Vadodara, Aug 02: Baroda Ccricket Association (BCA) today expelled former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele and two other office bearers for alleged involvement in various financial irregularities and administrative lapses. Pradeep Desai, former Joint Secretary and former treasurer Ramesh Dalvi were the other expelled officials, BCA secretaries Kiran More and M Samarjeet Gaekwad told reporters here.
The charges against the trio include signing long term agreements worth Rs 1.20 crore for three one-day internationals without BCA managing committee approval, misguiding the committee to purchase illegal property which is actually a parking lot as per records of Vadodara municipal corporation and misuse of 800 complementary passes of March 2001 one day international match against South Africa in the city.
Despite asking the trio to appear before a two-man inquiry committee, which probed the various charges of irregularities, the members failed to appear, they said.
On the recommendation of the committee comprising Piyush Dhanak and A V Indulkar, the BCA managing committee passed a resolution expelling the trio for life from the membership of the association, More added.

The officials further alleged that the income tax department had issued demand notices to BCA for Rs 1.10 crore,as Lele and the other two failed to apply and get exemption from the department from 1992 to 2000.
Despite raising queries related to the it notice at BCA meetings, Lele did not bother to reply to them, BCA managing committee member Sanjay Patel, who was also present, said.
The BCA was also considering filing of criminal and civil complaints against the trio for recovering Rs 14,97,000 as they had failed to produce any bills for the amount, Patel added. Bureau Report