It is not going to be so easy for the Wodehouse Gymkhana in Nariman Point to renew its licence, unlike other gymkhanas in the city. The biggest hurdle for it being a Bombay High Court order of 1985 that had asked it to return its open land to the City Collector. The 110-year-old gymkhana is yet to hand over more than 3,000 sq m of this land.

Senior officials at the collectorate office said that they cannot calculate the new land rent based on the ready-reckoner rates until the 3,186 sq m land is handed back to them. "The land has been encroached upon for many years. The gymkhana management was supposed to clear it and hand it over to the collector. We cannot renew their agreement until they do so," said an official at the collector's office, adding that a reminder in this regard too was issued a couple of months ago.