bengaluru the union sports ministry may derecognize the all india tennis association aita for not following up on its 2014 directive to oust anil khanna as president and conduct reelection for the post khannas election in june 2012 when he took over as the federations president after having served as secretary in the previous two terms was against the tenure guidelines of the national sports development code the ministry contended a mandatory coolingoff period of four years was necessary khanna would now administer the sport for 20 continuous years as he can serve three consecutive terms of four years each as president ministry sources told toi continued inaction on the front may force the ministry to end all financial assistance and grants besides other privileges to aita it warned the federation has time until march 31 this year to meet the ministrys demands continuation of recognition beyond march 2015 depends on whether aita is able to resolve the election to the post of president the sources said a letter specifying deadlines has already been dispatched to aita the ministry had sounded out the tennis federation in october last year but the federation didnt heed its advice currently tennis figures in the priority list which entitles it to financial assistance to hold international tournaments and coaching camps and for providing air passage board and lodging for players when they play abroad equipment too is fully funded by the government the sources emphasized that tennis players will not suffer we have never been antiplayers we only want the federation to follow the sports code with the olympics just a year away we will take special care to ensure the players are funded well the money will be routed to them through the sports authority of india they said while tennis players by and large are not dependent on government grants the runup to the olympics is different top tennis players had used government money running into lakhs to fund their tours ahead of the london olympics two other federations basketball and taekwondo have failed to get their recognition renewed for 2015 the sources said recognition for wrestling wushu and gymnastics beyond march 2015 hangs fire as the ministry is still studying the documents submitted by them with regard to elections and constitutional amendments as of now 48 federations have gained recognition till december 2015 they added a decision on gymnastics may be easy as the federation has been derecognized by its international body according to the annual recognition scheme every national sports federation has to produce documentary evidence on healthy democratic practices accountability and transparency in administration every year to ensure that they remain in the ministrys fold included in the criteria are annual audits fair accounting procedures transparent team selection spread of the sport in india and regular dope tests