Mohali, Feb. 17 -- Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) chief executive officer (CEO) Deepak Sharma has been directed to tender his resignation after the association's ethics officer-cum-ombudsman found him guilty of drawing benefits of dual employment while serving the cricket body between 2014 and 2015.

The ombudsman, former Punjab and Haryana high court judge justice Jaspal Singh (retd), found that Sharma had failed to disclose his employment with the Punjab State Housing Federation (Housefed) while serving the PCA from 2014 to 2015, during which he drew salary from both organisations for overlapping periods. The ombudsman observed that this amounted to misrepresentation of facts and financial misconduct.

The order, pronounced on Februar...