Hyderabad, April 10 -- Abhijit Sen Gupta

The tussle over the appointment of an Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer in the Hyderabad Cricket Association has takena new turn with the Telangana High Court upholding the appointment of Justice Deepak Verma, retired Supreme Court judge, for the post.

Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao delivered the order setting aside the order of a lower court whichhad suspended the earlier appointmentof Justice Verma.

It may be recalled that last year Mohammad Azharuddin, President of the HCA, had written a letter to Justice Verma referring to his consent to be appointed to the post of Ombudsman cum Ethics officer for a period of one year from the date of taking charge. Azhar had written that the decisionto appointJust...