To
The
Chief Reporter/News Editor,
New
Delhi
The National Campaign Committee for
Rental Law Reform (NCCRLR) outrightly rejects Model Tenancy Act approved by
Union Cabinet – its rightful place is WPB. This Act deliberately and for
political reasons ensures that owners of properties – which have been let out
under the rent control laws in many states especially in cities like Mumbai,
Delhi etc. – get no relief whatsoever and will continue to be paid between Rs.
10 to 100 a month! The market rent for such properties would be running into
lakhs.
The incumbent at the PMO right in 2014
had assured that all old and obsolete laws would be rooted out of the statues
book. So is the Minister of Housing and Urban
Affairs openly defying the road map for deletion of old laws? An act of
rebellion?
Future course of Action
The NCCRLR appeals to all its
constituent members to ensure that their respective state assemblies do not
pass such a regressive law using all democratic, legal peaceful methods
including popular protests. This has become necessary because successive
governments since last thirty years have been parroting the issue of Model
Tenancy Act; but without initiating legislative action. The Union Government
should lead by action and repeal the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 in toto which
it – and not the Delhi Government – has the power to do.
P.
S. Sahni
Convener,
National Campaign Committee for Rental Law Reform
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