Jurisdiction of Rent Tribunal and Appellate Rent Tribunal

30. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for th time being in force, in the areas to which this Act extends, only the Rent Tribunal and no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction, except the jurisdiction of Rent Controlling Authority under Section 36, to hear and decide the applications relating to disputes between landlord and tenant and matters connected with and ancillary thereto covered under this Act :

Provided that the Rent Tribunal shall, in deciding such applications relating to tenancies and premises, give due regard to the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (No. 4 of 1882), the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (No. 9 of 1872) or any other substantive law applicable to such matter in the same manner in which such law would have been applied had the dispute been brought before a Civil Court by way of suit.