New election scheduled for 2nd September for AIFF executive committee

The elections to the AIFF Executive Committee will be held on September 2 and aspiring candidates can file fresh nominations from August 25, the returning officer has announced. The Supreme Court on Monday (August 22) had terminated the Committee of Administrator (CoA), as demanded by the game’s global governing body FIFA and pushed back the AIFF election by a week.

Hours after the SC order, returning officer Umesh Sinha issued a fresh notice, outlining the process afresh. The nominations for the posts can be filed from August 25 to August 27 while the scrutiny will be done on August 28.

The candidates, whose nominations are deemed valid, will have a chance to withdraw the nomination, if they want, on August 29 while Sinha shall prepare the final list of contesting candidates and put it on the Federation website on August 30. The polls would be held on September 2 at AIFF Headquarters in New Delhi and the results could be announced either on September 2 or 3, according to the Sinha’s notice, reports PTI news agency.

AIFF writes to FIFA

The revocation of AIFF ban and holding the U-17 Women’s World Cup in the country depended on CoA’s exit and the highest court on Monday directed that the day-to-day affairs will be run by acting secretary general Sunando Dhar.

In a letter to the FIFA Secretary General, Dhar, while providing an update on the litigation before the Honourable Supreme Court of India mentioned that the Federation now has full charge of the daily affairs.

“It is with immense pleasure that we inform you that the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (the “SC”) took up our matter and vide order dated 22.05.2022 was pleased to pass directions regarding the full repeal of the CoA mandate and consequently the AIFF having full charge of the AIFF’s daily affairs,” Dhar said in the letter. The AIFF is expecting an early resolution to the matter and new dates being announced for the U17 World Cup.