Hyderabad, June 10 -- Mohammed Azharuddin, President of the HCA, has termedthe show cause notice sent to him by his rivals as 'malafide and illegal.' In a press statement released on Thursday, Azharuddin stated that the coterie of tainted members who are facing an inquiry by the Ombudsman under rule 41 (i) b, have no authority to send him a show cause notice at this stage.

"It is publicknowledge that the coterie of members is attending the courtsfacingcharges of corruption that involve kickbacksand misappropriation of public money. They include Vice PresidentJohn Manoj, SecretaryR. Vijayanand, JointSecretary Naresh Sharma, and TreasurerSurender Agarwal," said Azhar.

"Their profiles are readily availableon public domain for everyone to s...