India, Sept. 4 -- The Centre on Thursday said it would not take any coercive action till September 16 against Delhi Gymkhana Club in relation to its eviction from the 27.3-acre premises on Safdarjung Road. The assurance was given before Justice Avneesh Jhingan, who was hearing pleas by club member Vijay Khurana and others seeking a stay on the June 29 show-cause notice issued by the land and development office (L&DO).

The pleas by Khurana and Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd Staff Welfare Association form part of their pending lawsuit following the L&DO's May 22 order terminating the colonial-era club's perpetual lease deed and asking it to return its land by June 5 on grounds of "strengthening and securing defence infrastructure". "We will not t...