DDCA in HC for permission to hold Ind-SL T20 at Kotla stadium

The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) today moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the municipal corporation to issue them a provisional occupancy certificate to hold a T20 match between India and Sri Lanka at Ferozshah Kotla stadium here.
The matter was mentioned before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva which listed the matter for hearing tomorrow before the appropriate court.
Advocate Sangram Pattnaik, appearing for DDCA, mentioned the application and sought an urgent hearing saying if the cricketing body does not get all the clearances for the match, then BCCI could shift the venue from Ferozshah Kotla.

On November 18 last year, the high court had paved the way for DDCA to hold a India-South Africa test match at the stadium by directing the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to issue a provisional occupancy certificate.
The court while issuing the direction had also said that DDCA was to get all necessary clearances from the Delhi Urban Arts Commission and Archaeological Survey of India and no objection certificate from Land and Development Office and completion certificate from SDMC by March 31.
SDMC had earlier told the court, there was no provision under the law to issue a provisional occupancy certificate and said DDCA had got an interim relief from the court 13 times in the past, despite not making any effort to obtain the requisite clearances.

In April 2015, the court had allowed DDCA to hold IPL matches between April 12 to May 1 at the Ferozeshah Kotla by asking SDMC to issue a POC to the association.