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Internet Desk: In their fourth status report to the Supreme Court today, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has mentioned former ICC and BCCI chief N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah as “disqualified office bearers with vested interest", who are trying to delay the implementation of Lodha reforms. The CoA had earlier submitted three status reports on February 27, March 17 and April 7. The next hearing regarding this matter will be on July 14. In the report they praised acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary who is trying to implement the recommendations but accused BCCI treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary as a Srinivasan loyalist and according to CoA he is just a ”mute spectator”. Point seven in the report read:"During the intervening period of three months since CoA filed third status report, every effort has been made by the CoA to build consensus among constituent members of BCCI for adoption of new BCCI constitution. The CoA held two meetings, on May 6 (a day before SGM) and June 25 (a day before SGM) in an attempt to build consensus but all these efforts were to no avail." "The SGM held on June 26 was manifestly disruptive. Before the meeting a substantial consensus has been arrived at as a result of mutual deliberations between CoA and various constituents members of BCCI." Point nine mentioned former BCCI President Srinivasan and Shah, who have been kingpins of disruption. "The SGM on June 26 was attended by various persons who are disqualified from being office bearers of BCCI and/or their respective state/member associations including N Srinivasan (represented TNCA) and Niranjan Shah (Saurashtra CA) amongst others." "Such disqualified persons have a vested interest in stalling implementation of judgement because if the judgement is implemented, such disqualified person will have to relinquish control over their respective state associations," stated point 12. The CoA has also submitted an audio file that indicates that during the June 26 meeting, some disqualified members "tried to hijack" the meeting. The CoA also mentioned that state units are trying to find a way to accommodate disqualified people as the SC order only speaks of debarring disqualified office bearers from attending the BCCI meetings.