Ministry files application in HC, seeking Mander`s removal
The Sports Ministry today appealed to the Delhi High Court to replace GS Mander with retired judge CK Mahajan as Returning Officer for next month`s Hockey India elections.
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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry today
appealed to the Delhi High Court to replace GS Mander with
retired judge CK Mahajan as Returning Officer for next month`s
Hockey India elections and claimed it has the support of the
International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Sources in the ministry told PTI that an urgent
application has been filed before the Chief Justice of Delhi
High Court, who is hearing a PIL petition on the
accountability of National Sports Federations and HI
elections.
"The Ministry has requested to the honorable High Court
that CK Mahajan, retired judge of the Delhi High Court, be
appointed as the Returning Officer for the February 7
elections," the source said.
"It has also been suggested that if the honourable court
so wishes, they may appoint another sitting or retired judge
of the Delhi High Court to conduct the elections to ensure a
fair and transparent process," he said.
Incidentally, even though FIH vice president Antonio von
Ondarza had earlier told the ministry that the international
body endorsed Mander`s appointment, the source said FIH has
changed its stance.
"FIH president Leandro Negre and Ondarza, who is also the
FIH election observer, have spoken to the senior Ministry
officials today and expressed their full agreement to the
Ministry direction on the HI elections," he said.
"They indicated that earlier they had not been fully and
properly briefed of the true situation," the source said.
The Ministry yesterday rejected the appointment of
Mander, who heads the Wrestling Federation of India and is
also a senior vice president of the Indian Olympic
Association, saying no one from HI or IOA should be part of
the electoral process.
PTI
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