Guys, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that after the ITA you'll need to submit all your documents and the IELTS must be valid during time, if it expires after you've submitted it then you're in the clear, the worst that can happen is that they'll ask you for a new one and give you 30 days to submit...
Now Pavan, remember that your EE profile is only valid for ONE YEAR, so even with the current delays in the OINP processing from the time you submit your original EE profile to the time you get and ACCEPT your ITA should be less than a year otherwise your profile expires and is automatically withdrawn.
Hence my comment above if they take more than 10 months to issue nominations, then they'll be giving out nominations to a bunch of people with their profile about to expire, which would be USELESS!