audit report which includes expenditure made for development of the game.
