Rent payable and notice ...
ts
(Querist) 26 December 2013
This query is : Resolved
Hello,
In case of refusal of rent by a landlord as per the DRC Act the tenant can deposit the rent in Delhi on the following basis -
Sec.26 of the Act -
Receipt to be given for rent paid. –
(1) Every tenant shall pay rent within the time fixed by contract or in the absence of such contract, by the fifteenth day of the month next following the month for which it is payable [and where any default occurs in the payment of rent, the tenant shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum from the date on which such payment of rent is due to the date on which it is paid]
Provided that it shall be open to the tenant to remit the rent to his landlords by postal money order.]
I tried to send the rent by Money Order a few times but when i could not i deposited the rent in the court which i was allowed and the case continued.
My queries-
a) Is the method of depositing the rent by Money Order enough as per DRC Act. Did i do any wrong if I did not go to the Landlord to deposit the rent in person or send a Notice to the Landlord before depositing the rent in the court.
Thanks...
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 27 December 2013
Approaching your landlord in person and sending him money order are the steps to be followed, you have crossed the second step too, next is to approach the court to signify that you do default the payment of rent, so your action of depositing the rent with the court is sufficient and satisfactory.
