New Delhi

Hockey India's election process will be completed by October 9, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the Committee of Administrators (CoA) said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the CoA managed HI submitted the first draft of its modified constitution to the FIH and the final draft will be delivered within the next 10 days.

A two-member delegation from the FIH is in the national capital to discuss the current situation of Hockey India, following the resignation of Narinder Batra from his post.

Last month, former Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief Batra had resigned from the post of International Hockey Federation (FIH) president, thus relinquishing all three top posts -- IOA chief, International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and FIH head he was holding.

Hockey India is currently under the rule of a Committee of Administrators (CoA) on the orders of the Delhi High Court because of an alleged violation of the National Sports Code.

Wednesday's meeting was attended by FIH's acting president Seif Ahmed, CEO Thierry Weil and the members of the CoA - Justice Anil R Dave, former Judge of the Supreme Court, S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, and Zafar Iqbal, a former Olympian.

The development comes after the FIH last month had said that it is not satisfied by the reply of CoA governing Hockey India, to their previous letter and "cannot accept the turnaround time of 20 weeks" for adopting a new Constitution.

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This was after FIH's warning to conduct HI elections as soon as possible to avoid jeopardizing the Men's World Cup to be held in Odisha in January 2023.