All . the final draft of the constitution India The Football Federation (AIFF) was referred on Wednesday by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) to the world governing body FIFA, which is currently running the game in the country, according to sources.
The exercise was in line with the strict deadline set by the FIFA-AFC team, which toured the country last month to take stock of the situation, after the Supreme Court ruled AIFF’s Praful Patel-led AIFF for not holding elections on time. The government was removed.
The final draft of the constitution was also submitted to the state associations, which were represented in the discussion by a seven-member committee.
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A top source with knowledge of the development said on condition of anonymity, “The COA has sent the final draft of the constitution to FIFA today and also to the state associations.”
“The final draft will be sent to the Supreme Court on Thursday, which will be filed on Friday (July 15),” the source said.
None of the state associations are ready to speak on the future course of action on their part. However, it is learned that the state associations got the final draft of the constitution on Wednesday.
The seven-member committee had earlier said after a meeting with the CoA on July 6 that they were not happy with the way things have turned out and that the final draft constitution “will not be a document which has emerged out of consensus”.
On 23 June, the FIFA-AFC team set a deadline to clean up the mess of Indian football, asking stakeholders to ratify the national federation’s constitution by 31 July and hold elections by 15 September. Failure to do so could result in a ban on the country. by world body.
FIFA ban would mean women’s U-17 World The Cup, to be held at three venues from October 11 to 30, will be taken away from the country.
The next date of hearing of the Supreme Court on the matter is July 21. Once the Supreme Court gives the green signal, the AIFF’s special general body meeting is expected to be called with seven days to approve the new constitution.
Thereafter, elections will be held within 30 days of the approval of the new constitution by the General Assembly of the AIFF.
The CoA had acted expeditiously within the time-limit stipulated by it. It prepared the final draft of the Constitution in time after collating the suggestions/submissions of the stakeholders.
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