new delhi the ddcas sports committee on saturday decided to sack former india players atul wassan and nikhil chopra from the states senior selection panel while removing maninder singh from the junior selection panel the sports committee has included national selector sarandeep singh in the panel citing the general convention that national selectors are always made chairman of state selection committee as it has been the case with likes of madan lal kirti azad chetan chauhan to name a few however they have named former legspinner rakesh shukla in the panel but it could be in complete violation with the norms of the bcci which has set an agecap of 60 years for being eligible shukla is currently 68 years old in place of maninder singh the committee named former wicketkeeperbatsman vinay kumar in the panel there could be far reaching legal implications of this decision as chopra and wassan were appointed by a panel selected by justice mukul mudgal who is the delhi high court appointed observer those in know of legal ramifications feel that this could be a clear case of contempt by sports committee which has been sidelined since mudgal started overseeing ddca matters a press release issued by sports committee convenor vinod tihara stated in the wake of the persistent complaints being received by the ddca management regarding the alleged commercial engagements of 3 selectors namely maninder singh atul wassan and nikhil chopra wassan chopra and maninder all have media contracts which the sports committee claims is a case of conflict of interest when chopras comments were sought he fumed this is news to me i have been appointed by a committee that was formed by delhi high court appointed observer justice mukul mudgal and what conflict of interest are they talking about these are some vested interest at work the committee cited articles 47 of its articles of association and sec 5 and sec 179 of companies act 2013 being followed in this regard when tihara was asked if this decision amounted to contempt of court or trying to overrule high court appointed observers he told i dont think question of contempt arises as justice mudgal is an observer and not an administrator as far as shuklas age and appointment is concerned we will check if this violates the norms set by bcci asked if delhi coach kp bhaskar would also be removed as he was also appointed by the panel set by mudgal tihara said no we are not going to remove bhaskar as it would seem like having a vindictive attitude we heard some complaints about some alleged misbehavior with the boys after internal inquiry we found out that nothing of that sort has happened also he does not have any case of conflict of interest khs bs khs