The Delhi High Court-appointed administrator to the All India Tennis Association (AITA), Justice (retd.) Gita Mittal, has requested the Court to implead the AITA Trust and the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) in the ongoing proceedings to amend the AITA’s Constitution in line with the National Sports Governance Act and hold fresh elections.
Rajpal has since announced his candidature for AITA presidency, where tennis legend Leander Paes is expected to be a contender. The DLTA has been led for nearly a decade by Rohit Rajpal, India’s current Davis Cup captain and a vice-president at the AITA. He was the treasurer of the AITA Trust during the rent dispute, before resigning on June 13, 2026. Fresh elections under the new Constitution were to be held by September 30, but the interim AITA committee has requested an extension. The High Court is scheduled to hear the matter again on September 25.
Justice Mittal has stated that the rent dispute prima facie indicated “misappropriation of land and defalcation of funds, which were intended only for the interest of the game and have been surreptitiously diverted to private persons utilizing the shield of a legal entity in the nature of a Trust”.