New Delhi, June 13 -- The Central government on Saturday took physical possession of the Jaipur Polo Ground in the Race Course area of the national capital, one of the many parcels of land the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry had sought to repossess. Officials of the Land and Development Office of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry took over the 15.20-acre land from the Indian Polo Association (IPA) after the latter was denied relief by a court on Friday.

On Saturday, officials pasted a notice on the front wall of the historic Jaipur Polo Ground, which stated: "This land is the property of the Land & Development Office (L&DO), Government of India."

"Any kind of unauthorised occupation, encroachment, construction, or any othe...