CoA has no authority to check any state unit's compliance: Tamil Nadu CA

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association has taken strong exception to Committee of Administrators' (CoA) show-cause notice with a sharp reply that the Supreme Court-appointed body "does not have any authority" to check its compliance.

With the BCCI AGM scheduled on October 23, the CoA had issued notices to Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Maharashtra, citing non-compliance in their amended constitution which could potentially debar them from participation.

In reply to CoA's notice, the TNCA took a counter-offensive stance in their letter (in possession of PTI).

"In this view of the matter, the CoA has no authority to disqualify any association from participating and voting in the BCCI General Body Meeting scheduled on 23rd October 2019 on the alleged ground of such association being non compliant as per the understanding of the CoA," TNCA wrote back.

The state unit, which is unofficially still ruled by the Tamil Nadu strongman (his daughter Rupa Gurunath is the new president), made it clear that ...