Act Number: 59

Act Name: The Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-12-31

Long Title: An Act to provide for the control of rents and evictions and of rates of hotels and lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to Government, in certain areas in the Union territory of Delhi.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 14C: Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to Central Government and Delhi Administration employees.
    1[14C. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to Central Government and Delhi Administration employees.--(1) Where the landlord is a retired employee of the Central Government or of the Delhi Administration, and the premises let out by him are required for his own residence, such employee may, within one year from the date of his retirement or within a period of one year from the date of commencement of the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988, whichever is later, apply to the Controller for recovering the immediate possession of such premises.
     (2) Where the landlord is an employee of the Central Government or of the Delhi Administration and has a period of less than one year preceding the date of his retirement and the premises let out by him are required by him for his own residence after his retirement, he may, at any time within a period of one year before the date of his retirement, apply to the Controller for recovering the immediate possession of such premises.
     (3) Where the landlord referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) has let out more than one premises, it shall be open to him to make an application under that sub-section in respect of only one of the premises chosen by him].
    
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 57 of 1988, s. 9 (w.e.f. 1-12-1988).
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