State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH URBAN BUILDINGS (REGULATION OF LETTING, RENT AND EVICTION) ACT, 1972

This Act was repealed on 1 January 2023 by the Uttarakhand Tenancy Act, 2021 (Uttarakhand Act 2 of 2022), s.47(1), which repeals the State Rent Control Act in force immediately before its commencement; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

26- (1) No landlord shall without lawful authority or excuse cut off, withholds or reduces any of the amenities enjoyed by the tenant. (2) The landlord shall be bound to keep the building under tenancy wind-proof and water-proof and, subject to any contract in writing to the contrary, carry out periodical white-washing and repairs. (3) Subject to any contract in writing to the contrary, no tenant shall, whether during the continuance of the tenancy or after its determination, demolish and improvement effected by him in the building or remove any material used in such improvement, other than any fixtures of a movable nature. [Explanation— The expression ‘material used in such improvement’ includes the writing of an electrical fitting or a pipe pertaining to any water connections.]1 (4) The landlord shall give to the tenant a receipt for rent payable to and received by him.