Sr. No. 155

HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT JAMMU

WP(C) No. 3521/2025

CM no. 8023/2025

CAV no. 2900/2025

District Kathua Cricket Association & others

.....Petitioner(s)/ Appellant (s)

Through :- Mr S. S. Ahmed, Advocate with

Mr Rahul Raina, Advocate

v.

Board of Control for Cricket in India and .....Respondent(s)

others

Through :- Mr Rahul Pant, Sr. Advocate with

Mr Rajat Gupta, Advocate

CORAM:

HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE

ORDER

15.12.2025

(Oral)

01) By this writ petition, the petitioners are seeking directions against the

respondents in the nature of:

i) “Mandamus, commanding the respondent No. 3 to

accept the nominees of the petitioners in the forthcoming elections of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) for which directions have been issued by the Supreme Court of India on 27.10.2025 in SLP (Civil) No. 19979/2021 and other connected matters but the petitioners and other District Cricket Associations have been excluded from Electoral College when the petitioners are stake holders in terms of the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee as approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of

India and also in the light of order dated 23.03.2021 passed by the Hon’ble Division Bench of High Court of J&K and Ladakh in LPAW No. 14/2019 [LPA No. 43/2019] along with connected matters wherein directions were issued that BCCI shall while finalizing the amendment, if any, in the Constitution of the JKCA, in conformity with the recommendations referred herein above after consulting all the stake holders including the parties litigating before the High Court of J&K and Ladakh i.e., the representatives of the erstwhile clubs of JKCA as also of the District Cricket Associations i.e. the petitioners herein but grave injustice has been caused to the petitioners who have been deprived from participating in the forthcoming elections of JKCA as directed by the Hon’ble Apex Court of the country;

ii) Commanding the respondents more particularly the respondent no. 3 not to proceed with the election process of JKCA till the voting right is given to the petitioners and all the District Cricket Associations of J&K duly affiliated with JKCA as the petitioners are the stake holders and had earlier filed a Writ petition WP (C) 1860/2020 titled District Kathua Cricket Association and others V/s JKCA and others which came to be decided along with a batch of petitions on 23.03.2021 wherein comprehensive directions were issued including that due consideration be accorded to the recommendations made by Lodha Committee as approved the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for considering the petitioners as stake holders while finalizing the Constitution of JKCA;

iii) Commanding the respondents to provide adequate representation to the petitioners by providing voting rights in the Electoral College for electing the office bearers of JKCA as due space/ representation has been given by the different State Cricket Associations to the District Cricket Associations by implementing the recommendations of the Lodha Committee which stood approved by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India wherein much stress has been laid that it is necessary that State Associations should enlarge the pool of members so that persons who are involved in cricketing activities at the grass root level are involved in cricket governance at the State Association.”

02) The learned senior counsel who was on caveat appeared and made his submissions. The caveat shall accordingly stand discharged.

03) The only issue that the petitioners seek to raise is that they, in their capacity, as the District Cricket Associations have a fundamental right to have their say in the electoral process of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association being the genuine stake holders.

05) The learned counsel for the petitioner, in order to substantiate his stand that the petitioners have a right to be the nominees of the Electoral College, has referred to and taken refuge in the Supreme Court order dated 27.10.2025.

06) Per