Overview
- The Centre terminated the club’s perpetual lease for its 27.3-acre Safdarjung Road site and ordered handover after a May 22 notice invoking a 1928 clause.
- The Land and Development Office issued a show-cause eviction notice under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act on June 29, citing strategic need and unpaid ground rent of about Rs 47.58 crore.
- A group of 50 retired Armed Forces officers sent a July 8 letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to reconsider the closure and seek alternatives that protect members’ welfare.
- The Delhi Gymkhana Workers’ Association has pressed the club and authorities for clarity on the future of roughly 700 employees and questioned recent extensions of committee officials’ terms.
- The club has challenged the termination in the Delhi High Court and the case remains active, with the next hearing listed for September 3, 2026.