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No coercive action for now against Gymkhana Club

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 04 Sep 2026 04 Sep 2026

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said it would not take any coercive action till September 16 against Delhi Gymkhana Club in relation to its eviction from the 27.3-acre premises on Safdarjung Road. The Centre made the statement before Justice Avneesh Jhingan of the Delhi High Court, who was hearing pleas by Delhi Gymkhana Club member Vijay Khurana and others seeking a stay on the June 29 show-cause notice for eviction issued to the club’s management by an estate officer of the Land and Development Office (L&DO).

The pleas by Khurana and Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd Staff Welfare Association form part of their pending lawsuit following the L&DO’s May 22 order terminating the colonial-era club’s perpetual lease deed and asking it to return its land by June 5 on grounds of “strengthening and securing defence infrastructure”. “We will not take any action in a coercive manner. The (earlier) statement continues. We will not take any coercive action (till the next date),” Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma said. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Khurana, submitted that the pleadings were complete and the issue of interim stay on the eviction notice was “ripe for hearing”.

Justice Jhingan, however, said he would keep the matter for arguments on another date and suggested that in the meantime, the members file their response before the estate officer for his consideration. “What I am intending to do is that before I proceed with it (the interim relief), let him (estate officer) visit this issue… Whether he should proceed, whether he can proceed… Whatsoever comes out of it, we are still here,” Justice Jhingan said.

“Let the authority apply its mind to the fact that once this issue of jurisdiction itself is pending, should he proceed with the notice or not,” he added. Singhvi said the chances of the estate officer ruling in favour of the club members are low and that any reply before him must be without prejudice to their case in the high court.

The court granted time to the counsel for the plaintiffs to take instructions and listed the matter for hearing on September 16. The Centre had earlier filed a reply in the high court, asserting that it has no legal power to restrain the government from taking over the Delhi Gymkhana Club land after the termination of the perpetual lease for the club and issuance of a show-cause notice for eviction by the estate officer.

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