CHAPTER-I PRELIMINARY

Section 1: Short title, extent, application and commencement

The Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021

How current this text is

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).

(1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Uttar Pradesh.

(3) It shall apply to:-

(a) every city as defined in the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1959);

(b) every municipal area as defined in the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1916) ;

(c) every development area notified under Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 (President’s Act no. 11 of 1973);

(d) every special development area notified under the Uttar Pradesh Special Area Development Authorities Act, 1986 (U.P. Act. no. 9 of 1986);

(e) every Industrial Development Area notified under Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 (U.P. Act. no. 6 of 1976);

(f) every Regulated area notified under the Uttar Pradesh (Regulation of Building Operations) Act, 1958 (U.P. Act. no. 34 of 1958);

(g) every area relating to various housing schemes of Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad Adhiniyam, 1965 (U.P. Act. no. 1 of 1966):

Provided that the State Government, if it is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the interest of the general public, residing in any other local area, may by notification in the Gazette declare that this Act or any part thereof shall apply to such area, and thereupon this Act or part shall apply to such area.

(4) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from January 11, 2021.

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