HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 1047 OF 2025

O R D E R:

Petitioner is a cricketer and is aged about 17 years.

He approached this Court to declare imposition of ban for two years, effective from 14/11/2024 to 13/11/2026 from participating in BCCI or State Association Tournaments as illegal and unconstitutional and violative of fundamental rights under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. A consequential direction is sought to respondents to allow petitioner to participate in the forthcoming tournaments to be held by Respondents 2 and 3 Associations.

2. It is the case of Petitioner that he is a rising star in cricket and played several tournaments with exceptional skills. While so, with an evil eye on his performance, one third party submitted a fake birth certificate showing the date of birth 25.03.2006 to the 3^rd respondent, based on which, the latter on 11.12.2024 sent e mail imposing ban on petitioner without valid reasons. According to petitioner, he born on 25.10.2007 and evidencing the same, he filed Transfer Certificate, bona fide certificates, community and date of birth certificate obtained from Mee seva centre, etcetera. It is stated, based