Kathmandu- The National Sports Council (NSC) has directed the NOC to comply with the Supreme Court’s order not to postpone the Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) election scheduled for Dec 28.

In a letter to the NOC on Friday, the NSC has directed it to comply with the order of the Supreme Court as the Supreme Court has issued an interim order not to postpone the Nepal Olympic Committee election . NSC has also conveyed the letter to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

A single bench of Justice Saranga Subedi issued the interim order on a writ petition filed by Kamal Bahadur Chitrakar seeking to stop the NOC election. The interim order of the Supreme Court had stayed the NOC election.

The leadership of NOC Chairman Jeevan Ram Shrestha had defied the Patan High Court’s order by organizing a special general meeting of the NOC on Dec 3, amending the statute and announcing the election on Dec 28.

In the elections announced on Dec 28 after forcibly amending the statute, the remaining posts except for the chairman have been declared unopposed.

The current NOC leadership, however, is in favor of holding the remaining chairmanship elections online on Saturday.

Nepal Olympic Committee General Secretary Nilendra Raj Shrestha wrote a status on Facebook on Friday night, urging NOC representatives not to go against the Supreme Court’s directive.

Similarly, the Patan High Court has also stated that the Supreme Court has issued an interim order and that the issue of whether or not to hold activities including the election of the Olympic Committee has been addressed in the same order, so there is no need to issue a new order on the matter.