India, March 20 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to immediately stay the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) order of constituting an ad hoc committee to run the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India (SSI).

The court, however, sought IOA's response and fixed May 19 as the next date of hearing.

The IOA issued an order to constitute a four-member ad hoc committee, headed by six-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan, having received various complaints of administrative mismanagement in the winter sports federation.

The committee, constituted on October 16, was granted the responsibility of conducting the elections to the Executive Committee and managing the federation's affairs.

A bench of justice Sachin Datta passed the order afte...