<p>New Delhi: The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Saturday elected unopposed a new set of office bearers but the result was not declared officially as per the directions of the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition into Sports Code violations by the federation.</p>.<p>The AITA was to conduct 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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: Rain washes out day 2 in Kanpur.<p>It has been learnt 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.</p>.<p>Former India players Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja had sought a stay on the AITA elections, claiming that the federation was not following the Sports Code and several candidates in fray were ineligible to contest the polls.</p>.<p>The Court did not stay the elections but asked AITA and the Sports Ministry to file their response.</p>.<p>"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of the Election be placed in a sealed cover by the Election Officer, meaning thereby, the result of the Election shall not be published," the Court said.</p>.<p>The matter will be heard on October 14.</p>.<p>Till that time, the outgoing team and the new team will jointly take care of the federation work. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Saturday elected unopposed a new set of office bearers but the result was not declared officially as per the directions of the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition into Sports Code violations by the federation.</p>.<p>The AITA was to conduct 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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: Rain washes out day 2 in Kanpur.<p>It has been learnt 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.</p>.<p>Former India players Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja had sought a stay on the AITA elections, claiming that the federation was not following the Sports Code and several candidates in fray were ineligible to contest the polls.</p>.<p>The Court did not stay the elections but asked AITA and the Sports Ministry to file their response.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>The matter will be heard on October 14.</p>.<p>Till that time, the outgoing team and the new team will jointly take care of the federation work. </p>