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Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973
Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973
Sections
1. Short title and extent.
Section 12. Definitions.
Section 23. Exemptions.
Section 34. Determination of fair rent.
Section 45. Revision in fair rent in certain cases.
Section 56. Landlord not to claim anything in excess of fair rent.
Section 67. Rent which should not have been paid may be recovered.
Section 78. Increase of rent on account of payment of rates, etc., of local authority.
Section 89. Landlord to provide certain amenities.
Section 910. Landlord not to interfere with amenities.
Section 1011. Conversion of a residential building into a non-residential building.
Section 1112. Failure by landlord to make necessary repairs.
Section 1213. Eviction of tenants.
Section 1314. Decisions which have become final not to be reopened.
Section 1415. Appellate and revisional authorities.
Section 1516. Power to summon and enforce attendance of witnesses.
Section 1617. Costs.
Section 1718. Execution of orders.
Section 1819. Institution and disposal of applications.
Section 1920. Power to transfer proceedings.
Section 2021. Landlord and tenant to furnish particulars.
Section 2122. Penalties.
Section 2223. Power to make rules.
Section 2324. Repeal and Savings.
Section 24
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"content": "(a) \"building\" means any building or a part of building let for any purpose whether being actually used for that purpose or not, including any land, godowns, out-houses, gardens, lawns, wells or tanks appurtenant to such building or the furniture let therewith or any fittings affixed to or machinery installed in such building, but does not include a room in a hotel, hostel or boarding house;\n(b) \"Controller\" means any person who is appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of a Controller under this Act;\n(c) \"landlord\" means any person for the time being entitled to receive rent in respect of any building or rented land whether on his own account or on behalf, or for the benefit, of any other person, or as a trustee, guardian, receiver, executor or administrator for any other person, and includes a tenant who sublets any building or rented land in the manner hereinafter provided, and every person from time to time deriving title under a landlord;\n[(d) \"non-residential building\" means a building being used -\n(i) mainly for the purpose of business or trade; or\n(ii) partly for the purpose of business or trade and partly for the purpose of residence, subject to the condition that the person who carries on business or trade in the building resides there :\nProvided that if a building is let out for residential and non-residential purposes separately to more than one person, the portion thereof let out for the purpose of residence shall not be treated as a non-residential building.\nExplanation.\n(e) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(f) \"rented land\" means any land let separately for the purpose of being used principally for business or trade;\n(g) \"residential building\" means any building which is not a non-residential building;\n(h) \"tenant\" means any person by whom or on whose account rent is payable for a building or rented land and includes a tenant continuing in possession after the termination of his tenancy and in the event of such person's death, such of his heirs as are mentioned in the Schedule appended to this Act and who were ordinarily residing with him at the time of his death, but does not include a person placed in occupation of a building or rented land by its tenant, except with the written consent of the landlord, or person to whom the collection of rent or fees in a public market, cart-stand or slaughter-house or of rents for shops has been framed out, or leased by a municipal, town or notified area committee;\n(i) \"urban area\" means any area administered by a municipal committee, a notified area committee, Faridabad Complex Administration or any area declared by the State Government by notification to be urban area for the purpose of this Act.",
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"content": "(a) in respect of the building the construction whereof was completed on or before the 31st day of December, 1961 or land let out before the said date, the rent prevailing in the locality for similar building or rented land let out to a new tenant during the year 1962; and\n(b) in respect of the building the construction where of is completed after the 31st day of December, 1961 or land let out after the said date, the rent agreed upon between the landlord and the tenant preceding the date of the application, or where no rent has been agreed upon, the basic rent shall be determined on the basis of the rent prevailing in the locality for similar building or rented land at the date of application.]",
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"content": "(a) the landlord shall not claim or receive any premium or other like sum in addition to fair rent or any rent in excess of such fair rent, but the landlord may stipulate for and receive in advance an amount not exceeding one month's rent;\n(b) any agreement for the payment of any sum in addition to fair rent or of rent in excess of such fair rent shall be null and void.\n[6A. Deposit of rent.",
