The BCCI paid former national selector Jatin Paranjape Rs.43.20 lakh as professional fees from February to September, 2017 - a period during which he was no longer the national selector
Jatin Paranjape
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The BCCI paid former national selector Jatin Paranjape Rs.43.20 lakh as professional fees from February to September, 2017 - a period during which he was no longer the national selector. Paranjape was removed from his post last January as per Lodha Committee diktat which did not allow non-Test cricketers to be national selectors. Accordingly, Paranjape and Gagan Khoda, who have only played ODIs for India, had to leave the selection panel which was then pruned to three.
However, the BCCI recently uploaded on its website in the payments above Rs.25 lakh section that Paranjape has been remunerated for non-working period. "Yes, Paranjape has been paid Rs.43.20 lakh as professional fees for that period because a selector's contract runs till September of each year when the Annual General Meeting is held," a senior BCCI official told PTI.
"Now, it wasn't Paranjape's fault that he had to quit the panel. "So for the seven-month period, we had to pay him despite not procuring his services. It was case where his livelihood was getting affected when it was not his mistake," the official added.
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