NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Monday voiced concern over the Centre’s proposed takeover of prominent properties in Lutyens’ Delhi, including Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) and the polo ground, warning that the move could adversely affect the capital’s urban landscape.Observing that further construction in the area could place additional strain on the city’s infrastructure, the court remarked, “Delhi will choke. God save us all if this is how you want Delhi to live.”The observations came while a vacation bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna was hearing a plea filed by Indian Polo Association seeking a stay on a govt notice directing it to vacate the 15.2-acre Jaipur Polo Ground in the Race Course area.Centre’s standing counsel Ashish Dixit said the land occupied by the polo ground, along with nearby establishments such as DGC, was being taken over for public purpose as there was limited space in central Delhi and govt functions needed to be carried out from there.Reacting to the submission, the bench remarked, “The little breather we have in the NDMC area is also going to go and all of us are going to suffocate and die.” It added that the “little green space” remaining in the NDMC area was also being taken over.Disposing of the plea, high court directed the Patiala House court to hear the association’s stay application on Wednesday. Indian Polo Association has challenged the Estate Officer’s May 20 eviction order and has also sought an interim stay under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971.The association’s plea stated that although coercive eviction was imminent on June 4, neither the appeal nor the urgent stay application was considered by the district judge on June 3. Instead, notice was issued and the matter was adjourned to July 23.