The draft minutes of the chief committee assembly of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) held final month relating to the sacking of General Secretary Shaji Prabhakaran had been modified inside two days, it’s learnt. The transfer got here after the Delhi High Court stayed his removing.
A single bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi HC on December 8 had ordered an interim keep on Prabhakaran’s sacking, holding that “the petitioner (Prabhakaran) has been able to make out a prima facie case in his favour that the termination is completely contrary to the procedure as laid down in the Constitution of AIFF”.
Article 32 clause 11 of the AIFF Constitution says that “the executive committee shall appoint or dismiss the General Secretary on the proposal of the (AIFF) president”.
Prabhakaran, by way of his counsel, had contended that the difficulty concerning his termination “was not even placed before the executive committee”.
Prabhakaran was sacked from his publish on November 7 for “breach of trust” and the AIFF government committee endorsed the choice in a gathering two days later. The termination letter served on him was signed by AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, vice chairman NA Haris and treasurer Kipa Ajay.
It is now learnt that the AIFF first circulated draft minutes of the November 9 assembly to the chief committee members on December 14, a couple of month following the precise assembly and some days after the Delhi High Court interim keep on Prabhakaran’s removing.
The AIFF then despatched revised draft minutes on December 16 through which a paragraph was inserted, saying: “Ratification of decisions of Emergency Committee meeting dated November 7, 2023 relating to the termination of secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran and appointment of acting secretary general M Satyanarayan”.
The part relating to the Emergency Committee assembly was not talked about within the earlier draft minutes of December 14.
A senior official of the AIFF, when contacted, refused to touch upon why the modifications had been made within the revised draft minutes.
“The matter is sub-judice and we are going to submit the minutes to the court, so we can’t give any comments,” the official informed PTI.
The subsequent date of listening to on the Delhi High Court is on December 20. Nobody appeared for the AIFF earlier than the Delhi High Court on December 8.
Article 34 of the AIFF Constitution of 2017 says that the Emergency Committee “shall deal with all matters requiring immediate settlement between two meetings of the Executive Committee”.
The Emergency Committee shall consist of the AIFF President, the Honorary President, the six Vice Presidents and the Treasurer.
“The President shall convene the Emergency Committee meetings. If a meeting cannot be convened within an appropriate period of time, decisions may be passed through means of electronic communication or circulation. Such decisions shall have immediate legal effect”.
The AIFF earlier used to have six vice presidents however now has just one — N A Haris.
It is just not recognized whether or not the AIFF president had issued a proper notification to convene the Emergency Committee.
Anil Kumar, an government committee member, had acknowledged through the assembly on November 9 {that a} discover should be given to terminate an worker as a matter of respect, in accordance to the draft minutes.
However, he mentioned he was happy with the termination of the General Secretary.
“He (Anil Kumar) also suggested that a newer protocol must be followed to terminate employees thereon,” the draft minutes mentioned.
Unlike in lots of National Sports Federations, the publish of AIFF General Secretary is a paid one and therefore she or he is an worker.
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