Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
27. State Government or Government allotted to
become tenant of premises requisitioned or continued under requisition.
(1) On the 7th December, 1996, that is the
date of coming into force of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging Houses Rates
Control, Bombay Land Requisition and Bombay Government Premises (Eviction)
(Amendment) Act, 1996 (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the
said date"),
(a) the State
Government, in respect of the premises requisitioned or continued under
requisition and allotted to a Government allotted referred to in sub-clause (a)
of clause (2) of section 7; and
(b) the Government
allotted, in respect of the premises requisitioned or continued under
requisition and allotted to him as referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause (2)
of section 7, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in the
Bombay Land Requisition Act, 1948, or in any other law for the time being in
force, or in any contract, or in any judgment, decree or order of any court
passed on or after the 11th June, 1996, or in any order of eviction issued by
the Competent Authority, or by the Appellate Authority, under the Bombay Land
Requisition Act, 1948, be deemed to have become, for the purposes of this Act,
the tenant of the landlord; and such premises shall be deemed to have been let
by the landlord to the State Government or, as the case may be, to such
Government allotted, on payment of rent and permitted increases equal to the
amount of compensation payable in respect of the premises immediately before
the said date.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this section
or any other provision of this Act, nothing in this section shall affect,-
(a) the rights of the
landlord including his right to recover possession of the premises from such
tenant on any of the grounds mentioned in section 16 or in any other section;
(b) the right of the
landlord or such tenant to apply to the court for the fixation of standard rent
and permitted increases under this Act, by reason only of the fact that the
amount of the rent and permitted increases, if any, to be paid by such tenant
to the landlord is determined under sub-section (1);
(c) the operation and
the application of the other relevant provisions of this Act in respect of such
tenancy.