Hello, I had been living in a pg for the last 2-3 years. I vacated the house in april after giving a month's notice in march.At that time he said he will refund the security of 12000 when i leave but at the time of leaving he asked for a week's time so i left and he promised to give back the amount.Now it has been june and whenever i used to call him/msg he continued saying he needs more time and i kept giving him.But now he has even blocked my no. and i call him daily by different no.s and still no result. I dont have any rent agreement for this.The only proof i have are the whatsapp chats where he kept saying he will return the money.I also have bank statement where every month i used to transfer 12000 rs as rent in his account. I am really distressed.What are my legal options here now? Regards Palak
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1. There is option to file civil suit for recovery of money . However considering the time and costs involved in such suit , it would not be plausible for you .
2. So lodge a complaint of cheating with Police on which basis the Police can register FIR. Once FIR is registered the owner is likely to refund your money to settle the case amicably.
send him a legal notice through counsel claiming refund of security amount along with interest,
You can issue landlord legal notice to recover your security deposit
2) however fees for sending notice would be more than amount sought to be recovered
3) go and visit landlord personally to recover your money
Give him a notice and file a criminal complaint in the police station.
Regards
Hello,
You're bank statement will help you in proving that there is a legal relationship between you and the landlord. Now you need to send him a legal notice .
Regards
You can send him a notice and file a suit. If there is a photo agreement then you can make him perform the said condition of returning pg deposit security
Police complaint with WhatsApp record.
FIR also can be filed through online portal for easy action
Dear maam,
since you have the whatsapp chats that will be considered as a promissory note on his end and is legally enforceable. coming directly to the solution, it will be considered as a oral contract and you are entitled to get back the money. For that, you have to send a legal notice to the person concerned person demanding legal compensation and the money back.
hope that solves your query.
you can contact me for consultation. if any.
regards,
YUGANSHU SHARMA
ADVOCATE
DELHI HIGH COURT
you have to share the agreement copy between you and your landlord so that the correct legal remedy may be suggested to you. You have the option of civil court to get your money back, but prior to that I suggest you to meet some lawyer personally with the documents copy.
Dear Sir,
Simple threaten him , that you will lodge a complaint in consumer forum.....still ,if he won't give, then simply give a written complaint along with the rent agreement form in the district consumer forum... If you not having rent agreement the Whatsapp messeges is sufficient to prove that he has to given the amount to you.
Start by sending legal notice to him asking him to repay the entire amount along with interest within 15 days of receipt of the legal notice.
If he fail to do so, you will have to file a suit for recovery against him.
Hii.
Just go and police complain. It is imp At least he will not cheat the another person after getting lesson from you.
Issue a legal notice seeking refund of your security deposit.
If the legal notice fails, report your landlord to the Police.
You can send him a notice if on notice he fails you can file a suit to recover the amount from.the land lord.
The best option to recover the amount quickly is by lodging a criminal complaint against him for the offences of cheating with the local police.
You prepare a complaint mentioning all the facts including your efforts to contact him through phone, whatsapp and in person.
You may state that his intention was to cheat you by not giving the amount intentionally, hence action may be taken to punish him legally for cheating as well as for recovery.
Please file written complaint with the Police Station of the jurisdiction.Ask the Police to register FIR under Fraud
Thanks for all the advice. If I understand correctly then sending a legal notice would cost me more money than I intend to recover. So filing a complaint in police would be the best approach? I have one issue though.I don't have the residential address of the landlord as he does not live in the pg.Will this be a problem in filing the police complaint?
for recovery of money you have to issue legal notice and then file recovery suit along with interest.
See police may deny taking a complaint on this as it is a civil dispute.
You need to file a complaint with address and other details.
yes filing complaint before police is best
you need his residential address
You can give any alternate address.
You can lodge a criminal complaint against the PG owner without mentioning his address also but you will be having his phone number, the police will call him by that hence you can proceed with your proposed complaint.
Dear
You have two options available with you
And before using any option you can send a whtsapp message to landlord that if you don't return the money you will choose legal course to recover the money this way may help you to get money without using any of the above option.
Inform the police of the issue and tell them about the person and that he owns the house. The police shall call him up and tell him to come at the police station. Maybe the matter can be resolved by the police.
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No, will not be a problem. Mention his name, mobile number and the PGs address.