Delhi High Court appoints CoA for Indian Olympic Association as well

Delhi High Court constituted the Administrative Committee to manage the work of the Indian Olympic Association. The organization can go to the Supreme Court against this decision.

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All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been expelled by FIFA due to third party interference. The same fate is going to happen to the Indian Olympic Association. The Delhi High Court has ordered a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to take charge of the Indian Olympic Organization. The company can appeal to the Supreme Court against this order.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the formation of a three-member administrative committee to run the Indian Olympic Association. The committee includes former Supreme Court Justice Anil R. Dave, former Chief Election Commissioner Dr. S Y Quraishi and former External Affairs Ministry Secretary Vikas Swarup. They will be assisted by Olympic gold-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra, former athlete Anju Bobby George and Bombayla Devi Laishram.

"Those who mismanage the sports bodies and those who have converted the sports bodies into their personal fiefdoms, dare the Government / Authorities and Courts that if they try to democratize the sport association and remove the mismanagement, the country would suffer derecognisation, and the Indian sportsmen would not be able to participate under the country's flag in the immediate future." The bench said.

The association was expelled by FIFA showing the interference of the governing committee and the court in the functioning of the All India Football Federation. Officials of the Olympic organization fear that their organization could face deportation because of the governing committee. So they are thinking of approaching the Supreme Court of the country. Officials of the organization will meet on Wednesday. The next step will be decided there.

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Earlier, the Olympic Committee had suspended the Indian Olympic Association for one year from December 2012 due to government interference. Once again the gallows of punishment hangs over the Indian Olympics. The organization supposed to hold elections in December last year. But that hasn't happened yet. If they doesn't organized election soon, the Indian Olympics may be exiled. In this situation, they are under pressure with the administrative committee.