The transfer of the Golf course to the
Sports Authority of India has landed up in utter confusion even as the
government adds to it mentioning that ''Golf Club'' instead of the ''Golf
Course'' will be transferred. The use of the word 'Golf Club' instead of 'Golf
Course' in the government order has created confusion as to what exactly the
government intends to hand over.
Golf Club is a private club registered under the
Travancore-Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Society Registration Act
1955, in 1984. The officials have questioned how the government will be able to
transfer a private club registered under this Act. It was the 25 acre Golf
Course taken over by the Government during the previous LDF regime that was
decided to be transferred to SAI. However, discrepancies have crept in the
order dated November 19, which is in possession with Express that says that the
Golf Club will be transferred.
Though the government can recommend that
the rights of the present golf club members should be protected when handing
over the golf course to SAI, it cannot say that the club will be given to
another institution.
Moreover, in the order it has been said
that the transfer will be be subject to final decision on a case before the
Supreme Court regarding its takeover by the government. However, no such case
is pending in the Supreme Court and all the cases are now before the High
Court, the sources said and added that it was a grave mistake on the part of
the government to have issued such an order without looking into the actual
position.
Source; The new Indian express
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