Landlord not collecting rent on tenancy premises

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 11 October 2020 This query is : Resolved
We holds a tenacy property since last 30 year. The owner of the property has since changed 3 times. The property had commercial electricity connection. Some 3 years back we changed it to residential connection. The present landlord is holding the property since 2011. He has not collected the rent from 2015 and upon our requests for collecting rent and issue receipts has fallen on his deaf ears. He is not ready to accept the rents. What is the recourse? In case I get his bank details should I directly deposit cash in his bank account.

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kavksatyanarayana (Expert) 11 October 2020
No. You can deposit it a court by filing a petition. Consult a local lawyer.

Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 11 October 2020
First issue a legal notice to landlord and ask him to furnish his bank account details so that you may deposit rent regularly if he does not furnish you his bank account details then deposits in court.

Dr J C Vashista (Expert) 12 October 2020
I respectfully disagree with expert Mr. Bhartesh Goyal, there is no need to issue legal notice when you are fully aware that the (present) landlord is not accepting rent and/ or issue any rent receipt, remit the amount before 10th day of each calendar month and move to the competent court of Rent Controller / Civil Judge through a local prudent lawyer for depositing the rent.