CHENNAI: The Judo Federation of India (JFI) will be holding their Annual General Meeting for the first time in over a year on Saturday. The meeting will be held in New Delhi to decide on the future course of action after the Delhi High Court’s order on February 12 that directed the court-appointed administrator to pave way for an elected body.
The first step, according to the court order, would be to elect an interim committee that would take over the charge from the administrator after the electoral college is finalised. The administrator has sent the notice to all state and union territory units. The notice issued on behalf of JFI administrator said that “Pursuant to the order of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, the Hon’ble Administrator has called upon the General Body Meeting as per details given below, in order to comply further directions of the said order.”
Two members from each of the affiliated units would be eligible to attend the AGM. Even the agenda has not been specified but according to some of the members, the meeting would be on the timeline that the Delhi HC had fixed. The HC has not specified the numbers of members in the interim committee and this could be one topic of discussion. However, nothing is final as of now.
The HC had asked the members to then finalise the electoral college of the JFI. “Within two months from the date on which the AGM is held, let the electoral college be finalised and the same be published as per the provisions of the NSG Act and the Rules framed thereunder,” the court order had said.
Interestingly, the constitution drafted by the administrator is not final as National Sports Governance Act and Rules too needed to be incorporated. One of the reasons why the administrator was appointed three years ago was to hold elections according to a new constitution framed by him.
The court has not accepted his constitution but said that it can be taken as a base document. “Treating the draft constitution prepared by the Administrator as the base documents, let the ‘Interim Executive Committee’ to make necessary amendments in the constitution of JFI and to take steps towards bringing the constitutions of its members, fully in line with the mandate of the NSG Act, and the Rules framed thereunder,” the order said.
It needs to be seen if JFI will finally have an elected body soon or not.
