Centre asks Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate 27.3 acre land by June 5

The Delhi Gymkhana Club. PIC/PTI

The Delhi Gymkhana Club, where the city's powerful and elite rubbed shoulders for nearly a century, stared at possible closure on Saturday with the Centre asking it to return its expansive 27.3 acres by June 5 on grounds of "securing defence infrastructure".

The premises, situated at 2, Safdarjung Road, in Lutyens' Delhi, were leased to the Imperial Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd for maintaining a social and sporting club.

An order to vacate the premises was issued by the Land and Development Office (L&DO) under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Friday.

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