Usage of garage without any legal documentation
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 14 June 2011
This query is : Resolved
I have a house in Kolkata and I live in Delhi. Once, one of my neighbours in kolkata called me and requested me to let him use my garage for a period of one month, i.e., until the time he could make another arrangement. I allowed him to use the garage for one month or so. It was all verbal, there was no agreement made. Thereafter, after more than a month, when I tried calling him, I realised that he had changed his mobile number. I next went to Kolkata a year later and when I asked him to leave the garage, he gave excuses and refused to leave. This situation has continued now for more than 3 years and no amount of pursuasion has helped. What should I do? As I mentioned, there has been no paperwork. Can he claim a right to the garage somehow?
PALNITKAR V.V.
(Expert) 14 June 2011
If the garage is vacant, take possession of the garage and lock it.
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 14 June 2011
My neighbour is keeping his car in my garage and locking it with his lock.
PALNITKAR V.V.
(Expert) 14 June 2011
In that case you will have to file a suit for eviction
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 14 June 2011
Since you do not give him receipt for rent, if any it will help you to finish the case more expeditiously.
The Rent Act i.e.West Bengal Tenancy Act is quite stringent and act in favour of the tenant.
But in your case he is not to be treated as a tenant and hence you should not waste time any more.
