Hello experts,
I leased my newly built apartment in Chennai to a tenant for 11 months (in early 2009) with mutual agreement to renew the lease. The tenant was always late on rent and several times he gave us a fake cheque.
He stopped paying rent since July of 2010. We made several phone calls and pleaded him to vacate. I sent couple of notice around Aug 2010 for him to vacate the premises for defaulting on rent. He gave us a written notice in first week of Oct 2010 that he would vacate on or before Nov 30 2010.
He absconded around the end of Oct 2010 and now there are 3 persons (2 ladies and a man around 24 years) living in the house. They kept telling us they didn't know where he was and only vacate when he gets back. They don't look like his family.
I've filed a case in the court to evict him for defaulting on rent. My question is:
1> How long will it take for the court to give us an eviction order?
2> Is there any other means by which we can speed up the process? The court has given him and his lawyers 40 days to come up with a response. This is a high worth property and I am paying the mortgage still.
This is my only investment and it's frustrating to see rogue people enjoying my hard earned investment while I am here in Bangalore renting a place.
Any help appreciated.
-- Ravi
