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1. Question 1 · Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 13 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, a tenant seeking refund of a sum paid to the landlord in contravention of the Act must apply to the Controller within:

   1. A. two years from the date of payment
   2. B. six months from the date of payment
   3. C. one year from the date of payment
   4. D. three years from the date of payment
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   C. one year from the date of payment

   Section 13 empowers the Controller, on an application made within one year from the date of payment, to order refund of the unlawful sum or its adjustment against the rent payable.

2. Question 2 · Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Consider the following statements about Section 3 of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: 1. The Act does not apply to any premises belonging to the Government. 2. Where premises belonging to the Government are lawfully let by any person by virtue of an agreement with the Government, the Act applies to that tenancy notwithstanding any judgment or decree of a court. 3. The proviso referred to in statement 2 was added by the Delhi Rent Control (Amendment) Act, 1988 with prospective effect only. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   1. A. 1, 2 and 3
   2. B. 1 and 2 only
   3. C. 2 and 3 only
   4. D. 1 only
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   B. 1 and 2 only

   Section 3(a) excludes premises belonging to the Government, and the proviso to Section 3(b) applies the Act to premises of the Government lawfully let by any person under an agreement with the Government, notwithstanding any decree. That proviso was added by Act 4 of 1963 with retrospective effect, not by the 1988 Act.

3. Question 3 · Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1

   A, an employee of the Central Government, will retire in eight months. He owns a flat in Delhi which is let to a tenant, and he needs it for his own residence after retirement. Under Section 14C of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, which statement is correct?

   1. A. He may apply only after five years have elapsed from the date he bought the flat
   2. B. He may apply only after he retires, within one year of the date of retirement
   3. C. He may apply now, since he is within one year of the date of his retirement
   4. D. He may apply only if he has been required to vacate Government accommodation
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   C. He may apply now, since he is within one year of the date of his retirement

   Section 14C(2) lets a Central Government or Delhi Administration employee with less than one year left to retirement apply, at any time within one year before retirement, to recover immediate possession of premises required for his residence after retirement. Section 14C(1) separately covers a retired employee applying within one year of retirement.

4. Question 4 · Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Consider the following statements under the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958: 1. Under Section 14(7), a landlord who obtains an eviction order on the ground in Section 14(1)(e) is not entitled to obtain possession before six months from the date of the order. 2. Under Section 25C(2), for a landlord required to vacate accommodation allotted by the Central Government or a local authority, that period is two months. 3. Under Section 25C(1), the five-year bar in Section 14(6) does not apply to such a landlord. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   1. A. 1 only
   2. B. 1 and 2 only
   3. C. 1, 2 and 3
   4. D. 2 and 3 only
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   C. 1, 2 and 3

   Section 14(7) postpones possession for six months after an order under Section 14(1)(e). Section 25C, inserted in 1976, disapplies Section 14(6) to a landlord required to vacate Government or local authority allotted accommodation because he owns a residence in Delhi, and reads 'two months' for 'six months' in Section 14(7) in his case.

5. Question 5 · Delhi Local Laws Practice Set 1

   Under Section 6A of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958, inserted in 1988, the standard rent (or, where none is fixed, the agreed rent) may be increased by:

   1. A. ten per cent every five years
   2. B. ten per cent every three years
   3. C. ten per cent every year
   4. D. fifteen per cent every three years
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   B. ten per cent every three years

   Section 6A, inserted by Act 57 of 1988 with effect from 1.12.1988, permits an increase of the standard rent, or the agreed rent where no standard rent has been fixed, by ten per cent every three years, notwithstanding anything else in the Act.