Lodha panel confirms nine-year cap for state office bearers

The Lodha Committee has made it clear that office bearers, across the BCCI and state associations, who have completed nine years in the job cumulatively stand disqualified and cannot contest for another term. The committee was responding to queries from various state associations asking how it determined if an officer bearer was not eligible – that is, if the nine-year cap only took effect going forward, or if it would take into account years already in office at the time of the Supreme Court’s order.

In its attempt to clear the doubts, today, the committee sent an email to the BCCI, asking it to relay the clarification to the state associations. The committee said that some of the state associations, which are scheduled to hold their elections in the near future, had raised a “point of confusion” with regards to the maximum period prescribed in the Lodha report. The report, which was signed off on by the Supreme Court on July 18, said office bearers can hold office for a …

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