Section 14 of Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987

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Eviction of tenants.- (l) A tenant in possession of a building or rented land shall not be evicted therefrom in execution of a decree passed before or after the commencement of this Act or otherwise, whether before or after the termination of the tenancy, except in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) A landlord who seeks to evict his tenant shall apply to the Controller for a direction in that behalf. If the Controller, after giving the tenant a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the applicant, is satisfied- (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: Provided that If the tenant on the first hearing of the application for ejectment after due service pays or tenders the arrears of rent and interest at the rate of 1[12 per cent] per annum on such arrears together with the cost of application assessed by the Controller, the tenant shall be deemed to have duly paid or tendered the rent within time aforesaid: Provided further that if the arrears pertain to the period prior to the appointed day, the rate of interest shall be calculated at the rate of 2[12 per cent] per annum: Provided further that the tenant against whom the Controller has made an order for eviction on the ground of non-payment of rent due from him, shall not be evicted as a result of his order, if the tenant pays the amount due within a period of 30 days from the date of order; or (ii) that the tenant has after the commencement of this Act without the written consent of the landlord- (a) transferred his rights under the lease or sublet the entire building or rented land or any portion thereof, or (b) used the building or rented land for a purpose other than that for which it was leased; or (iii) that the tenant has committed such acts as are likely to impair materially the value or utility of the building or rented land;

1. Substituted for the words “9 per cent” vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 2. Substituted for the words “6 per cent” vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 

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or (iv) that the tenant has been guilty of such acts and conduct as are nuisance to the occupiers of buildings in the neighborhood; or (v) that the tenant has ceased to occupy the building or rented land for a continuous period of twelve months without reasonable cause; the Controller may make an order directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession of the building or rented land and if the Controller is not so satisfied he shall make an order rejecting the application: Provided that the Controller may give the tenant a reasonable time for putting the landlord in possession of the building or rented land and may extend such time so as not to exceed three months in the aggregate. (3) A landlord may apply to the Controller for an order directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession- (a) in the case of a 1[residential and non-residential building], if- (i) he requires it for his own occupation: Provided that he is not occupying another 2[residential and non-residential building] owned by him in the urban area concerned: Provided further that he has not vacated such a building without sufficient cause within five years of the filing of the application, in the said urban area; or (ii) it was let to the tenant for use as a residence by reason of his being in service or employment of the landlord, and the tenant has ceased, whether before or after commencement of this Act, to be in such service or employment: Provided that where the tenant is a workman who has been discharged or dismissed by the landlord from his service or employment in contravention of the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 947), he shall not be liable to be evicted until the competent authority under that Act confirms the order of discharge or dismissal made against him by the landlord; (iii) the landlord is a member of the Armed Forces of the Union of India and requires it for the occupation of his family and if he produces a certificate of the prescribed authority referred to in section 7 of the Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act, 1925, (4 of 1925) that he is serving under special conditions within the meaning of section 3

1. Substituted for the words “residential building”. vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 2. Substituted for the words “residential building”. vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 12 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH URBAN RENT CONTROL ACT, 1987 of that Act or is posted in a non-family station. Explanation-I.- For te purposes of this sub-clause- (1) the certificate of the prescribed authority shall be conclusive proof of the fact that the landlord is serving under special conditions, or is posted in a non-family station; (2) “family” means parents and such relation(s) of landlord as ordinarily reside with him and is/are dependent upon him; (iv) the tenant has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, built or acquired vacant possession of or been allotted, a residence reasonably sufficient for his requirements (b) in the case of rented land, if- (i) he requires it for his own use: Provided that he is not occupying in the urban area concerned any other rented land for the purpose of his business: Provided further that he has not vacated such rented land without sufficient cause within five years of the filing of the application in the urban area concerned; (ii) he requires rented land for construction of residential or non-residential building or for establishment of industry; (iii) the tenant lets out his rented land to somebody else on higher rent; (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 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 or is required bona fide by him for carrying out repairs which cannot be carded out without the building or rented land being vacated or that the building or rented land is required bona-fide by him for the purpose of building or re-building or making thereto any substantial additions or alterations and that such building or re-building or addition or alteration cannot be carried out without the building or rented land being vacated: 1[Provided that the tenant evicted under this clause shall have the right to re-entry on new terms of tenancy, on the basis of mutual agreement between the landlord and the tenant, to the

1. Provisos inserted vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 

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premises in the re-built building equivalent in area to the original premisses for which he was a tenant: Provided further that in case of non-residential premises, the landlord shall not compel the tenant for a change of business under the new terms of tenancy.] (d) in the case of 1[residential and non-residential building], if he requires it for use as an office, or consulting room by 2[his son or his daughter] who intends to start practice as a lawyer, an architect, a dentist, an engineer, a veterinary surgeon or a medical practitioner, including a practitioner of Ayurvedic Unani or Homoeopathic System of Medicine or for the residence of his son who is married, if- (i) his son as aforesaid is not occupying in the urban area concerned any other building for use as office consulting room or residence, as the case may be; and (ii) his son as aforesaid has not vacated such a building without sufficient cause, after the commencement of this Act, in the urban area concerned: Provided that where the tenancy is for a specified period, agreed upon between the landlord and the tenant, the landlord shall not be entitled to apply under this sub-section before the expiry of such period: Provided further that where the landlord has obtained possession of any building or rented land under the provisions of clause (a) or clause (b), he shall not be entitled to apply again under the said clause for the possession of any other building of the same class or rented land: Provided further that where a landlord has obtained possession of any building under the provisions of clause (d), he shall not be entitled to apply again under the said clause for the use of, or for the residence of the same son, as the case may be. (4) The Controller shall, if he is satisfied that the claim of the landlord is bonafide, make an order directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession of the building or rented land on such date as may be specified by the Controller and if the Controller is not so satisfied he shall make an order rejecting the application: Provided that the Controller may give the tenant a reasonable time for putting the landlord in possession of the building or rented land and may extend such time not exceeding three months in the aggregate. (5) Where a landlord who has obtained possession of the building or rented land in pursuance of an order under sub-section (3) does not occupy it himself or if possession was obtained by him for his family in pursuance of an

1. Substituted for the words “residential building”. vide Act No. 8 of 2012. 2. Substituted for the words “his son” vide H.P. Act No. 8 of 2012. 14 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH URBAN RENT CONTROL ACT, 1987 order under sub-clause (iii) of clause (a) of sub-section. (3), his family does not occupy the residential building, or if possession was obtained by him on behalf of 1[his son or his daughter] in pursuance of an order under clause (d) of sub-section (3) 2[his son or his daughter] does not occupy it for the purpose for which the possession was obtained, for a continuous period of twelve months from the date of obtaining possession or if possession was obtained under sub-section (2) of section 15 he does not occupy it for personal use for a continuous period of 3 months from the date of obtaining possession or where a landlord who has obtained possession of a building under clause (c) of sub section (3) puts that building to any use other than that for which it was obtained or lets it out to any tenant other than the tenant evicted from it, the tenant who has been evicted may apply to the Controller for an order directing that he shall be restored to possession of such building or rented land and the Controller shall make an order accordingly. (6) Where a landlord has acquired any premises by transfer, no application for the recovery of possession of such premises shall be made under this section on the ground specified in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) unless a period of five years has elapsed from the date of such acquisition. (7) Where the Controller is satisfied that any application made by a landlord for the eviction of a tenant is frivolous or vexatious, the Controller may direct that compensation not exceeding five hundred rupees be paid by the such landlord to the tenant.

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