Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power to evict certain persons from Board premises- (1) Not-with-standing anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force if the competent authority is satisfied- (a) that the person authorised to occupy any Board premises has - (i) not paid rent lawfully due from him in respect of such premises for a period of more than two months, or (ii) sublet without the permission of the Board the whole or any part of such premises, or (iii) otherwise acted in contravention of any of the terms under which he is authorised to occupy such premises, or (b) that any person is in unauthorised occupation of any Board Premises; the competent authority may, by notice served in the manner laid down in section 89 or 90, order that the M.P. GRIHA NIRMAN MANDAL ADHINIYAM, 1972 22 person authorised to occupy as well as any other person who may be in occupation of the whole or any part of the said premises shall vacate them within one month of the date of the service of the notice. (2) Before an order under sub-section (1) is made against any person, the competent authority shall inform tile person, by notice in writing of the grounds on which the proposed order is to be made and give him a reasonable opportunity of tendering an explanation and producing evidence, if any and to show cause why such order should not be made within a period to be specified in such notice. (3) The competent authority may on an application, grant extension of the period specified in such notice on such terms as to payment and recovery of the amount claimed in the notice as he deemed fit. (4) Any written statement put in by such person and document s produced in pursuance of such notice shall be filed with the records of the case and such person shall be entitled to appear in the proceeding either in person or by an authorised agent or by pleader. (5) If any person refuses or fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1), the competent authority may evict that person from and take possession of the premises and may for that purposes use for cause to be used such force as may be necessary (6) If a person who has been ordered to vacate any premises under sub-clause (1) or sub- clause (in) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) within one month of the date of service of the notice or such longer time as the competent authority may allow pays to the Board the rent in arrears or carries out or otherwise complies with the terms contravened by him to the satisfaction of the competent authority, as the case may be, competent authority shall, in lieu of evicting such person under sub-section (5), cancel, its order made under sub-section (1), and thereupon such person shall hold the said premises on the same terms on which he held them immediately before such notice was served on him. Explanation - For the purposes of as section and section 56, the expression unauthorised occupation in relation to any person authorised to occupy any Board premises, includes the continuance in occupation by him or by any person claiming through or under him of the Board premises after the authority under which he was all allowed to occupy the said premises has been duly determined.