State Act: Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021
Act U.P. Act No. 16 of 2021 · 46 sections
Text of the Act as enacted, from the Uttar Pradesh Gazette (Extraordinary) of August 24, 2021 as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh; the copy shows no later amendment.
Authoritative English translation published under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, August 24, 2021 (Notification No. 788(2)/LXXIX-V-1-21-1-ka-16-2021).
The official copy is a scanned gazette page; this text was read from the scan and checked line by line against the page images.
Section 1(4) provides that the Act is deemed to have come into force on January 11, 2021.
In Inder Bhushan Sawhney v. Kanchan Kumari Jain (Writ-A No. 13349 of 2024, 2026:AHC:177234-DB, decided on 21 August 2026), a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court declared sections 8, 9, 10, 38 and 42 of this Act ultra vires from that date and held the provisions for eviction by order of the Rent Authority repugnant to the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The text shown is the text as enacted. No order of the Supreme Court staying the judgment had been found when this page was checked (23 October 2026).
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Title, date and preamble
[As passed by the Uttar Pradesh Legislature]
AN ACT
to establish Rent Authority and Rent Tribunals to regulate renting of premises and to protect the interests of landlords and tenants and to provide speedy adjudication mechanism for resolution of disputes and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Seventy second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Contents
CHAPTER-I PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER-II TENANCY
CHAPTER-III RENT
CHAPTER-IV RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT
- 12.Original tenancy agreement to be retained by the landlord and the tenant
- 13.Rent and other charges payable and receipt for payment thereof
- 14.Deposit of rent with Rent Authority
- 15.Repair and maintenance of property
- 16.Tenant to look after premises
- 17.Entry into premises
- 18.Information as to property manager
- 19.Duties of property manager and consequences of violation of his duties
- 20.Withholding essential supply or service
CHAPTER-V PROTECTION OF TENANT AGAINST EVICTION, RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF PREMISES BY LANDLORD
- 21.Protection of tenant against eviction
- 22.Eviction and recovery of possession of premises in case of death of the landlord
- 23.Enhancement of rent in case of refusal by tenant to vacate
- 24.Refund of advance rent by landlord
- 25.Payment of rent during eviction proceedings
- 26.Permission to build additional structures
- 27.Special provision regarding vacant land
- 28.Vacant possession to landlord
- 29.Provisions regarding notice of giving up possession by tenant
CHAPTER-VI RENT AUTHORITY, RENT TRIBUNAL THEIR POWERS AND APPEAL
CHAPTER-VII MISCELLANEOUS
- 37.Officers and other employees of the Rent Authority and the Rent Tribunal
- 38.Jurisdiction of Civil Courts barred in respect of certain matters
- 39.Court fees
- 40.Officers and staff to be public servants
- 41.Application of sections 4,5 and 12 of Limitation Act, 1963
- 42.Overriding effect
- 43.Protection of action taken in good faith
- 44.Power to make rules
- 45.Power to remove difficulties
- 46.Repeal and savings
Schedules and appendices
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