new delhi not heeding to the sports ministrys order the national rifle association of india nrai has decided to go ahead with its elections scheduled for saturday in mohali the federation will wait for the judiciary to decide its fate since the matter is pending before the delhi high courtincumbent president raninder singh is seeking reelection to the presidents post the nrai has appointed an additional returning officer ro in justice inderjeet singh walia along with the original appointee justice retd mehtab singh gill to conduct the electoral process on the ministrys part it has decided not to send its observer to oversee the electionsnrai has decided to wait till the next hearing in the court on december 13 according to sources in the federation nrai and raninder have built their case on the premise that the word tenure in the sports code nowhere restricts the president from seeking reelectionthe code says that the president of any recognised nsf including the ioa can hold the office for a maximum of 12 years theres no mention of the word term in the code so for the ministry to say that raninder has completed his third term is entirely wrong the president still has oneandahalfyears to serve in the office till december 2022 the source informed toisingh became the president in 2010