No order is required, the Delhi High Court has held, after the Centre said there is no proposal to allot the Central Secretariat Club premises to any party at this stage. The Club has been given one week to take away its belongings, and its challenge to de-recognition and eviction stays listed for December 21.
New Delhi: Accepting the Central government’s statement that there is no proposal to allot the Central Secretariat Club’s premises to any party at this stage, the Delhi High Court on November 5, 2026 held that no order was required on the Club’s application for an interim stay of its de-recognition and eviction [Central Secretariat Club v. Union of India and Ors.].
The order was passed by Justice Amit Mahajan on CM APPL. 77355/2026, an application in the Club’s pending writ petition, W.P.(C) 11656/2026, which challenges the de-recognition order dated July 14, 2026 and the eviction order dated July 17, 2026.
How the dispute reached Court
The Directorate of Estates cancelled the allotment of the land to the Club on March 3. On July 14, the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions de-recognised the Club, citing constant violations and prima facie evidence of illegitimate and untoward activities. That order said the Club had consistently failed to maintain a meaningful and representative membership base of serving Central government employees, that its executive committee was involved in harbouring unauthorised occupants and encroaching on government property, and that there was no legally constituted management committee.
Three days later, on July 17, the Directorate of Estates issued an eviction notice directing the Club to vacate the property immediately. The Club challenged both orders before the High Court. The government’s findings against the Club remain contested and are yet to be adjudicated.
The Club’s worry
The Club told the Court that the government was in the process of handing over possession of the land to RML Hospital. That, it argued, would leave the Court facing a completed fait accompli before the petition could be heard.
The Centre’s answer
The Court recorded:
“Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, learned CGSC for the respondents, on instructions, submits that there is no proposal to allot the subject premises to any party at this stage. Considering the above, no order is required to be passed. The petitioners are permitted to take away their belongings in next one week.”
The writ petition will be heard on the date already fixed, December 21, 2026.
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What the order settles, and what it does not
Had the premises been handed over first, a win for the Club in its writ petition might have had little practical effect, and that was its central worry. The Centre’s statement, now part of a court order, speaks to that worry for the time being, which is why the Court saw no need for a stay.
The de-recognition and eviction orders themselves have been neither stayed nor upheld. Their validity will be examined when the writ petition is heard on December 21.
Case Title: Central Secretariat Club v. Union of India and Ors.
Case No.: W.P.(C) 11656/2026 (CM APPL. 77355/2026)
Bench: Justice Amit Mahajan, Delhi High Court
Date of Order: November 5, 2026
Appearances: Senior Advocate Diya Kapur with Nakul Gandhi, Darshit Sidhabatti, Anushka Khaitan, Raghav Kumar, Shruti Jain and Naibedya Dash for the petitioner; Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC, with Gurleen Kaur Waraich and Kritarth Upadhyay for the respondents
