Nepal, July 3 -- Patan High Court has ordered the government not to restrict the officials of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) from travelling abroad.

The division bench of justices Ganesh Prasad Baral and Tejendra Prasad Sharma Sapkota gave the order on Friday.

ANFA president Pankaj Bikram Nembang, on June 23, had filed a writ at the court with the Ministry of Education and Sports, the National Sports Council, the Home Ministry's secretary and the Department of Immigration as defendants.

The bench of justice Krishna Murari Siwakoti, on June 25, had issued showcase and interim orders over the writ and called the stakeholders for a hearing. And the order came after the hearing on Friday.

The Department of Immigration-under the...