Gazette dissolving SLC Interim Committee published

by Zulfick Farzan 13-12-2023 | 11:28 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Harin Fernando signed the gazette to revoke the decision by Former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe that appointed an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket.

This extraordinary gazette has now been made public.

It notes that Harin Fernando, the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, do hereby revoke and rescind the Extraordinary Gazette bearing reference No. 2356/43 dated 05th November 2023 with immediate effect.

It added that thereby the Interim Committee appointed for the purpose of exercising the powers, functions and duties of Sri Lanka Cricket shall stand dissolved.

Former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe issued a gazette on the 5th of November, suspending the operations of Sri Lanka Cricket, and appointing an Interim Committee chaired by Arjuna Ranatunga to continue the operations of SLC.

The court had already issued an order temporarily suspending the operations of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee after taking into account an application filed by SLC, and the examination of the application is yet to conclude.

Moreover, the suspension imposed by the ICC on SLC remains in effect.