Panjim Table Tennis Club had submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar few days back, asking him to investigate the illegal and unconstitutional functioning of Goa Table Tennis Association(GTTA). We had brought to the notice of the CM several irregularities committed by the Association and had requested him to intervene in the matter and take appropriate action in the interest of the sport. While the GTTA President Mr. Vero Nunes refuted some of the points put forth by us in our memorandum, we hereby submit that the President's rejoinder is bad in law and not based on facts.
We reiterate that Vero Nunes is running the Association in an extremely dis-organised and whimsical manner and contrary to the provisions of the Association's own bye-laws, rules and regulations. If Vero Nunes feels everything is fine with the Association, he must explain why the Association is currently in a financial crisis, reeling under a deficit of around 13 lakh rupees despite receiving substantial grants from the SAG annually. Why is the Association holding its Annual General Body meeting once every four years and not annually which is a mandatory requirement? Why are only some Executive committee members invited for the meetings while intimations are deliberately not sent to others? If one or two top players cannot represent the State for whatever reasons, why are other seeds next in line not selected and deprived of their legitimate rights to play for Goa? These and several other such questions Mr. Vero Nunes needs to answer as he has been committing one irregularity after another and one blunder after another with his reckless, careless and carefree style of functioning. The President of an Association which is managing the sport in Goa is expected to carry out several basic fundamental duties which he is not fulfilling. Our stand has further been vindicated when members/ representatives of the various clubs, who attended the meeting called by the Association on Sunday 17th June at Club Vasco Da Gama, Panjim, signed a joint Memorandum, copy of which has been submitted to Mr. Vero Nunes. The members/ representatives have submitted a list of various demands/ grievances for redressal. Copy of the said Letter with List of signatories is appended below. -------------------- To, Mr. Vero Nunes, President, Goa Table Tennis Association 17-6-2012 Sub: Various Issues regarding the administration of Table Tennis in Goa Dear Sir We, the undersigned Table Tennis Players/ Members/ Representatives of the undersigned Clubs state and submit as follows: 1. The committee last held its Annual General Meeting on 27 June 2010, which was after a gap of almost 5 years from the previous Annual General Meeting which was held on 10/7/2005. As a Governing Body of the sport of Table tennis in Goa, Annual General Body Meetings must be held once every year with proper Audited Accounts circulated to the affiliated clubs/ Institutions/ Members. You are requested to kindly convene an Annual General Meeting at the earliest so that the clubs can participate in the functioning of Table Tennis and can elect its committee as per its Constitution and bye-laws. 2. During the last Annual General Meeting on 27 June 2010, a fresh Executive/ Managing committee was elected. However, as per the Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws of the Goa Table Tennis Association, the term of the Committee is for a period of one year only and hence the Annual General Body Meeting may be called at the earliest as the present committee is functioning unconstitutionally. 3. Whenever the Table Tennis Players of Goa represent the State to participate at the Zonals and the Nationals, they are many- a- times made to pay their own money and it takes a long time for them to get their legitimate dues reimbursed. Due to this, players and their parents have to go through a lot of stress and difficulties. In some case, the players have not received their due reimbursements even after a lapse of 3 years which is not fair to the Players who are spending a lot of time and putting in a lot of effort to participate for the State. 4. The Association has been collecting 50 percent of the Entrance Fees from the Clubs who conduct the Major Ranking Tournaments. While it was decided to collect this entry fee sum at the Annual General Meeting held in 2010 so that certificates could be given to each Player for each participating Tournament, the Association has awarded certificates to players only once during the year and not each time a player has participated in a different Tournament. As such, the Association is requested not to collect 50percent of the entry fee sum in the future and to collect from the organizing club/ Institution only the cost of the certificates incurred during each Tournament to ease the financial burden on the clubs. 5. At present, the Major Ranking Tournaments are being conducted only by the present Gen. Secretary Mr. Ashok Mahambre. This deprives other young coaches the opportunity to conduct the Major Ranking Tournaments. The Association must therefore approve a list of young coaches who could conduct such Tournaments for the affiliated clubs and the Association must not insist that only its Gen. Secretary Mr. Ashok Mahambre should conduct all the Tournaments. We suggest the names of the following Players/ Coaches who could conduct the Ranking Tournaments for the organizing clubs: a) NIS Coach Irwin Cordo, b. NIS Coach Amit Naik, c. Noel Estebeiro, d. Wilbur Fernandes,, e. Subhash Kolwalkar and or other Players/ Coaches who are qualified for conducting such events. The Association could depute its Gen. Secretary or any other committee member to oversee the smooth functioning of the Tournament. 6. Copies of the Constitution comprising of Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations must be made available to all the affiliated members along with List of Life Members/ Affiliated clubs/ Associated members, etc. All such members must be regularly invited to attend Annual General Body Meetings so that the sport can be administered in a smooth manner where each member can exercise his/her/its right. 7. The Goa Table Tennis Association has been declared as an unregistered Society by the office of the District Registrar and hence is functioning illegally and unconstitutionally. Hence, steps must be undertaken to appoint a new committee who could be elected in a free and fair manner by appointing an election officer and proper notices and nomination forms sent to the affiliated members well in advance. Steps must be taken to ensure that the Goa Table Tennis Association functions in a legal manner. Yours sincerely Sandeep Heble(Secretary, Panjim Table Tennis Club) sd/- (9326129171) & other Club/ Institution representatives, namely Noel Estebeiro sd/- Justo D' Costa sd/- Daniel Pinto sd/- Anand Majalikar sd/- Sunil Parekh sd/- Sachin Mense sd/-
