Section 19 of Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987

. Leases of vacant buildings.- Whenever any building which was constructed before the commencement of this Act, and was being let out to tenants remains vacant for a period of twelve months, the Controller may on receipt of any application from a person serve the landlord a notice informing him that he should show cause why the vacant building be not let out to a tenant, who will pay fair rent to the landlord. On hearing the landlord, the Controller may, on such terms on which the building was being let out, lease the same to a person who has in his occupation no other building either as an owner or as a tenant.