The Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Hockey Federation for the year 2005-06 was held on 23rd May 2005 at Kolkata under the Chairmanship of Shri K P S Gill, President of Indian Hockey Federation.
The list of members present at the meeting to set out in Annexure I.
The President welcomed the members and called the meeting to order. Two minutes silence was observed in memory of Prof. Gurusewak Singh, Vice President who passed away recently. Shri K P S Gill, paid tributes to the departed soul and remembered his invaluable contributions to the game.
Shri K P S Gill, President said the meeting is held under unique circumstances and sought the co-operation of all members. He welcomed the Observers from Indian Olympic Association Shri Ashok Ghose and Shri Harish Sharma.
Shri Jothikumaran welcomed the Members and Observers from Indian Olympic Association. He confirmed the presence of 36 eligible members. Arunachal Pradesh, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Services were not represented.
Confirmation of the Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting held at Hyderabad on 30the January 2005.
The Minutes already circulated in Feb 2005 were deemed to have been read. Shri Batra wanted objections to be recorded, but did not specify the objection.
The minutes were confirmed as proposed by Shri Charnjit Singh and seconded by Shri Ejaz Husain and the following resolution was passed:-
“Resolved that the Minutes of the last AGM held at Hyderabad on 30th January, 2005, circulated to the Members in February, 2005, are read and confirmed.”
Adoption of the report of the Secretary General
The Secretary’s report already circulated was tabled. Shri Jothikumaran, Secretary General, explained the salient features of the report such as conducting of International events, National Championships at Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Imphal and Vishakapatnam and applauded the State Associations organizing these events. He mentioned Premier Hockey League has turned out to be resounding success and thanked ESPN and Leisure Sports Management (LSM).
He informed the members of the important events to be held this year such as Junior World Cup, Champions Trophy at Chennai etc. He thanked the Government of Tamil Nadu for sanctioning new synthetic hockey fields and floodlights at Chennai. He requested for the prayers and best wishes of members for our Junior Team to retain the World Cup and for the success of Champions Trophy at Chennai.
The Secretary’s report was adopted as proposed by Shri Md. Aslam Khan and seconded by Shri Peer Mohammed. Following Resolution was passed
“Resolved that that the report of the Secretary General stand adopted by the General House.”
Adoption of Statement of Accounts for the period-2004-2005
The Annual Statement of Accounts which was already circulated along with meeting notice was tabled for consideration. Shri Batra wanted his objection to be recorded.
Shri Batra raised certain objections in a letter given to Mr. Narain Office Manager. Indian Hockey Federation at 10.30 p.m. the previous day i.e. 22.05.2005. Com. Kehar Singh opined that this is an attempt to distract and disturb the meeting. Shri Batra is the only person in the General Body who has an objection and wondered why Shri Batra has chosen to wait till the last moment, though the Accounts were circulated more than 20 days prior to the meeting. The House was informed by the Secretary General that in the Executive Committee meeting, Shri Batra had been told by the Treasurer that the information which he was seeking regarding accounts was available at the IHF: office at Delhi and could be made available to him.
The Accounts were adopted as proposed by Shri Satpathy and seconded by Shri Tapan Das. Following resolution was passed:-
“Resolved that the Statement of Accounts for the financial year 2004-2005 stand approved and passed.”
Election of Office Bearers
Shri K P S Gill, President informed that the elections are being held as per the Order of the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. Shri Jothikumaran read out the Court’s Order J) passed by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 7868/2005 regarding holding of AGM scheduled on 23.5.2005.
The President asserted that the directions given by the court should be complied with in letter and spirit and assured that the election will be free and fair.
Shri K.P .S. Gill informed the House that the Executive Committee had nominated a Sub Committee to evolve and recommend suitable procedures to ensure free and fair elections, since the Constitution of the .Federation is silent on certain Issues. The Sub Committee had recommended the procedure for holding the election taking into account the common electoral practices prevalent in our country and the Federation’s past convents and procedures of various Federations. The Secretary General read out the recommendations of the Sub Committee, whi