Rent agreement effective 1st april during lock down period

Harish (Querist) 27 December 2020 This query is : Resolved
My employer requested a Rent Agreement as a compulsory condition to get HRA benefit, where the rent agreement should clearly specify the duration of the period exemption is claimed i.e from 1st April 2020 onwards .
Now my query is - During the period starting from nationwide lock down from 24th March 2020 till Unlock 1.0 started from June 1,2020 - most of the sub registrar office and notary services were suspended so legal rent agreement work was NOT done in most of the courts/sub registrar office.
Want to know if there is any verdict from any court or any other law which provides exemption that if a rent agreement created on a later date can cover the entire HRA claimed period starting 1st April. What and how I should do to satisfy my employer condition of rent agreement with start date of specified period so to avail HRA benefit for the entire year.

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Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 28 December 2020
Rent agreement can be executed now with. Condition retrospective effect from 01-04-2020 and it will be perfectly valid.

Harish (Querist) 28 December 2020
If I make a rent agreement now can we get a mutually (between owner and tenant ) agreed retrospective dates clause mentioned there-in, specifying the tenancy/commencement for this agreement started backdated from 1st April 2020 . Or what could be a better legally acceptable clause that can be inserted so as to make its usability to claim HRA starting 1st April 2020