Former chief election commissioner of India T S Krishnamurthy said he has no reservations about accepting the offer of observer for the Board of Control for Cricket in India's elections.
Speaking to rediff.com on phone from Chennai, he however said he would like to go through the terms and conditions of the offer before commenting on the matter.
"I have not received any formal communication from the Supreme Court or BCCI that I have been appointed observer to hold the elections of the office-bearers of the cricket Board. I have said yes in principle to the offer, but I would like to go through the terms and conditions of my appointment and the role," he added.
Following his acceptance, proceedings in the Supreme Court on Thursday are likely to go through smoothly with the BCCI merely confirming the reconvening its Annual General Meeting.
BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra is seeking re-election to the office. Contesting against him is Sharad Pawar, president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association, who was nominated by the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association when the AGM was adjourned for two months on the issue of appointment of observers by the Kolkata high court earlier.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the warring factions in the BCCI, led by former Board president Jagmohan Dalmiya and Pawar, suggested to the Supreme Court that Krishnamurthy be appointed observer for the election of a new president and office-bearers.
When the two-judge bench, comprising Supreme Court judges B P Singh and S P Sinha, asked whether Krishnamurthy had accepted the offer, the disputing parties said he could not be contacted.
The matter will come up for hearing on Thursday, when the court will decide upon the acceptance or rejection of Krishnamurthy as observer as well as the next date and venue of the Annual General Meeting.
The cricket associations of Rajasthan and Bihar and the Netaji Cricket Club of Chennai had challenged the Kolkata high court's decision to remove two former Chief Justices of India as observers to the elections.
