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Elections to AGA Heritage Club not held for 7 years; auditor writes, secy refutes charge

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Neeraj Bagga

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Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, July 27

Seven long years and still waiting. The elections to the prestigious Amritsar Games Association (AGA) Heritage Club, which runs historic Gandhi ground for cricket, besides a canteen and a liquor bar for its members, has not been held for the past seven years.

The matter has raised a few eyebrows. Making it more intense, is the letter of its auditor Rajan Kumar, a Chartered Accountant. He has raised an alarm by writing a communiqué to the president of the Club, Deputy Commissioner Shivdular Singh Dhillon.

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In the letter, he has pointed out a mismatch in figures and expenditures under various heads during the audit of accounts for period between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020. For instance, there were Rs 883 available in cash whereas cashbook showed about Rs 5.39 lakh. Canteen did not provide bills as per the agreement with the Club, thereby causing losses to the club. He stated cold drinks were provided by the Club to the caterers at cost and the profit being earned by the caterers.

Also, around Rs 70-80 lakh were invested on the renovation of the Club without an approval from the executive committee, he mentioned. Similarly, the amount to the tune of about Rs 8.60 lakh deducted on account of paying provident fund and ESI to the staff was not deposited with the treasury.

When asked why the matter wasn’t taken up to the administrative officials of the Club, he said no Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in the past seven years, leaving him with no option other than to write to the DC to draw his attention. As per the constitution of the Club, AGM is mandatory to be held after every two years and before the conduct of the election.

Rohit Lakhanpal, secretary of the Club, said: “There was no bungling and only miscommunication which led the auditor to write.” He added that MM Nanda, administrative officer of the Club, being aged, was not coming to the office due to the prevailing Covid-19 situations. “All documents were collected with the help of Nanda and entire accounts were found up to the mark and point by point rebuttal of the allegations were forwarded to the concerned official to avoid misunderstandings, he stated.

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