RWITC, Army to meet on Saturday I TNN
Posted on - 23 Mar 2012
RWITC, Army to meet on Saturday
TNN
Mumbai: The representatives of the Army and the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) will meet for the first time on Saturday after the Bombay High Court directed them to find an amicable solution on the stand off over racecourse land dispute.
According to sources, it is going to be a crucial meeting as the hearing of the RWITC’s writ against Army is scheduled for Monday. Sources also claim that it is highly unlikely that in the meeting the Army will agree to any of the demands of the RWITC unless the latter withdraws writ.
The failure of the RWITC to get any interim relief from court is a clear set back in its effort to get army to soften its stand on various issues that were petitioned by it.
In fact RWITC chairman Vivek Jain has been advocating to sit across the table with the Army and also had few meetings with Army officials in the past till the majority of the managing committee members decided otherwise and decided to battle it out in court.
It is expected that the club officials will meet on Sunday to take a call on withdrawing the writ after its first meeting with the Army officials.
Sources claim that the club’s legal advisors are of the opinion that writ be withdrawn.
Even if the club withdraws its current writ petition, whose admission is still pending before the HC, it will have the liberty to file a fresh writ petition in the scenario where they are unable to reach an agreement with the army over the usage of the racecourse land.
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