Centre Reclaims Delhi Gymkhana Club Land!
This 113-year-old perpetual lease from the British era (1928) gave an elite club, the Delhi Gymkhana Club, massive prime land in the high-security zone at a token of ₹1,000 per year, no revision for inflation, no market rate. The Delhi Gymkhana Club is not open to everyone. Only selected groups such as bureaucrats, defence officers, judges, senior civil servants, and top corporate executives are allowed to become members, while many of them already receive significant government perks and salaries.
CAG audited and flagged Delhi’s leasehold properties multiple times (2000, 2009, 2021). See the value of the property below :
- Delhi Gymkhana Club (Safdarjung Road, Lutyens’ Delhi)
- 27.3 acres right next to PM House & defense establishments
- Annual rent: Just ₹1,000 only!
The Centre has now ordered Gymkhana Club to vacate by June 5 for national security & defence infrastructure. This is exactly why public land in sensitive zones cannot remain a playground for elites at throwaway rents while threats to PM Modi are real.
Public property must serve public purpose first. No more colonial-era elite capture.
What do you think? Should all such nominal leases in Lutyens’ Delhi be reviewed and scrapped for national interest?
Read more at: www.werinida.com & Sandeep Phogat (@MrSandeepPhogat) / X
- 26 May 2026
- WerIndia
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