All India Tennis Association (AITA) elected a new set of office bearers on Saturday but the results were not declared officially due to an order from the Delhi High Court.
The results have been submitted to the Delhi High Court in a sealed envelope.
The AITA was to conduct an election at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) but there was no need for voting since the Returning Officer received only one nomination for each post.
Apart from getting a new President, secretary general, and treasurer, the national tennis federation elected eight vice presidents, four joint secretaries, and 10 executive members.
It has been learned that initially Rohit Rajpal and one more candidate had filed their nominations for the post of President but later India’s non-playing Davis Cup captain withdrew his candidature.
Former Indian players Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja approached the Delhi High Court to seek a stay on the elections claiming that the federation is not following the sports code.
The Court did not stay the elections but asked AITA and the Sports Ministry to file their response.
“The Election shall remain subject to the outcome of the instant writ petition. Let the result of the Election be placed in a sealed cover by the Election Officer, meaning thereby, the result of the Election shall not be published,” the Court said. The matter will be heard on October 14.
Till that time, the outgoing team and the new team will jointly take care of the federation work.
The AITA held the Annual General Meeting, where they discussed plans to make tennis more popular across the country, reaching out to rural areas and finding big sponsors to support their efforts.
“The Annual General Meeting was a great success; the House approved the activities of the honorary secretary General report the financial reports where auditory reports were passed, and we also took some very interesting decisions,” AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar told PTI videos.
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