1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 6178 /2010 (Nanuram s/o Mohanlal Verma and another vs. Union of India and others ) .................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : D.D.SINHA & A.P.BHANGALE, JJ DATED : 6th April, 2011. Heard Mr. A.S.Chandurkar, learned counsel for petitioners; Mr. Anil Mardikar, for respondent nos.3 and 4 and Mr A.P. Thakare, for respondent no.5. This Writ Petition is directed against the communication dated 12.1.2010 issued by the respondent no.4 whereby the petitioners have been communicated that the ad-hoc Committee constituted by the Federation in the meeting held on 12th November, 2010, has been dissolved. Mr. Chandurkar, learned counsel for petitioners has submitted that the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (hereinafter referred to as “the Federation”) constituted an ad-hoc committee for Vidarbha Kabaddi Association, to look after affairs and activities of Kabaddi game in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The 2 Committee was consisting of four members. The petitioners are the members thereof. It is submitted that the Committee came into being from 24th December, 2009 and was to be existence till fresh elections are conducted and a new Executive committee is constituted for taking care of the activities of Vidarbha Kabaddi Association. It is submitted that by impugned order/communication dated 12.11.2010 issued by the Federation, the said Committee came to be dissolved, which communication is the subject-matter of challenge in the present petition. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the Federation could not have dissolved the Committee without following the principles of natural justice. Similarly, the Committee should have been permitted to function till the fresh elections are held and a new Executive Committee is constituted. It is, therefore, contended that the impugned communication is bad in law and is liable to be quashed and set aside. Mr. Mardikar, learned counsel for respondents 3 and 4- Federation has submitted that the Committee constituted by the Federation was an ad-ho Committee to take care of the affairs of the Vidarbha Kabaddi Association. It is further submitted that since the Committee was ad-hoc and temporary, the Federation has a right to dissolve the same at any point of time. It is further contended that the elections of the Vidarbha 3 Kabaddi Association could not be conducted because of the obstacles created by the petitioners time and again. He further states that the elections of the Vidarbha Kabaddi Association are underway and the entire process shall be concluded as early as possible. Mr.A.P.Thakare, learned counsel for respondent no.5 does not dispute the facts placed before us by Mr Mardikar, learned counsel for respondents 3 and 4. Considered the contentions canvassed by the respective counsel and perused the impugned communication. In the instant case, it is not in dispute that the petitioners were the members of the four- member Committee constituted by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India which was purely temporary and ad-hoc. The said Committee was temporary and ad- hoc has not been disputed by the petitioners. It is no doubt true that the ad-hoc Committee was to function till the fresh elections of the Vidarbha Kabaddi Association are held. However by the impugned communication dated 12.11.2010, the said temporary/ad-hoc Committee came to be dissolved. We have specifically asked learned counsel for the petitioners whether there is any rule or by- law of the Federation which grants any protection to the ad-hoc Committee constituted by the Federation or, is there any other provision which prohibits the Federation 4 from exercising power to dissolve the temporary/ ad-hoc Committee constituted by the Federation. However, the petitioner could not show any provision in this regard and in absence thereof, we are of the view that the members of the ad-hoc Committee do not have any legal right to be continued in the Committee and the Federation which has constituted the ad-hoc and temporary, in our view, has a right to dissolve the same. Even otherwise, the election of the Vidarbha Kabaddi Association is underway and the Committee even otherwise could have been in existence only till such time the elections are held. For the afore-stated reasons, the petition suffers from lack of merit, the same is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE sahare