Recovery of possession by landlord for repairs, alterations or additions or for reconstruction of building the possession of which has been taken over under section 6

Recovery of possession by landlord for repairs, alterations or additions or for reconstruction of building the possession of which has been taken over under section 6.—

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, on an application made by a landlord of a building the possession of which has been taken over under section 6, the Authorised Officer may, if he is satisfied—
   • (a) that the building is reasonably and bonafide required by the landlord for carrying out repairs, alterations or additions which cannot be carried out without the building being vacated, or
   • (b) that the building consists of not more than two floors and is reasonably and bonafide required by the landlord for the immediate purpose of demolishing it and such demolition is to be made for the purpose of erecting a new building on the site of the building sought to be demolished, pass an order directing the allottee to deliver possession of the building to the landlord before a specified date.
2. (2) No order for recovery of possession under this section shall be passed unless the landlord gives an undertaking that the building on completion of the repairs, alterations or additions or the new building on its completion will be offered to the Authorised Officers before the expiry of such period as may be specified by the Authorised Officer in this behalf.
3. (3) In the event of the landlord failing to make the offer in accordance with the said undertaking, the Authorised Officer may proceed as if the landlord had failed to give the notice required by sub-section
4. (1) of section 4.
5. (4) Nothing in this section shall entitle the landlord who has recovered possession of the building for repairs, alterations or additions or for reconstruction to convert a residential building into a non-residential building or a non-residential building into a residential building, unless such conversion is permitted by the Authorised Officer at the time of passing an order under sub-section (1).