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"content": "(i) that the tenant has not paid or tendered the rent due from him in respect of the building or rented land within fifteen days after the expiry of the time fixed in the agreement of tenancy with his landlord or in the absence of any such agreement by the last day of the month next following that for which the rent is payable :\n(ii) that the tenant has after the commencement of the 1949 Act without the written consent of the landlord, -\n(a) transferred his right under the lease or sublet the entire building or rented land or any portion thereof; or\n(b) used the building or rented land for a purpose other than that for which it was leased;\n(iii) that the tenant has committed or caused to be committed such acts as are likely to impair materially the value or utility of the building or rented land;\n(iv) that the tenant has been guilty of such act and conduct as are a nuisance to the occupants of the same building or buildings in the neighbourhood;\n(v) that where the building is situated in a place other than a hill station, the tenant has ceased to occupy the building for a continuous period of four months without reasonable cause;\n(a) in the case of a residential building, if, -\n(i) he requires it for his own occupation, is not occupying another residential building in the urban area concerned and has not vacated such building without sufficient cause after the commencement of the 1949 Act in the said urban area;\n[(ii) he requires it for use as an office or consulting room by his son who intends to start practice as a lawyer, qualified architect or chartered accountant or as a \"registered practitioner\" within the meaning of that expression used in the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963, or the Punjab Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965, or for the residence of his son who is married :\n(iii) it was let to the tenant for use as a residence by reason of his being in the service or employment of the landlord, and the tenant has ceased, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, to be in such service or employment :\n(iv) the tenant has already in his own possession a residential building or subsequently acquires possession of, or erects, such a building reasonably sufficient for his requirement in the urban area concerned;\n(v) he is a member of the armed forces of the Union of India and requires it for the occupation of his family and produces a certificate, from the prescribed authority referred to in section 7 of the Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act, 1925, that he is serving under special conditions within the meaning of section 3 of that Act.\nExplanation.\n(b) in the case of rented land, if he requires it for his own use, is not occupying in the urban area concerned for the purpose of his business any other rented land and has not vacated such rented land without sufficient cause after the commencement of the 1949 Act;\n(c) in the case of any building or rented land, if he requires it to carry out any building work at the instance of the State Government or local authority or any improvement trust under some improvement or development scheme or if it has become unsafe or unfit for human habitation :\nbona fide,\n[13A. Special procedure for disposal of a application in certain cases.",
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"content": "(a) in the case of death of such landlord before the commencement of the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Amendment Act, 1988, within one year of such commencement.\n(b) in the case of death of such landlord after such commencement, but before the date of his retirement or discharge, within one year of the date of his death;\n(c) in the case of death of such landlord after such commencement and the date of his retirement or discharge, within one year of the date of such retirement or discharge;\n(b) When an acknowledgement purporting to be signed by the tenant or his agent is received by the Controller or the registered article containing the summons is received back with an endorsement purporting to have been made by a postal employee to the effect that the tenant or his agent had refused to take delivery of the registered article, the Controller may declare that there has been a valid service of summons.",
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"number": "18",
"title": "18. Execution of orders.",
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"content": "Explanation.",
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"number": "19",
"title": "19. Institution and disposal of applications.",
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"number": "20",
"title": "20. Power to transfer proceedings.",
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"content": "[20A. Transfer of proceedings and filing of appeals and revisions against orders of Subordinate and District Judges.\n(a) all proceedings pending before Sub-Divisional Officers (Civil) appointed to perform the functions of the Controllers shall stand transferred to the Subordinate Judges from the date of their appointment under clause (b) of section 2 to perform the functions of the Controllers;\n(b) an appeal from the order of the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) appointed to perform the functions of the Controller shall lie to the District Judge conferred with the powers of the appellate authority and a revision from the order of such appellate authority shall lie to the High Court; and\n(c) any appeal from the order of the Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) appointed to perform the functions of the Controller has been filed with the Deputy Commissioner conferred with the powers of the appellate authority or if any revision from the order of the Deputy Commissioner conferred with the powers of the appellate authority has been filed with the Financial Commissioner, the same shall stand transferred to the District Judge and the High Court, respectively.]",
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"title": "22. Penalties.",
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"content": "(a) a complaint in writing (of facts which constitute such offence) filed with the sanction of the Controller; or\n(b) a report in writing of such facts made by the Controller.",
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"Act Number": "(Haryana Act No. 11 of 1973)",
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"Act Year": "1973",
"Short Title": "Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973",
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