Accusing the All India Tennis Association (AITA) of being a ‘serial offender’ in violating the Sports Code, former India No. 1 singles player Somdev Devvarman and ex-doubles specialist Purav Raja have dragged the national governing body to the court days before its elections on September 28.
In a petition filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday, the two players have alleged that the AITA has violated several provisions of the Sports Code, including the ‘lack of any seats for athletes in the Central Council / General Assembly of AITA, lack of any mechanism for athletes to elect eminent sportspersons of outstanding merit to represent them in the Central Council / General Assembly, lack of reservation of seats for athletes in the Executive Committee and lack of any mechanism whereby athletes are elected from the Central Council / General Assembly to the Executive Committee.’
They have also made the government a party to the case, alleging that the ‘(Sports) Ministry has never once made efforts to ascertain if AITA is in compliance with the SportsCode… and has turned a blind eye to multiple patent violations.’
