Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other Law for the time being in force or any contract to the contrary or any judgement or decree or order of any court, but subject to the provisions of section 22 or 23 or 24, as the case may be, a landlord may submit an application to the Competent Authority, signed and verified in a manner provided in rules 14 and 15 of Order VI of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), as if it were a plaint, to the Competent Authority having jurisdiction in the area in which the premises are situated, for the purpose of recovery of possession of the premises from the tenant or licensee, as the case may be.
CHAPTER VIII SUMMARY DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS
Section 42: Special provision for making application to Competent Authority by landlord to evict tenant or licensee
The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
How current this text is
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Maharashtra, as on 7 March 2025; its footnotes record later changes to other Acts it cites, the latest being Mah. 24 of 2012.
A Maharashtra Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2025 (L. A. Bill No. LXXXII of 2025) was introduced in 2025; as of October 2026 no official record shows it passed or published as an Act, so it is not reflected in this text.
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1. Under Section 42 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, a landlord's application to the Competent Authority for recovery of possession is to be signed and verified in the manner provided in: