The BCCI has decided to consult the Attorney General and Chief Justice of India on legal aspects of the anti-doping clause.

The Cricket Board has written to Attorney-General Goolam E Vahanvati and former Chief Justice A S Anand to get clarity on the controversial "whereabouts" clause in WADA'S Anti-Doping Code that has been opposed by top cricketers.

"We have written to both Vahanvati and former Chief Justice A S Anand," Finance Committee Chairman Rajiv Shukla said after the BCCI's Working Committee meeting today.

The Board, which has supported the players' stand that this clause infringes on their privacy, had declared after its Emergency Working Committee meeting earlier this month that the right to privacy was a fundamental right enjoyed by every Indian that cannot be taken away.

However, the Indian Government is a signatory to the WADA Anti-Doping Code and apparently fresh doubts have cropped up within the BCCI whether this stand was indeed correct.

"The clause with regards to whereabouts is unreasonable", BCCI President Shashank Manohar had said after the August 2 meeting of its Working Committee.

According to sources, the BCCI was also trying to get clarity whether a government agency can force them to include the clause in the annual contracts it signs with its players.

Eleven cricketers, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, have opposed the clause and have already missed the July 31 deadline to sign the Code.

Apart from this, the Board also cleared the deck for ex-ICL players, who have been granted amnesty, to take part in the third edition of the Indian Premier League with a cap on their payment being a maximum of Rs 20 lakhs.

The decision to allow the ICL players to join the mainstream was taken by the BCCI's Working Committee, which also decided to increase the Ranji Trophy winners' purse and revise the match fees for umpires and match referees.

The Working Committee also decided to give a financial assistance of Rs 25 crores to the All India Football Federation for the development of football in the country in the next two years.

"The ex-ICL players, who have been granted amnesty are eligible to play the IPL in the next season (2010) with the cap on the payment being a maximum of Rs 20 lakhs," the BCCI said in a release after the meeting.

It also said the prize money for the Ranji Trophy winners has been increased to Rs 2 crores, Rs 1 crore for the runners-up, and Rs 50 lakhs each to the losing semi-finalists.

The Working Committee nominated Amish Saheba and Shavir Tarapore to the ICC International Panel and Sanjay Hazare as TV Umpire.

The BCCI Working Committee also decided to set up specialised coaching centres in Mumbai (Batting), Mohali (Fast Bowling) and Chennai (Spinners and wicketkeepers) from September.

Specialist coaches will be appointed on an Annual Retainership at each of the centres, it added.

The Working Committee also approved the setting up of an Umpires' Academy in principle.

Among other decisions, umpires and coaches will get Rs 7500 per match day while Rs 3750 will be deposited to their Benevolent Fund. Umpire, coaches and match referees (IPL excepted) will be paid Rs. 10,000 per match-day.

The team and support-staff that won the Emerging Players tournament in Australia will be paid a bonus of Rs 10 lakhs each.