The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is set to get an elected body after more than two years as Delhi High Court has ordered its elections to be held within eight weeks. The two-member division bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice AK Chawla, in its order passed on Friday, also said the elections are to be held as per the recommendations of the Justice (retired) Rajendra Mal Lodha committee, which had long been approved by the Supreme Court. Now that the High Court has directed the elections are to be held only after incorporating the proposed amendments, it could have a far-reaching effect on the capital's cricketing body, which mostly remained the domain of a selected few for the last two decades. While accepting the Lodha reforms means the majority of the current office-bearers, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting president, CK Khanna, would be ineligible to contest, the court has also struck down the age-old system of proxy voting in DDCA elections. The directive is definitely a huge victory for people like former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi and World Cup-winning player Kirti Azad. The court has also drastically reduced the number of office-bearers - there would be elections for a total of 16 directors, including five office-bearers. The court left provisions for one vice president and one joint secretary, president, secretary and treasurer.