Non payment of rent by a tenant
KETAN J SHAH
(Querist) 29 June 2013
This query is : Resolved
Respected Sir's
A 240 sq ft one room/kitchen was rented to a tenant in 1968 . Till 2009 this tenant was staying in this house. This original tenant expired in around 2009.Now his wife, 4 sons, 1 daughter, and 1 daughter-in-law are staying in this house. The tenancy is still in the name of the original deceased tenant.out of the 4 sons 2 are mentally unstable.
The family members of the deceased who are staying in the house have not paid the rent and other charges since 4 years. The landlord wants to correspond with the family members of the deceased tenant.
The question is while entering into initial correspondence what should be the address -
that is wether the landlord should call them THE LEGAL HEIRS OF THE DECEASED Mr ... OR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE ROOM NO .....
This would be initial correspondence before landlord takes any further steps to file a suit in small causes court.
Please advice
Thanking you in advance.
Advocate M.Bhadra
(Expert) 29 June 2013
the landlord may send letter in the name of original tenant to the rented address and also permanent address.The disputes between landlord and tenant shall govern according to respective Premises Tenancy Act.However,if the landlord do not want to continue tenancy then he/she can file a Suit for Eviction on default of rent as well as reasonable requirement ground.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 30 June 2013
Repeated query which already stands replied.
