The SC on May 18 appointed a three-member CoA headed by former top court judge AR Dave to manage the affairs of the AIFF.
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The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Dr. SY Quraishi said a new All India Football Federation (AIFF) constitution will be in place by the end of September. The SC on May 18 appointed a three-member CoA headed by former top court judge AR Dave to manage the affairs of the AIFF and form its constitution in line with the National Sports Code and model guidelines. Quraishi and former Indian football team captain Bhaskar Ganguly are the other members of the CoA. Meanwhile the FIFA and AFC team will visit India on June 11 to meet with the CoA to understand the ongoing situation with the AIFF.
“The two members from FIFA and AFC will be here on June 11, before the CoA has its first physical meeting on June 8. We will get together and we will try to understand their concerns and we will share with them what has happened in court,” said Quraishi. Meanwhile FIFA has a zero-tolerance policy on what it calls external interference in the functioning of national member federations.
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Quraishi said apprehensions over a FIFA ban on India from international competitions will be dispelled, stating the CoA wants to ‘work very closely’ with the world football body. “Mr [Praful] Patel has written to the FIFA, explaining to them the perspective (behind the court-ordered move), so as to dispel the apprehensions. After that, if they have any doubts, they should disappear. Any remaining doubts should be covered if they met us physically, and that we are a group of well-meaning people. We expect full co-operation from FIFA and we will extend the same to them,” said Quraishi.
Although there were rumours that a FIFA action would result in perhaps the shifting away the U-17 women’s World Cup from India later this year, Quraishi expects no hindrance to football activities in the meantime. “We want to ensure a smooth running of the complete schedule for next one year for competitions and training programme, that is what we are looking at. If we find any suspicion in the financial arena, it will be flagged and CoA will look into it,” he said.
