Chapter I Preliminary

Section 2-A: Special provisions for short term licnece

The Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (repealed)

Repealed in Uttar Pradesh by section 46(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 (U.P. Act No. 16 of 2021), deemed in force from January 11, 2021, which provides that this Act "is hereby repealed", while section 46(2) keeps cases pending under it at that commencement to be decided under this Act.

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Text as published by India Code for this Uttar Pradesh Act in its Uttarakhand collection (Department of Urban Development, file urban_buildings_(1).pdf), with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 17 of 1999; India Code has no Uttar Pradesh copy of this Act.

This Act was repealed in Uttar Pradesh by section 46 of the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021, which saves the cases pending under it at the commencement of that Act; it is shown here for those cases and for study.

Amendments made by Uttar Pradesh after U.P. Act No. 17 of 1999, if any, are not shown in this copy.

The copy is a typed edition and its typing errors (for example "licnece" in the heading of section 2-A) are reproduced as printed.

Sections 24-A, 24-B and 24-C carry no marginal heading in this copy.

Marginal references to other enactments (for example "U.P. Act no. II of 1959") printed beside the text are not reproduced.

In Inder Bhushan Sawhney v. Kanchan Kumari Jain (Writ-A No. 13349 of 2024, 2026:AHC:177234-DB, decided on 21 August 2026), the Allahabad High Court, declaring parts of the 2021 Act ultra vires, held that this Act "would spring back to life, of its own to the extent required".

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a person occupying a building as owner or as tenant or in any other capacity (hereinafter in this section referred to as licensor) may permit any other person (hereinafter in this section referred to as license) to occupy for purely temporary residential accommodation for a period not exceeding three months without any order of allotment under section 16:

Provided that intimation of the grant of such licence shall be given jointly by the licensor and the licensee to the District Magistrate within one month from the date of occupation of the building or part by the licensee:

Provided further that the District Magistrate may by order extend the maximum period of such temporary occupation up to 6 months in the aggregate (including the original period of occupation) :

Provided also that similar licence shall not be granted again to any other person in respect of the same building or part within a period of one year from the date of vacation of the building or part by the last licensee.

(2) Such licensee shall not be deemed to be a tenant for purposes of section 20, notwithstanding that he pays or is liable to pay rent for such occupation.

(3) Such licensor shall not be deemed to have ceased to occupy such building or part within the meaning of section 12 merely on the ground of having granted such licence.

(4) The District Magistrate shall not make an allotment under section 16 in respect of the building or part vacated by the licensee except with the consent of the landlord.

(5) If the licensee omits or refuses to vacate the building or part after the expiry of the period of licence the licensor may make an application to the prescribed authority for his eviction and the prescribed authority shall thereupon order his eviction, and its order shall be final:

Provided that no order shall be made under this sub-section except after giving to the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(6) The provisions of section 23 shall apply to an order made under sub-section (5) as if it were an order made under section 21 or under section 22.

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