Section 28
. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, where the interest of a landlord in any premises is determined for any reason whatsoever and any order is made by the Rent Court under this Act for the recovery of possession of such premises, the order shall, subject to the provision of sub-section (3) of Section 21, be binding on all occupants who may be in occupation of the premises and vacant possession thereof shall be given to the landlord by evicting all such occupants therefrom.
28 . Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, where the interest of a landlord in any premises is determined for any reason whatsoever and any order is made by the Rent Court under this Act for the recovery of possession of such premises, the order shall, subject to the provision of sub-section (3) of Section 21, be binding on all occupants who may be in occupation of the premises and vacant possession thereof shall be given to the landlord by evicting all such occupants therefrom.
(1) Every tenant who is in possession of any premises to which this Act applies shall observe all the terms and conditions of the tenancy agreement and shall be entitled to the benefits thereof.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the tenant may give up possession of the premises on giving such notice as is required under the tenancy agreement and in the absence of any stipulation relating to such notice, the tenant shall give notice to the landlord of at least one month before giving up possession of the premises.
CHAPTER VI.
RENT COURTS AND RENT TRIBUNALS.
(1) An appeal shall lie against the order of the Rent Authority made under this Act to the Rent Court having territorial jurisdiction.
An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be preferred within thirty days from the date of the order made by the Rent Authority.
(1) The Government may, by notification, constitute such number of Rent Court in as many urban areas as may be deemed necessary by it.
Where two or more Rent Courts are constituted for any urban area, the Government may, by general or special order, regulate the distribution of business among them.
A Rent Court may consist of one or more members (hereinafter referred to as the Presiding Officer) to be appointed by the Government in consultation with the High Court.
No person shall be eligible to be appointed as Presiding Officer of the Rent Court unless he is a District Judge of the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Service.
Central Act IV of 1882. Central Act IX of 1872.
Central Act V of 1908.
The Government may, in consultation with the High Court, authorize the Presiding Officer of one Rent Court to discharge the functions of the Presiding Officer of another Rent Court also.
(1) The Government may, by notification, constitute such number of Rent Tribunals at such places as may be deemed necessary by it and notify a Rent Tribunal as Principal Rent Tribunal, where more than one Tribunal is constituted.
The Rent Tribunal shall be a multi-member Tribunal headed by a Principal Appellate Member, and the senior most judge shall function as Principal Appellate Member and shall have the power to transfer appeal cases from one member of the Appellate Tribunal to another member whenever deemed necessary, and similarly the Principal Appellate Tribunal may, on an application or suo motu, transfer a suit from one Rent Court to other Rent Court, and all the members of Rent Tribunal shall be appointed by the Government in consultation with the High Court.
No person shall be eligible to be appointed as Principal Member of the Rent Tribunal unless he has been a Judge of the High Court.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, in the areas to which this Act extends, only the Rent Court and no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction, except the jurisdiction of Rent Authority under section 39, to hear and decide the applications relating to disputes between landlord and tenant and matters connected with and ancillary thereto covered under this Act:
Provided that the Rent Court shall, in deciding such applications relating to tenancies and premises, give due regard to the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the Indian Contract Act, 1872 or any other substantive law applicable to such matter in the same manner, in which such law would have been applied had the dispute been brought before a Civil Court by way of suit.