Landlord's Obligations Under The Act

[See Section 12(3) of the Act] 1. To admit a tenant only after executing agreement, duly notarized, as required under this Act. 2. To file Information on Form C before the local Police Station within 7 days of admitting the tenant. 3. To give proper receipt to the tenant against all payments received. 4. To allow the tenant quiet enjoyment of the accommodation and all rights included in Schedule 1, so long as he fulfils his obligations set forth in Schedule 4. 5. To keep the accommodation and premises in a state of good and tenantable repair at all times. 6. To dovetail the system for disposal of domestic garbage to the system designed by the civic body and to explain the system clearly to the tenant at the start of tenancy. 7. To undertake with reasonable promptitude all major structural repairs attributable to defects in construction and/or natural aging of the house. 8. To Provide, wherever allowed by the State Electricity Board, a separate and exclusive meter to record the electricity consumed by the tenant. 9. Never to willfully cut off essential supplies like water and electricity to the accommodation, or to cause such cut through another. 10. Never to exercise right to enter accommodation for inspection, in the absence of the tenant or when only female member(s) of the family are present and are objecting to such entry. 11. To undertake annual upkeep of the accommodation, or to allow the tenant to do so by allowing him expenses on actual basis, subject to a maximum amount equal to one month's rent. 12. Never to adopt or threaten to adopt extra-judicial methods for eviction to pressure the tenant to vacate the accommodation. 13. To refund security deposit to the outgoing tenant before closure of tenancy.