CINTAA
faces
i te al
c isis
as
8
elected
membe s
esig ,
dema d
f esh
electio s
a d
allege
lack
of
t a spa e cy
The
Ci e
a d
TV
A tistes
Associatio
(CINTAA)
is
faci g
a
majo
i te al
c isis
afte
eight
elected
Executive
Committee
membe s
esig ed
with
immediate
effect,
citi g
a
loss
of
co fide ce
i
the
associatio ’s
fu ctio i g
a d
allegi g
u ilate al
decisio -maki g.
The
esig i g
membe s
have
sought
f esh
electio s,
while
CINTAA
Ge e al
Sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
co fi med
that
11
membe s
i
total
have
esig ed.
Mea while,
the
associatio ’s
legal
ep ese tative
has
cla ified
that
the
Executive
Committee
has
ot
bee
dissolved,
stati g
that
the
co stitutio al
th eshold
fo
dissolutio
has
ot
bee
met.
Eight
elected
membe s
step
dow
f om
CINTAA
Acco di g
to
ANI,
CINTAA
Ge e al
Sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
amed
the
eight
esig i g
membe s
as
Hema t
Pa dey,
Mukesh
Rishi,
Sahila
Chadha,
Hetal
Pa ma ,
Pu eet
Issa ,
Vi du
Da a
Si gh,
Vikas
Ve ma
a d
Deepak
Pa asha .
I
thei
joi t
esig atio
lette ,
the
membe s
said
thei
decisio
came
afte
epeated
depa tu es
f om
the
p i ciples
of
collective
decisio -maki g,
co sultatio
a d
co stitutio al
gove a ce
withi
the
associatio .The
lette
alleged
that
the
associatio ‘s
fu ctio i g
had
i c easi gly
become
co ce t ated
a ou d
CINTAA
P eside t
Poo am
Dhillo
a d
Se io
Vice
P eside t
Padmi i
Kolhapu e,
alo g
with
a
sectio
of
othe
Executive
Committee
membe s.
Pa t
of
the
lette
ead,
“The
P eside t,
Poo am
Dhillo ,
has
epeatedly
take
u ilate al
decisio s;
issued
official
commu icatio s
th ough
he
ID
to
gove me t
officials,
a d
u ilate ally
decided
commu icatio s
to
i dust y
bodies
th ough
the
official
CINTAA
ID,
a d
ep ese ted
the
Associatio
i
public
a d
with
othe
gove me t,
quasi-judicial
a d
i dust y
bodies
without
the
k owledge,
co sultatio ,
a d/
o
app oval
of
the
Executive
Committee,
the eby
ullifyi g
the
p i ciple
of
collective
espo sibility.”The
esig i g
membe s
fu the
alleged
that
Dhillo
a d
Kolhapu e
visited
gove me t
offices
accompa ied
by
p ivately
e gaged
lawye s,
who
we e
allegedly
i t oduced
as
CINTAA
lawye s
without
the
autho ity
o
sa ctio
of
the
Executive
Committee.
Ge e al
sec eta y
co fi ms
11
esig atio s
Speaki g
to
ANI,
CINTAA
Ge e al
Sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
co fi med
that
a
total
of
11
membe s
had
esig ed,
eight
of
whom
we e
elected
Executive
Committee
membe s.
She
said,
“Out
of
ou
11
membe s,
eight
elected
membe s
have
esig ed
a d
submitted
thei
esig atio s
to
me.
They
have
also
submitted
thei
complai ts,
stati g
that
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
a d
Poo am
Dhillo
a e
misusi g
thei
positio s.”Si gh
also
aised
co ce s
ove
the
use
of
pe so al
email
accou ts
fo
official
co espo de ce,
explai i g
that
official
commu icatio
should
ideally
go
th ough
the
associatio ‘s
official
email
system
to
mai tai
t a spa e cy.
She
said,
“Whe
a
mail
has
to
be
se t
to
a y
o ga isatio ,
we
ca ot
se d
it
th ough
ou
pe so al
mail
ID
if
we
wa t
to
se d
it
officially.
This
is
the
same
eve ywhe e.
He e,
Poo am
ji
se ds
he
pe so al
mail
ID
to
the
o ga isatio s
a d
asks
them
to
se d
it
to
he .
She
gai s
o
be efit
f om
it
but
the e
is
o
t a spa e cy.”
CINTAA
cla ifies
EC
has
ot
bee
dissolved
Respo di g
to
the
developme ts,
Advocate
Suvigya
Vidya thi,
ep ese ti g
CINTAA,
cla ified
that
the
Executive
Committee
has
ot
bee
dissolved.
I
a
stateme t,
Vidya thi
said,
“The
ve sio
which
has
bee
ci culati g
that
the
EC
of
CINTAA
is
dissolved
is
totally
w o g,
misco ceived
a d
lacks
a y
judicial
sa ctity.
As
pe
the
Co stitutio
of
CINTAA,
the
EC
shall
dissolve
o ly
whe
mo e
tha
50%
of
the
elected
membe s
of
the
EC
esig ,
which
is
ot
the
case
at
ha d.
Also,
as
pe
the
Co stitutio ,
ew
membe s
have
bee
i ducted
i
thei
place
who
we e
ext
i
li e
by
the
voti g
cou t.”The
developme ts
ma k
o e
of
the
most
sig ifica t
i te al
disputes
withi
CINTAA
i
ece t
yea s,
with
the
esig i g
membe s
dema di g
f esh
electio s
to
esto e
what
they
call
t a spa e t
a d
co stitutio al
gove a ce.
