MCA VS GYMKHANA CLUB

The order in the Ministry of Company Affairs versus Delhi Gymkhana Club case has been reserved by the NCLT till the end of the month, 27 May. With the ministry seeking to wrest control of the club from its members, there is a lot of apprehension regarding this within the club. And a lot of anger too against those who have squealed to the ministry against their own club. Interestingly, most who have complained against the club were part of ex club president Vijay Chibber’s committee when he was in charge (2013), so it does make you wonder whether they are peddling an individual’s agenda. Add to that speculation that a senior bureaucrat in the MCA could not jump the line in the club membership. It is also interesting that some of the misdemeanours against the club that the MCA has come up with happened on Chibber’s watch. But he is yet to be hauled up by the NCLT. This itself reveals both the nature of the probe and those instigating it. More to the point, won’t the first step be to put the club on notice and allow it to put systems in place to check the misdemeanours instead of taking control totally. Unless that was the plan in the first place and the probe is just a raison d’etre. Also, those celebrating at the club’s troubles should beware, once it scents blood, who knows what club or institution will be next on NCLT’S hit list.