Rent Act Section 21 - Can Single application be filed for 2 tenants?

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21. Recovery of possession in case of tenancies for limited period.- (1) Where a landlord does not require the whole or any part of any premises for a particular period, and the landlord, after obtaining the permission of the Controller in the prescribed manner, lets the whole of the premises or part thereof as a residence for such period as may be agreed to in writing between the landlord and the tenant and the tenant does not on the expiry of the said period, vacate such premises then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 14 or in any other law, the Controller may, on an application made to him in this behalf by the landlord within such time as may be prescribed, place the landlord in vacant possession of the premises or part thereof by evicting the tenant and every other person who may be in occupation of such premises.

(2) While making an order under sub-section (1), the Controller may award to the landlord such damages for the use or occupation of the premises at such damages for the use or occupation of the premises at such rates he considers proper in the circumstances of the case for the period from the date of such order till the date of actual vacation by the tenant.

Advocate Siddhant Sharma LawRato