Former BCCI treasurer and joint secretary MP Pandove and former Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) secretary and one-time Team India supervisor GS Walia have been barred from involvement in cricket for all times.
This order was handed by PCA ombudsman-cum-ethics officer Justice HS Bhalla, following a grievance by Gagandeep Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, District Cricket Association, Mohali (DCAM), that the 2 veteran directors had “misappropriated and embezzled funds” of PCA.
Responding to the cost of battle of curiosity in opposition to Pandove and Walia, the order states: “… It is evident that there’s a battle of curiosity because the, who had been the officer-bearers of PCA, turned lively members of MCA and funds had been additionally launched to MCA by them. The launched funds of PCA to MCA totally figuring out that MCA will not be affiliated with PCA and even the registration of MCA is beneath problem earlier than the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They are debarred for all times from involvement with the sport of cricket.”
Giving particulars of the grievance, the order provides, “The complainant – District Cricket Association, Mohali – filed the present complaint under Section 46 of the rules and regulations of Punjab Cricket Association against the GS Walia and MP Pandove that the Mohali Cricket Association, have misappropriated and embezzled funds of PCA, which were released to MCA against the rules in spite of the fact that PCA has not recognized them and no affiliation certificate had been issued to PCA.”
“After having gone through the record of the PC I further find that while these A were secretary, joint secretary, treasurer of the PCA, they became members of the MCA, meaning thereby they were keenly interested in the MCA and this is why, to my mind, they released the funds and permitted the MCA to use playground, office and washrooms in the building of the PCA, Stadium at Mohali even in the absence of affiliation certificate… All this clearly spells out that the MCA is trying to build a castle on the sandy foundation which is bound to collapse …” the order added.
Dhaliwal welcomed the order. “We had accessed the MCA and PCA paperwork and as per them, MCA was fashioned in 1997 whereas Mohali itself turned a district in Punjab in 2006. There has been no proof of affiliation of MCA with PCA and all these years, it was operating beneath GS Walia and MP Pandove. We are glad that this order has come, and hope the PCA will kind an investigation committee to look into the matter of embezzlement of funds,” he mentioned.
On being contacted, former PCA secretary GS Walia mentioned, “PCA CEO Deepak Sharma needs to be asked. I cannot comment on this issue,” Pandove and Sharma didn’t reply to repeated calls.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
