The CEO of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Rahul Johri wanted an increment in his salary and requested Committee of Administrators (CoA), appointed by Supreme Court to look into this process. However, this will be discussed in a meeting on May 21. Rahul Johri, however, gets an annual gross salary of Rs. 5,76,36,000 crore, other than the benefits and the allowances. Meanwhile, CoA chief Vinod Rai has given the permission toh his request and therefore the matter will be discussed in the meeting attended by three committee members – Rai, Diana Edulji and Ravi Thodge meet on Tuesday.
As per the contract of the allotted post, the performance of the CEO (Johri) will be evaluated annually and increments are also will be linked with the increase in revenue of the cricket board out of the efforts of the personnel. However, the board is also expected to decide whether they need any revision about the increment or it would be restricted to 0.5 per cent of the incremental cash flow as it is restricted to Rs 3,00,00,000.
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“This is a travesty. The Lodha Committee recommendations and the orders of the Supreme Court gave the authority to sign contracts for and on behalf of the BCCI to the secretary of the board. In terms of all legal matters as well, the board is to sue and be sued in the name of the secretary. Presently, the CoA got a constitution registered that is not in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court and that coupled with the directions issued by the CoA mean that the contracts are executed by the CEO on behalf of the BCCI and it is the CEO that is looking after all legal matters with the might of a big law firm firmly behind him,” said a senior BCCI official.
“So, if the CoA decides that the agreement with the CEO should be modified, will we see a scenario where Rahul Johri will sign both on behalf of the BCCI and on his own behalf?,” the BCCI official further added.
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“When he had been appointed he was supposed to make a presentation to the BCCI where he would tell the house about the new revenue streams and how he would add to the value. He did no such thing. That presentation was supposed to be the basis on which he was supposed to be evaluated,” a former BCCI official said.
“So here you have this employee, who did not allow for targets to be set, who did not tell the house how such a huge cost to the organisation in employing him would be justified but when the exiting value appreciated, wishes to earn money off the efforts of other people,” the official added.
