“We will not let him (Pandey) in,” said Bikash Ghimire, a vice-president of the dissolved CAN which called a press conference to inform about its stance over the decision. “The government has acted against the law by removing an elected body. If Pandey comes in to assume his office then we will padlock it. The government might provide security for him but for how long,” said Ghimire.

The cricket governing body, which has already been tarnished by alleged corruption and claims of ineligibility to run cricket, plunged into further crisis after the cabinet on Thursday decided to dissolve the CAN and formed a new three-member ad-hoc committee under former president Pandey.

Pandey himself was ousted by the National Sports Council (NSC) on November, 2011 for his failure to find a consensus within his committee to hold general elections running an ad-hoc committee for four years. The latest decision from the government was made on the recommendation from the Commission of the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

The CIAA, on June 8, had filed graft charges against 10 officials from the dissolved CAN including President Tanka Aangbuhang, while it had also recommended to wipe out the entire committee deeming it incapable of working for the development of the game.

The dissolved cricket body on Saturday termed CAN’s dissolution proposal made by Youth and Sports Minister Purushottam Paudel as undemocratic and will now seek a legal remedy. “The sports minister has taken a step against the law. We have not yet got the official confirmation from government. We will go to the court, inside two hours after receiving the letter from government,” said Deepak Saud, the member and acting spokesperson of the wiped out CAN.