The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has referred to as an government committee assembly on Wednesday itemizing Shaji Prabhakaran’s dismissal as secretary-general on the agenda however is unlikely to name him. That Prabhakaran ought to have been given an opportunity to do this was talked about on the government committee assembly following his dismissal.
“I have not been invited to Wednesday’s meeting,” mentioned Prabhakaran on Sunday.
AIFF eliminated Prabhakaran, a former FIFA official, from his put up final November for breach of belief. In December, Prabhakaran obtained a keep on the dismissal from Delhi High Court.
In its ruling on January 19, the excessive court docket has identified that Prabhakaran was dismissed by an AIFF emergency committee however as per the federation’s structure, solely the manager committee has the ability to do this. The order additionally mentioned that there isn’t any bar on AIFF holding an government committee assembly “for the purpose of terminating the tenure of the petitioner.” HT has seen the court docket order.
On the agenda, despatched by AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey and never Satyanarayan M who was performing as secretary-general following Prabhakaran’s sacking, for Wednesday’s assembly is an merchandise that claims dismissal and termination of service of Dr Shaji Prabhakaran from the put up of secretary-general.
There isn’t any rule as to when an invite must be despatched for an government committee assembly however AIFF officers mentioned it’s normally carried out when the agenda is launched.
Referring to the agenda, an government committee member requested whether or not the agenda ought to have been despatched by Prabhakaran since AIFF accepts that he’s nonetheless in workplace. The member didn’t need to named given the delicate nature of the difficulty however mentioned Prabhakaran ought to have been invited to the assembly in order that the manager committee may query him.
Exactly what Prabhakaran needs as nicely. Following the court docket order, he has written to AIFF president, vice-president and government committee asking for a possibility to be questioned by the federation’s members.
“At the moment, my sincere request to each of you is that I be invited to the next gathering of the AIFF members, whether it is an Executive Committee meeting or an Annual General Meeting (or, for that matter, any other formal or informal meetings) whenever it is being planned as I would like to answer sincerely every question that our hon’ble members might have on their minds or on things where they have been told that I committed something wrong,” Prabhakaran has written. A duplicate of his e-mail is with HT.
“I consider my presence…urgent and outright necessary because I feel responsible and accountable for my work,” he has written.
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