New Delhi, May 25 -- Alleging that the Centre is attempting to forcibly evict Delhi Gymkhana Club from its historic Safdarjung Road premises through an executive notice without due process, a member of the Club has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the government's move to take over the 27.3-acre property.

The suit claims that the Union Government's May 22 notice invoking the re-entry clause under the 1928 perpetual lease deed is based on "vague and generalised" references to "defence infrastructure", "public security purposes" and "governance infrastructure" without disclosing any specific public project, urgency, assessment or material justifying repossession of the property.

Filed by longtime member Vijay Khurana, the plain...