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New Delhi, A whopping ₹1.2 <keyword id="10757020" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="crore-bills">crore bills</keyword> are pending at the <keyword id="711449" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Gymkhana-Club">Delhi Gymkhana Club</keyword>, the 107-year-old colonial era club located in the heart of Lutyens Delhi. The pendency of the dues has urged the club to send a notice to members on February 11, saying: "The total amount of bills outstanding as of date is ₹1,20,00,000, which includes monthly bills for Jan 21/ defaulter dues, and dues from members whose names have been recommended for termination." The General Committee (GC) of the club in a meeting on February 4, approved the recommendations made by Member Disciplinary Sub Committee (MDSC). "Max credit limit to a member be fixed at Delhi Gymkhana Club30,000. Once the limit of ₹30,000 is crossed, the <keyword id="3311914" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="membership-card">membership card</keyword> will be automatically blocked. The onus of responsibility to ensure that the limit of 30,000 is not exceeded lies with the member", said the notice. Speaking to IANS on condition of anonymity, a permanent member at the club criticised this credit system and cited that dues of ₹1.2 crore is a large amount. "Why should be there any credit system at all at the club. Like you go to a restaurant and pay upfront, the same system should be at the club. People have received this notice through email along with the pending bills," said the member. The notice added that to avoid an embarrassment of refusal by the club staff to honour their order, members are requested to kindly monitor and ensure their expenses do not exceed ₹30,000 anytime. The notice also cited the Article 27 saying, a member who has not settled the club bill in full, "shall not have the right of attending meetings of the club or of voting on any matter, and may be debarred by the General Committee from using the club." The notice added that members are advised to kindly clear their dues within 14 days of presentation of bills. The club is already in a legal battle with the <keyword id="6356303" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Centre">Centre</keyword>, which had moved a petition in <keyword id="6354457" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Company-Law-Tribunal">National Company Law Tribunal</keyword> (NCLT), in April last year seeking a change of management of the Delhi Gymkhana Club by immediate appointment of government's 15 nominees as administrators in the General Committee and transfer of absolute power to run the affairs. In June last year, the NCLT had directed the Centre to appoint two of its nominees on the GC to monitor the affairs of the club along with other GC Members and give suggestions. In July, last year, the Centre filed an appeal challenging the NCLT order, which allowed it to appoint two members (central government nominees) to the Board (General Committee) of the Delhi Gymkhana Club, instead of appointing an administrator to manage the affairs of the club. "While allotting membership of the Club, the company has been treated like a Riyasat of the persons especially the GC members by misusing MoA and the AoA of the company. It is not out of place to submit here that over the years the activities of the Club have been turned over from vyayamshala to a madhushala and the functioning of the General Committee is like siyasat," said <keyword id="6376435" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-corporate-affairs">Ministry of Corporate Affairs</keyword> (MCA) in the plea in NCLAT. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/why-grofers-may-allow-an-american-blank-cheque-firm-to-buy-it-out-instead-of-fighting-ambani-and-bigbasket-for-ipo/articleshow/80874979.cms">Here’s why Grofers may allow an American “blank cheque” firm to buy it out instead of fighting Ambani and BigBasket for IPO</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/spicejet-and-indigo-stocks-take-off-as-a-2-hour-flight-could-now-cost-up-to-13000/articleshow/80873865.cms">SpiceJet and IndiGo stocks take off as a 2-hour flight could now cost up to ₹13,000</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/centre-earned-100-crores-by-sharing-vehicle-registration-data-with-companies-such-as-bmw-axis-bank-bajaj-allianz-lt-and-others/articleshow/80879638.cms">Centre earned ₹100 crores by sharing vehicle registration data with companies such as BMW, Axis Bank, Bajaj Allianz, L&amp;T and others</a>

₹1.2 crore bills pending, Delhi Gymkhana Club sends notice to members

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Delhi Gymkhana Club is one of the oldest and most elite private clubs in India.</li><li>The government took official control of the club in 2022.</li></ul>Members of the Delhi Gymkhana — one of the oldest private clubs in India — are trying to wrest back control after India's far-right government seized it in 2022.The club was first established by British colonists in 1913 as a sporting club called the Imperial Delhi Gymkhana, <a target="_blank" href="https://delhigymkhana.org.in/">according to its website</a>.Initially, it maintained a "whites-only" policy, offering acceptance only to Indians who could eat the right food, learn the right dances, and "empty glasses of bloody mary's on a Sunday afternoon," <a target="_blank" href="https://salute.co.in/">according to Salute Magazine</a>.The club opened up its doors to a new class of Indian army officers and civil servants after the country gained independence in 1947, and by the 1990s, it became "the go-to-place for a new generation of business people," the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/3e65dde3-b7db-4c9a-bfb8-a90a5f6cc116?xnpe_tifc=hI4.xkQu4FBubIQ.4uH7x9pJVdUZMds_OuQshknpbD_jtfxXOIxA4FBuxGJNb.Hjtfblx.Qux.o7huQL4jpLb.bJb.H84.bl4IU.4I_d">Financial Times reported</a>.The central government — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/narendra-modi-profile-2015-11">helmed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a> and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party — had been investigating the club for several years and cited mismanagement and nepotism among the reasons for its takeover, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-gymkhana-club-to-fight-legal-battle-against-govt-takeover/story-2UxjRHw9BTpKcq4tQIa6ZN.html">The Hindustan Times</a>.The club reportedly kept government officials on the waiting list for more than 15 years and others on the list for up to 37 years, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-golf-club-under-high-court-lens-over-membership-practices/article67165926.ece">The Hindu</a>. Membership dues were about $27,000, the FT reported, citing court documents. The club had also developed a reputation for exclusivity and nepotism, allowing the adult children of granted members to use the club even while they awaited official membership, the FT reported. Since taking control of the club, the government has expelled hundreds of members and limited the ability of member's children to join, the FT said. Some of the club's members say that the government takeover is part of the BJP's broader agenda to control the country's social institutions. Ajai Shukla, a former army colonel, said the takeover reflects motivations to control "instruments of privilege and hand them out as favors." Meanwhile, Atul Dev, an 84-year-old retired army major leading the club's resistance against the government, suggested that the takeover was less about politics than it was about "score-settling" on behalf of bureaucrats whom it had excluded, the FT said."There are some officials in the ministry who have to save face," Dev told the FT.Dev and other members filed a plea challenging the order last June, <a target="_blank" href="https://business.outlookindia.com/news/delhi-gymkhana-club-s-erstwhile-management-members-challenge-govt-taking-over-control-news-200970">according</a> to Outlook India. The case was heard by a court this week, the Financial Times <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/3e65dde3-b7db-4c9a-bfb8-a90a5f6cc116?xnpe_tifc=hI4.xkQu4FBubIQ.4uH7x9pJVdUZMds_OuQshknpbD_jtfxXOIxA4FBuxGJNb.Hjtfblx.Qux.o7huQL4jpLb.bJb.H84.bl4IU.4I_d">reported</a>. A quick resolution to the case seems unlikely, however, since many of the club's members are affiliated with India's justice system, the FT said.

Modi's government and some of India's elites are battling for control of one of the country's most elite private clubs

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₹1.2 crore bills pending, Delhi Gymkhana Club sends notice to members

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