Also reacting to Hockey India's plan to float a new league in competition to its own World Series Hockey, IHF termed it as "unauthorized and illegal", and threatened to take legal action to stop the HIL, scheduled for January-February, 2013.
"IOA should have known better than to ignore the order passed by the Delhi High Court on 21.5.2010 quashing the illegal suspension and disaffiliation of IHF by IOA and Government of India on a writ filed by IHF," said IHF's secretary general Ashok Mathur in a media release.
"Formation of a Committee by IOA to decide on an issue which had already been decided by the Hon'ble Delhi High Court by declaring IHF as the sole governing body for hockey in India not only reflects its disrespect but (also) contempt of the Hon'ble Court by its open violation of the court order," Mathur said.
The IOA committee comprised Wrestling Federation of India president G S Mander, Indian Weightlifting Federation president Birendra Prasad Baishya and Handball Federation of India secretary-general S M Bali.
"The Indian Hockey Federation declined to be a part of this theatre of the absurd (by) expressing its total lack of confidence in the Committee - how could 3 persons who were part of the IOA conspiracy to unseat IHF be expected to reverse their own decision?" Mathur said.
According to Mathur, High Court had also "forced the Government to withdraw its provisional recognition of Hockey India" through its order dated August 5, 2010. (More)