Landlord refuses to give rent receipts/quote PAN card
I am a salaried person and it's been 2 years i have been residing in a flat with shared occupancy and the landlord refuses to issue rent receipts for declaring investment proofs and availing tax rebate. The last year my company did not ask for rent receipt and the rent agreement worked. However, this year company requires the same. Upon requesting landlord to issue rent receipt, he refuses to give it and is coming up with various excuses to not.
At first he said he cannot issue one on my name alone since agreement is on the name of all 3 occupants. Then he asked for the sample when i told him that the Finance team in my co. sees no problem in receiving it on the name of all 3 occupants. He wanted his lawyer to vett the format of the rent receipt. He agreed to the sample but within hours flip-flopped and refused to sign it stating that his wife (in whose name the flat is) doesn't have a PAN card and doesn't declare taxes. When i questioned on this aspect, he quickly added that the house is co-owned between his wife and son (who is residing in Australia). But the rent agreement doesn't bear the name of his son. Per him that is the case coz signing the agreement will be tedious. Besides that the annual rent is greater than 1 lakh and he doesn't want me to quote anyone's PAN card from his family.
He has asked me to vacate the house in next 2 months (as lease is ending) on which i challenged him that since am not defaulting on timely payment nor damaging his house, only coz he can't furnish rent receipts he can't ask me to vacate.
Every now and then he says he is a law abiding citizen and he has full rights to ask me to vacate basis the agreement, but non furnishing rent-receipts/PAN card doesn't seem illegal to him. If i tell him about laws, he gets aggressive and states that law says a lot of things.
I am stuck in a catch 22 situation where i won't be able to get my tax rebate and eviction at the same time.
Asked 8 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu