New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association’s plea to lift the interim order staying the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections.The elections that were to be held on August 12 were put on hold by the Punjab and Haryana high court on August 11 after the Haryana Amateur Wrestling Association moved the court asking to be a part of the election process. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal asked the Andhra Pradesh association to approach the high court with its grievances, the Telegraph reported.“Why should we entertain this? You go to the high court… Instead of applying for vacating the interim stay, the petitioner has chosen to approach the Supreme Court. We, therefore, decline to entertain this special leave petition,” the bench said and granted the petitioner liberty to seek impleadment as a party in the high court.The apex court also asked the high court to give necessary priority to the case, if the petitioner files a plea for impleadment, the report said. Attorney General R. Venkataramani, appearing for the Union government, said that the petitioner has bypassed the high court and jumped directly to the top court.The Supreme Court bench was told by the association’s counsel that WFI had been de-recognised by the United World Wrestling (UWW) and it was an embarrassment for the country. The global wrestling body’s decision came after the election process failed to take place in time. As a result, Indian wrestlers will not be able to compete at the upcoming championships under the country’s flag and would have to participate as ‘neutral athletes’.“The election process should not be stopped. We have no axe to grind,” the association’s lawyer was quoted by the Telegraph as saying.The Indian Olympic Association-appointed ad-hoc panel governing the WFI had initially scheduled the elections for July 6 which were then rescheduled to July 11 after disaffiliated state bodies from Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh approached it for a hearing, claiming their dismissal was not appropriate, the Telegraph reported. However, the polls were postponed to August 12 after the Gauhati high court stayed the elections acting on Assam Wrestling Association’s plea to participate in the poll process.