Please send him legal notice stating he has withheld money illegally. If he does not repay the money you can file suit for recovery of money in jurisdiction court with interest. Better to go through recitals of agreement before approaching court.

Send him a legal notice asking to refund your deposite as per agreement.

He cannot ask you money as you have paid 15000 for the cleaning and renovation as per agreement.

Please send legal notice

As you have not mention about place so relevant law of state cannot be specify as diffrent state have diffrent law with regard to rent agreement /rent-control e.t.c

I will suggest to send legal notice specifying their clause of agreement.

Dear Querist

The solution of your problem can be provided to you, but it will be better that you mention the compliance clause of the rent agreement because without knowing the terms and conditions of the agreement we are unable to give you our best advise.

You may issue a legal notice to him and claim your remaining money with interest but first of all think about your cost for the notice and your recoverable amount.

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1)you can issue him legal notice to return balance Rs 5000

2) however expenses for sending legal notice would be more than amount sought to be recovered

3)it is better to reach an amicable settlement with the landlord

Dear Sir,

If you really wish to teach him a lesson then ask for return of Rs.5,000/- along with electricity and water charges, which are paid by you and legally entitled for re-imbursement of the same. Please bring or watts up the agreement so that I can peruse the terms.

Serve him a lawyer's notice to refund the remaining 5000 INR to you along with legal cost. If he does not do so then you can file a suit for recovery of money against him in the civil court but the legal cost that you will incur will exceed the amount itself.

He has illegally not being refunding you the balance 5k of refund.

Send him a legal notice calling upon to refund him the remaining security deposit of 5k.

Dear Client,

Issue him legal notice for refund of rest 5000 Rs.

Recovery through court is expansive and time consuming.

- A security deposit is money that the tenant pays to the landlord. It provides monetary security to the landlord.

- The tenant receives the deposit back at the end of the lease, minus any deductions for repairs/restoration.

- Landlord, cannot deduct for normal wear and-tear such as faded paint etc. But big like broken windows, large holes in the wall are damages can be deducted from the security deposit.

- The security deposit amount which is interest free and non-taxable should be returned by the landlord, just before the tenant vacates the premises, after duly inspecting the premises.

Since you have vacated the premises after giving notice as per rent agreement . Then , the landlord should not deduct any amount in the name of dirty & cleaning etc.

As the possession already taken over by the tenant and after returning security deposit , it means the agreement has already fulfilled ,nothing remain there relation as tenant and landlord.

Better, for your safety purposes, you should lodge a complaint against him ,after narrating the facts of handing over possession and security deposit deduction in the name of cleaning , which is illegal .

Otherwise, the landlord cannot take any legal action against you.

Since this is the situation being faced by all the tenants at the time of vacating, your cae is not a remote one or an exceptional case.

If you plan to initiate legal action, then you may have to spend double the amount you would like to reclaim from the owner hence in my opinion, you may better ignore and move on.