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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2531
ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 09th March, 2026
Delhi and District Cricket Association
2531. Shri Azad Kirti Jha:
Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government had ordered a probe/inspection of accounts of
the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) under Section 206(5) of
the Companies Act, 1956 and for round tripping of public money by its
President into his own company and if so, the details thereof;
(b) if so, the action taken in pursuance of the report against the President
and others who facilitated the fraud;
(c) whether the case is still being kept under wraps by DDCA and whether
there is any plan to take any punitive action against the then President; and
(d) if so, the timeline by which action is likely to be taken?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS.
(SHRI HARSH MALHOTRA)
(a) to (d) : The Government has not ordered inspection under Section 206(5)
of the Companies Act, 1956 of the books of account of Delhi and District
Cricket Association (DDCA). However, on basis of complaints alleging
irregularities in functioning of DDCA, inspection of books of account and
other papers was ordered on 28.09.2012 under section 209A of the
Companies Act, 1956. Subsequently, further inspection was ordered on
27.03.2015 under section 206(5) of the Companies Act, 2013. The inspection
report indicated violations of sections 36, 150, 166, 209,210, 211 read withSchedule VI, 217(3), 220, 285, 299, 303, 309, 314 and 211(3A)/(3C) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with Accounting Standards- 5, 15, 18, 19, 22 and
29. The above stated offences being compoundable in nature, the then
Hon’ble Company Law Board has compounded the said offences, on the
applications by the company and officers in default. Non-compliance of
provisions of section 227 read with section 233 of the aforementioned Act
were reported against the auditors of the company in the Inspection Report
and prosecution was filed against the auditor and the same was also
compounded. Further a complaint was also lodged with the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India, (ICAI) against the auditor. The Disciplinary
Committee of ICAI vide orders dated 03/02/2023 reprimanded the said
auditor.
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