BCCI to be led again by elected office bearers, SC asks CoA members to demit office

The BCCI will now be again run by its elected representatives as the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Committee of Administrators (CoA), headed by former CAG Vinod Rai, to demit office as its "purpose and object" will end after elected office bearers assume charge tomorrow.

The direction assumes significance as on January 30, 2017 the apex court had appointed the 4-member CoA to run the affairs of the BCCI and implement the court-approved recommendations of the Justice R M Lodha panel on reforms in it.

"The purpose and the object for appointing a CoA will end upon the assumption of charge by the elected Office Bearers of BCCI. The election is scheduled for tomorrow that is October 23," a bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to become BCCI President on Wednesday, and his office bearers would be at the helm of the affairs.

"In the circumstances, we pass the following directions. The CoA shall demit office upon the assumption of office by the elected office bearers of the BCCI," it said. "They (CoA members) shall stand discharged of all their obligations thereafter."