The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) has suggested to conduct the forensic audit of some state cricket associations in its 10th status report that would come up for hearing before a new Apex court bench on Tuesday.

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"The due diligence reports submitted by various audit firms engaged by the BCCI, prima facie, show instances of malfeasance and misfeasance of funds in certain state associations, which requires further investigation in order to ascertain the specific individuals involved in the same," stated the report, which is in possession with DNA.

According to the COA, this is necessary to ensure that the newly-elected office bearers of the state associations can start with a clean slate and put in place appropriate systems and controls regarding utilisation of funds disbursed by the BCCI.

If accepted by the Court, this could spell trouble for many associations across India as the earlier internal audit conducted by Deloitte during former president Shashank Manohar's tenure unearthed many a scam.

There is more trouble for the state associations as COA has brought before the Court failure of seven associations to furnish the compliance report of August 9 orders of implementation of Justice Lodha reforms in cricket. The report has pointed out that while 10 states have partially complied with the orders, the remaining 17 states are the ones to have sent consent substantially.

Those who have not furnished the compliance certificate and amended the constitution also include Gujarat under the ruling BJP president Amit Shah. The others in the list are state cricket associations of Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Haryana, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

The biggest surprise in the "partially compliant'' is inclusion of Vidarbha, which was the first state under Manohar to implement the SC reforms. The others in this list are Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Goa,

Maharashtra, Bihar, Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. The substantially compliant category includes Andhra, Assam, Baroda, Mizoram, Puducherry, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Mumbai, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Saurashtra, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh.

The COA has asked the Apex court to issue further directions to the non-complaint states to carry out amendments and submit compliance affidavits within seven days, failing which their voting rights would stand automatically suspended at the AGM and further action taken.

COA has further urged the Court to issue directions to effect the elections of the BCCI within 90 days with only the representatives of those associations who have complied with orders should be allowed to vote and contest much-awaited elections.

Last but not the least, there is good news for the former international players in status report. COA has pointed out that as per the Lodha panel reforms, all states have to grant membership to former international players hailing from the respective state.

It also wants uniformity in the constitution and functioning of the various associations (without any office being created for life). COA has specifically pointed out that membership of social clubs be separated from the administration of cricket by making cricketers a voting members and have a say in the governance.