bangalore the sports ministry this week acceded to the all india tennis associations repeated request of a hearing giving the national body a date and time to state its case on the matter of its 2012 elections for which aita faces derecognition the ministry notified aita secretary bharat oza on may 6 2015 asking him to present yourself along with your representative before onkar kedia joint secretary sports on may 13 2015 at 230 pm the government had earlier decreed aita president anil khanna must step down for the alleged flouting of tenure guidelines calling for fresh elections to tennis top job the tennis body however stood its ground saying that it had diligently followed the national sports development code nsdc bringing about a deadlock wednesdays government notice went on to add that should the aita representative fail to present himself at the hearing it will be deemed that you have waived your right to a hearing subsequently myas shall take its decision based on your written representation only khanna who was aita secretarygeneral between 2000 and 2012 took over as president for the 201216 term allegedly flouting tenure guidelines of the nsdc the code stresses on a coolingoff period of four years before a secretary seeks reelection after two successive terms in khannas case it was three successive terms after which he threw himself into the presidential race in 2012