Dalmiya faces googly: plea in court against proposed post

However, information available with this paper says a Bhopal court has, in an interim order, directed the BCCI to refrain from taking any decision contrary to its rules while considering a proposal for making Dalmiya its patron-in-chief.

A PTI report said the interim injunction was ordered by magistrate P K Nigam yesterday while accepting a petition filed by Bhopal Cricket Association member Jogesh Khattar.

Though BCCI secretary SK Nair didn8217;t acknowledge the receipt of any court order, counsel for plaintiff Vivek Thanka told this paper that every cricket association under BCCI had been informed about it.

Conceding that the BCCI constitution provided for the nomination of a 8216;8216;distinguished person8217;8217; being invited to hold the post, the petition has objected to Dalmiya getting the post. Thanka said he told the court that since Dalmiya was the president it would mean 8216;8216;he extending an invitation to himself to become the patron8217;8217; and that would be unconstitutional.