IN THE. HIGH COURT OF SIKKIM ORDER SHEET ................... „.e..M.A^ ................... No. 26 of caas 2oo7 dr£S€;;Efeif:fag£=§:.a;5:::p:t:t:on°ef/A3gfi€nt Sikkim Cricket. Associat iori •incther fespondent Iii- __lil-= Order with Sigmture Ca(e lor the Petitioners. htr. B.R. Fhadhan, Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. hdr. Kama Thinlay, Government Advocate for Profoma Respondent. \ This i8 an appucation made on behalf of the Board of Control for Cricket in India @CCI) for extension of time in regard to the grant of Membenchip to the Silddm Cricket As8ociation` (SCA). 'The State Government supports the ca:use of SCA. 'rhe BCCI is already in breach of an order of Court which directed them to grant membership to the SCA. It i8 said that the BCCI will soon make an inspection in Sildrim and after being satisfied about the SCA, memberchip will be Office Note as to action (if any) taken on Order granted. It was written on their part on 21.03,2007 that a team would be visiting prft- Seria,I •Date OI.der with Signature Office Note as to No. of: of' action (if any) Order ` Order taken on Order Sildrim soon. The visit has not yet taken place.The to grant membership to SCA as per the order of Court expired on 14.3.2007. Excuses are made by the BCCI that the Board was bury with tournaments and other matters.It is well known to all Indians thattheremightbealotofmoneywiththeBCCI, but they have no cricket. Why they Should hesitate to grant membership to a State Cricket Association without there being any State rivals, is not understood. It might have been a good idea, a reasonable tine before 14.3.2007 expired, to arrange a few matches between the so called top Indian team and the best team of Sildrim, which could be put up by the SCA, under the auspices of the BCCI, and on the basis of the results of those matches, grant membership to SCA, and, maybe, also assess the future of the BCCI itself. But the time has now v` prfl`. Scrjal Date Order with Signature Office Note as to No. of of action (if any) Order Order takcnonorder I In any event, the parties are free to I choose their own course of action; only one I I I course they are not free to choose, which is their continuing to be in breach of an order of the Court. We do not usually issue rules for contempt suo motu, but we cannot prevent anybody from ma]dng an application. 'The application for extension of tine is unhesitatin8Ly dismiB8ed.(A.N. Ray, C„) qu::1¥Tfl