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CHAPTER V EVICTION AND RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES BY LANDLORD

Section 22: Eviction and recovery of possession of premises in case of death of landlord

The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025

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Text as enacted, published in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Gazette (Extraordinary) of 1 November 2025 and made available by India Code; no amending Act has been found.

The Act came into force on 15 February 2026, the date appointed under section 1(3) by S.O. 31 of 9 February 2026 of the Housing and Urban Development Department.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, in case of death of the landlord, where there is a bonafide requirement of the premises let out on rent by the legal heirs of the landlord during the period of tenancy, such legal heirs may file an application in this behalf for eviction and recovery of possession of the said premises before the Rent Court in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.

(2) The Rent Court may, on an application made to it under subsection (1), if it is satisfied that the legal heirs of the deceased landlord are in bonafide requirement of the premises let out on rent, pass necessary orders against the tenant for handing over vacant possession of the said premises to the legal heirs of the deceased landlord.