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The decision of the court went in favour of the group of officials who have been opposing the plans of the Bagan secretary Anjan Dutta. The rival group had challenged the secretary’s authority to call a special general meeting on January 28 without consulting the executive body. It was in this meeting that the decision to form the joint venture company was taken.

AITA rankings

MUMBAI: Former Davis Cup player, Gaurav Natekar of Maharashtra and Uzma Khan of Andhra Pradesh head the All India Tennis Association (AITA) annual ranking for the current year in the men’s and women’s singles respectively.

RANKINGS

Men: 1 Gaurav Natekar (Mah), 2 NitinKirtane (Mah), 3 Vasudev Reddy (AP), 4 V Venkatraghavan (TN), 5 Vishal Uppal (Del).

U-16: 1 Ravikiran Bhat (Kar), 2 Rohan Saikia (Mah), 3 Kamala Kannan (TN). U-14: 1 Parantap Chaturvedi (Del), 2 Sunil Kumar (Chd), 3 Anant Sitaram (AP).

Women: 1 Uzma Khan (AP), 2 Rushmi Chakrawarthy (TN), 3 Aarti Ponappa (Kar), 4 Sai Jailakshmi (TN), 5 V Archana (Kar). U-16: 1 Gautam Sheetal (Del), 2 Radhika Tulpule (Mah), 3 Radhika Mandke (Mah). U-14: 1 Jitisha Selarka (Mah), 2 Geeta Manohar (AP), 3 Megha Vakharia (Mah).

AIEB in final

TUTICORIN: All India Electricity Board smashed their way into the final defeating Indian Bank, Chennai, 13-15, 12-15, 15-5, 15-9, 16-14 in a thrilling semi-final of the All India Invitation Prize Money Volleyball Tournament at Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank Stadium, on Saturday.

In the women’s round robin league Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) outplayed Southern Railway 15-10, 15-7, 15-12. The teams meet again on the morrow in the title clash.

— ENS &Agencies