Bill provides relief to landlords BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, FEB 15 - A Bill was introduced in the Goa Assembly on Wednesday seeking to provide some relief to landlords against the tenants. As per the Goa Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control (Amendment) Bill, 2006, the landlord will be entitled to evict his tenant from the dwelling house if the latter has a residence within 5 kms radius from the village or city where the disputed dwelling is situated. In terms of section (22) (2) (e) of Goa, Daman and Diu Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1968, if the controller, after giving the tenant a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the application of landlord for the eviction of the tenant, is satisfied that the tenant of a dwelling house has, whether before or after the commencement of the Act, build, acquired vacant possession of, or been allotted a residence in place where such dwelling house is situated, the Controller will make an order directing the tenant to put the landlord in possession of the building.
The object of the Act, as per the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Amendment Bill, is to provide protection to the poor sections of the society but at the same time not allow misuse of the same in case where the tenants have their own accommodation in the nearby vicinity of the tenanted premises. Hence, the Bill seeks to amend Section 22 of the said Act so as to clear the ambiguity and remove the undue advantage availed of by the tenant who has his own accommodation within an area of five km radius from the outer limits of the city or village where the house is located. ~(^^)~ Avelino
