Goa Table Tennis Association functioning illegally: Panjim Table Tennis Club
The Panjim Table Tennis Club(PTTC) yesterday claimed that the Goa Table Tennis Association(GTTA) was collecting registration fees from players and clubs though it (the GTTA) ceased to be a recognised unit as it has been declared as an unregistered Society under section 3(B)(5) of the Societies Registration Act(Goa Second Amendment) Act, 1998 by the Office of the District Registrar(South), Inspector General of Societies. In its notice to the GTTA, the PTTC says that the elections of the Association were last held in 2010, where the Office bearers/ managing committee members were elected for a period of one year as per its own bye-laws, rules and regulations. The tenure of the Goa Table Tennis Association Office bearers/ Managing committee has thus come to an end in the year 2011 but the present committee continues to function irregularly, illegally and unconstitutionally, without any such approval granted to it by the General Body, the PTTC states. "In case you ignore this notice and continue to collect such fees/ subscriptions from players/ members, we may be forced to file appropriate complaints before the relevant authorities for the purpose of taking strict punitive action," PTTC Secretary Sandeep Heble said in the notice. "Furthermore, since the term of this managing committee has expired, an immediate General Body Meeting of the members of Goa Table Tennis Association may be called to elect a new committee and all the existing committee members may be asked to tender their resignations immediately so that the Association is not demeaned much further and the sport of table tennis in Goa gets administered in a clean and efficient manner", Heble said. The club has also written to BPS Club, Margao and other affiliated clubs, requesting them not to allow the present unauthorized managing committee of Goa Table Tennis Association to collect fees/ subscriptions from players/ members in their premises or during tournaments being organized by them as such acts would be irregular and illegal and against the various laws of the land. "These affiliated clubs, being respectable clubs/ Institutions have been requested not to allow such illegalities to take place in their premises or during their tournaments", Heble informed. Source: Gomantak Times, July 17
