Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey strips DG of powers, concerns show-cause notification

KOLKATA: The power battle within Hockey India heightened on Saturday after president Dilip Tirkey provided a show-cause notification to director basic Cdr RK Srivastava and directed him to instantly stop discharging functions of his workplace, pointing out 8 circumstances of supposed non-compliance, governance lapses and failure to execute instructions provided by the chosen management.In an in-depth interaction provided through supporter Himanshu Chaturvedi, a copy of which is with TOI, Srivastava was notified that all authority generally worked out by him as director general would stay in abeyance with instant impact pending additional factor to consider under the Hockey India Bye-LawsThe letter directed him to turn over functional charge, authorities records, files, qualifications and other properties to an officer designated by the president’s workplace.The notification notes 8 charges versus Srivastava, consisting of the nationwide group’s jersey debate, a pending POSH matter, disciplinary concerns, hold-ups in carrying out administrative instructions and supposed failure to keep the president notified on essential affairs. A crucial accusation connects to Srivastava’s travel to FIH Hockey World Cup in spite of being recommended to stay in India to manage Hockey India League (HIL) matters.According to the notification, interactions dated July 30 and August 2 had actually directed him not to take a trip and rather assist in the deputation of other Hockey India agents for institutional and developmental functions.Describing the matter as a major breach of authority, the letter specified: “The non-compliance on your part was a direct insult to, and disobedience of, the workplace of the President, Hockey India.”The notification likewise points out the non-production of records connected to the Vikram Pal ICC/POSH matter. “Despite duplicated demands from 15.07.2026 onwards for the Vikram Pal ICC/POSH report and procedures, the records stayed not available,” the interaction states. It even more declares that Srivastava “stopped working to work out supervisory control” to make sure the records were protected and provided through a suitable personal procedure.The interaction even more declared that while choice committee member Subhadra Pradhan and previous internationals Rani Rampal and Sardar Singh were recognized for particular functions throughout the World Cup, the strategy was not executed, and Srivastava participated in the occasion himself.On the action taken versus the director basic, the notification stated: “All authority entrusted to or generally worked out through you as Director General will stay in abeyance with instant impact and, as an ad-interim protective step, you will stop to release the functions of Director General pending additional factor to consider and choice by the Executive Committee.”The letter kept that the step was “instant, ad-interim and protective” and did not total up to a last disciplinary finding or penalty. It likewise clarified that the action would not impact Srivastava’s legal compensation or regular service advantages.Srivastava has actually been provided 4 weeks to send an in-depth action together with supporting files.