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[caption id="attachment_28211" align="alignnone" width="927"] G.K. Pillai to become new observer of BCCI- recommends Lodha Committee | Image : Munsif.tv[/caption] Internet Desk: The Lodha Committee's grip over Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to be tightening. Now for overseeing the functions of the board the Supreme Court-appointed RM Lodha committee has recommended former home secretary GK Pillai to oversee the running of the board. The committee, in its report to the SC on November 18, has also recommended that all office bearers of the BCCI and state cricket boards who don’t fulfill the necessary conditions laid down by the apex court be disqualified. G.K.Pillai, who was the home secretary during the previous UPA regime, will supervise the administration of the BCCI by the CEO, according to the panel recommendation. Which seems that the post of the office bearers including the board President will directly come under Lodha Panel scanner. The panel has been at loggerheads with the BCCI management led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur. The latest report makes a mention of “continued non-compliance by the office bearers of the BCCI.” Recently, the SC had dismissed review petition on its July 18th judgment validating the reforms suggested by the Lodha commission. The SC in its judgment had asked the BCCI to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee, which had asked for sweeping changes in the way the board was running cricket at the centre as well as state levels. The country's top court had given BCCI between four and six months to implement the recommendations and appointed former chief justice of India RM Lodha to oversee the transition. Meanwhile, The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has amended its memorandum, rules and regulations to bring them in conformity with the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee at a Special General Meeting (SGM) here. A unanimous resolution was passed to the effect at the SGM held at HCA's registered office at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here yesterday.