The petition said the CoA had responded on behalf of the AIFF attempting to allay the concerns of FIFA-AFC, and pointed out that there had been no deviation and that the associations were part of the consensus decision to finalise the Constitution after the elections were to be held post-haste. The FIFA-AFC had expressed misgivings that the promised timelines had been deviated from without the consent of the states’ associations. The petition said that on August 5, a joint letter of FIFA-AFC was sent to the Acting Secretary General of the AIFF, implying that “somebody had misinformed FIFA-AFC about the proceedings in court. The CoA was constituted by the court to carry on the governance of the AIFF and the governance was to be handed over forthwith to it following an apex court order on May 18, 2022, in which it was observed that the continuance of the executive committee of the AIFF beyond its four-year term was “not in the interest of the proper governance of the Federation”. Patel Satyanarayan, General Secretary, Karnataka State Football Association Avijit Paul, Joint Secretary Football Association of Odisha Lalnghinglova Hmar, Honorary Secretary, Mizoram Football Association Mulrajsingh Chudasama Honorary Secretary, Gujarat State Football Association Shaji Prabhakaran President Football Delhi Subrata Dutta, Chairman Indian Football Association (West Bengal) and Vijay Bali, Joint Secretary, Punjab Football AssociationįIFA threatens to ban AIFF, strip U-17 Women’s World Cup hosting rights Hence, the present contempt petition,” CoA said.

“Although many steps have been taken towards the elections, this court-appointed committee seeks that measures should be taken (as was done in the BCCI case) to prevent those who endanger Indian football from interfering with the court’s monitoring of the process. The CoA said the government has been “misled by the state associations, as have FIFA-AFC who are ignorant of the duplicitous role being played by Mr. Patel where “he impliedly admits that letters threatening suspension from the FIFA-AFC have been obtained to ‘help’ them, and that the government is convinced to seek a review of the order (August 3) fearing the worst”. It narrated that on August 6, the contemnors on behalf of the states’ associations have participated in meetings conducted by Mr. Praful Patel, who had been removed as president of the AIFF, consistently abused his position as Council Member of FIFA to orchestrate a campaign among the state associations to undermine the various steps taken by this Court for the betterment of football, including having footballers involved in governance and administration,” the petition alleged. “The evidence enclosed with this contempt petition would show that Mr. CoA slams Patel for suspension references, assures FIFA and AFC

Forthwith vs post haste