• Landlord not providing agreement doc and pan and refuses to fix AC and other broken item as promised

My landlord made me sign rent agreement with locking period of 6 months and 2 months security deposit. He also asked me to provide 6 month pdc cheque on the day when i was supposed to move in.
Now he is refusing to fix/service ac,fridge or broken door locked which he promised to do earlier.

What can i do now.
Asked 5 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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17 Answers

Stop payment of cheques.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22662 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

you can do the same and adjust the same in your rent. other wise you can file suit for recovery of charges due to breach of contract. It is better you settle the same with him and keep legal recourse as a last resort

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31968 Answers
181 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

If he had committed to fix all of this at his expense in terms of the rental agreement, serve him with a legal notice calling upon him to act immediately. In he still falters, deduct the expenses you incur in getting these articles repaired, from the rent which you have pay to him In future. 

Vibhanshu Srivastava
Advocate, Lucknow
9601 Answers
303 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

First you did make a great mistake by giving PDC.. It is nothing but a bondage and that too for a renting a property.

Refer the rent agreement. I am sure there must not be anything to safeguard your interest in the event the services goes out of order.

Somehow spend six month s and then leave this premises and next time do not give PDC.

Till then send him a written notice seeking maintenance of the non functional furnitures/appliances. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
22840 Answers
490 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

That is why I advised you to leave this place after 6 months. Bear the agony till then. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
22840 Answers
490 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

do you have in writing from landlord that he would fix ac, fridge , broken door 

 

send letter to landlord by speed post AD to repair the said household appliances as promised by him 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94822 Answers
7560 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Issue a legal notice to the landlord asking copy of agreement, and further repair of the items as promised at time of shifting. If he fails you can seek your refund and can leave the premises. Further make an stop payment of PDC.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

you are entitled to copy of your rent agreement 

 

send email / letters to landlord to provide you rent agreement copy for your records , also repair the appliances as it is broken since time you moved in 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94822 Answers
7560 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Sir issue notice, if the landlord fails to undertake repair you can seek your PDC back along the compensation and file a complaint in police station against landlord for cheating , breach of trust and intimidation using PDC. 

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Report this harassment being meted out to you to the local Police and seek their intervention. 

Make a complaint against both your landlord and the broker. 

Vibhanshu Srivastava
Advocate, Lucknow
9601 Answers
303 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

the rent agreement if registered can be received through sub registrar office. Other wise send a legal notice to the owner to provide you the same.Without court case there is no other way. You can also receive the said charges even if you leave the premises and expiry of agreement.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31968 Answers
181 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

Well, owner has refused to honor oral agreement, so you stop payment.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22662 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

start written communication with the landlord regarding a copy of the agreement, PAN, Ac fault, broken door etc

you have two options

1. stop cheque payment, it will trouble you with a case but he will present all documents in the case else you can force him to submit

2. now make payment and after six months, make payment deducting your expenses (AC, door erc) and let him recover the same from you

 

 

 

 

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2381 Answers
6 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

 you are consumer and you have all the rights as consumer in case your landlord is not behaving as per the agreement even if it is a verbal agreement you can go to consumer forum in this regard and send notice to the landlord before moving to the consumer forum that he will be responsible for all the legal expenses After sending notice and filing the consumer complaint in the consumer forum in case you do not receive reply to the notice then file your complaint with the consumer forum and claim the compensation for the mental agony and legal cast

Vimlesh Prasad Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
6852 Answers
23 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

Tenants cannot install a permanent air conditioner 

without written permission from the landlord.

After looking into the agreement we could further advice you the legal recourse available to you.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

You issue a legal notice and instruct him to fix all the defects observed within a fixed time or refund your advance amount. 

If there's no response nor he is not complying then you may plan to take legal steps to solve the problem. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
85023 Answers
2210 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

You may demand the Pics deposited with him in the same legal notice and instruct bank in writing to not to honour the cheque if presented for payment. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
85023 Answers
2210 Consultations

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