AITA committee in danger of being dissolved over non-cooperation with HC-appointed administrator

Pune : The interim executive committee of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) seems to have tied itself in a legal tangle, and in danger of being dissolved, after refusing to cooperate with the Administrator appointed by the Delhi High Court in April.While the interim committee, headed by president Chintan Parikh (Gujarat association) and Sunder Iyer (Maharashtra) welcomed the HC order initially, they subsequently filed an appeal, the grounds of which is not fully known.

But a letter written by the Administrator, Justice (Retd. ) Gitta Mittal, to the interim committee and the state associations makes it clear that Parikh and Co “have failed to render any assistance or cooperation” in fulfilling the HC’s mandate of amending the bylaws and constitution of the AITA and bringing them in line with the National Sports Act.As per the letter dated June 17, seen by TOI, during a meeting on May 1, Mittal had asked the interim committee to scrutinize the byelaws of the AITA and revert within one week the details of the amendments necessary to make it Code compliant. However, “no submission was received to assist the Administrator in compliance with the directions” of the HC, the letter states.