HC adjourns petition against BCCI polls, CPA seeks recognition

Chennai, Sep 19 (UNI) The Cricket Association of Pondicherry today moved a writ petition before Madras High Court, seeking to restrain the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from conducting its 77th Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled to be held on September 27 and 28 in Mumbai.

When the petition by CAP, represented by its Honorary Secretary, P Damodaren, came up for hearing before Mr Justice M E N Patrudu, Senior Counsel P S Raman sought time to file counter.

Following this, the judge adjourned the hearing to September 21.

In his petition, Damodaren submitted that the sole motive on the part of the petitioner was to promote the game and spread cricket awareness in the territory, which had been totally neglected intentionally by the BCCI in collusion with its motivated constituent member Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) over many decades.

The BCCI in a letter dated May 16, 2003 addressed to the Chief Administrator, Pondicherry had requested them to identify the cricket controlling authority in the territory that was recognised by the government, the petitioner contended.

Accordingly, the BCCI was requested to transact with the petitioner for all the future activities connected with cricket in Pondicherry, by the Chief Minister of Pondicherry. The application dated December 7, 2004 of the petitioner's Association seeking affiliation to the BCCI received scant attention of the BCCI. But till date no reply has been received for reasons best known to them, he contended.

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