The Committee of Administrators(CoA) met in New Delhi yesterday to take stalk of state associations who are willing to hold their elections by the September 28 deadline. While some big associations like Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are now almost on board after earlier resistance, Tamil Nadu and Haryana remain defiant.

It is also learnt that the CoA paid no heed to the concernsraised by ex-state election commissioner DN Chaudhari, who the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) was looking to appoint as the electoral officer. Chaudhari said on Wednesday that in his opinion holding the election would be contempt of the Supreme Court's interim order last year.