The courtroom of justice Vinod S Bhardwaj of the HC has stayed the elections of the WFI.© AFP
The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom on Friday stayed the much-anticipated Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections slated for Saturday until additional orders following a petition filed by the Haryana Wrestling Affiliation (HWA). The order got here following a petition filed by the HWA, difficult the transfer to permit Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation to solid votes within the WFI polls. Advocate Ravinder Malik, representing Haryana Wrestling Affiliation which is headed by Member of Parliament Deepinder Hooda, mentioned the HWA is a registered society within the state and is affiliated to the WFI.
As per guidelines and the structure of the WFI, any registered affiliated physique can ship two representatives to solid their votes for the WFI polls, he said.
The HWA advocate mentioned that another physique, Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation has claimed that it was affiliated with the WFI in addition to Haryana Olympic Affiliation. Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation additional claimed that the HWA has no enterprise to take part within the election course of as a result of it isn’t affiliated with the WFI.
“The returning officer has given the discovering in favour of Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation, saying they fulfil the situation of affiliation with WFI in addition to Haryana Olympic Affiliation,” mentioned the advocate.
“We’ve got challenged the returning officer’s order within the HC, saying that the Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation could also be affiliated with the WFI however it isn’t affiliated with the HOA, that means they don’t seem to be entitled to take part within the ballot course of,” mentioned Malik, representing HWA.
“In case, Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation is allowed to take part within the election course of, then it is going to trigger prejudice in addition to the WFI elections can be unlawful,” he mentioned.
The courtroom has taken observe of it and mentioned lest it ought to trigger prejudice to anyone, prima facie, it appears Haryana Novice Wrestling Affiliation just isn’t eligible to solid votes.
The courtroom of justice Vinod S Bhardwaj of the HC has stayed the elections of the WFI.
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