By Emmanuel Muga BBC Sport, Dar es Salaam

Muhidin Ndolanga is challenging his suspension in the courts

There is currently no one running football in Tanzania after a Dar es Salaam court ruled that an interim committee cannot run the country's Football Association (Fat).

The magistrate, John Mgeta, ruled that the Fat interim committee is not allowed to perform any FA duties pending a decision on a case filed against it.

That case will be brought up for another hearing on Tuesday 27 January.

The case has been brought by members of the committee that was suspended back in September, who claim that the interim committee's three-month mandate has expired.

The court ruling comes despite Fifa saying that they have withdrawn support for the suspended committee, which was accused of neglecting its duties because of internal differences.

The interim committee under Yahya Mhata was installed by the association's general assembly in September last year after the suspension of the executive committee under Muhidin Ndolanga.

The interim leadership was supposed to call another general assembly by December to decide the final fate of the suspended officials, but so far they have postponed the meeting on several occasions and for various reasons.

Fat officials say that a general assembly meeting costs around US$15,000, with that amount needed to cover travel, accommodation and per diems for the delegates.

The interim committee claims it has invited Fifa to send a delegate to the meeting and says it is still waiting for a reply.

Mhata, the chairman of the interim committee, says the body will obey the court order and suspended all its activities.

Courts of law have ruled on and influenced the running of Tanzanian football at different times, although this runs contrary to Fifa rules that prohibit arbitration by courts of a country.