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June 14, 2026e-Paper
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June 14, 2026e-Paper
Published – June 14, 2026 01:09 am IST
Security personnel standing guard after officials of the Land and Development Office entered the Jaipur Polo Ground premises in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI
The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry took physical possession of the 15.20-acre Jaipur Polo Ground in the Race Course area of the Capital on Saturday, a day after a Delhi court declined to grant temporary protection to the Indian Polo Association (IPA) against a government order requiring it to vacate the premises.
Officials of the Land and Development Office (L&DO) under the Ministry took possession following an eviction order by the L&DO on May 20. The L&DO had sought possession of the land parcel, citing its need for a “larger public purpose”. It, however, offered no details about the intended use of the land.
The Delhi High Court had asked a district court on June 8 to decide on a plea by the IPA, which managed the premises, seeking a stay on the eviction notice. On June 12, Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana of the Patiala House Courts, while hearing an application filed by the IPA under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971, denied the relief.
The court noted that similar requests for relief had previously been considered by the Principal District and Sessions Judge at Patiala House Courts and the Delhi High Court in the last 10 days, with neither granting protection to the IPA. “Keeping in view the judicial discipline and proprietary, I am not inclined to stay the execution of impugned order even till next date,” the judge said. At the same time, the court directed the Union government to submit its responses to the appeal and the stay application. The matter is scheduled to be heard next on June 17.
Terming the eviction “wrongful, arbitrary and contrary to law”, the IPA said it will pursue all available legal remedies to safeguard its rights and interests. The L&DO had also issued eviction orders to the Race Course Club and Delhi Gymkhana Club. However, in a relief to Gymkhana Club members, the Delhi High Court on May 26 took note of the Centre’s submission that it would not take forcible possession of the colonial-era club by June 5 and observed that no interim order was needed at that stage. Jaipur Polo Ground originally belonged to the erstwhile Jaipur royal family. It was gifted in 1930 by Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II to the Delhi Polo Club, which was dissolved in 1983, and the IPA took over the management and possession of the historic venue.
Published – June 14, 2026 01:09 am IST
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