Summary:
Though a 90-day time limit is provided to comply with the new act, the rent courts are refusing to take new petitions on file. Transferring the jurisdiction to adjudicate the first stage of rent control cases from judiciary to executive is nothing but encroaching upon the jurisdiction of the courts. Restricting the appeal will lead only to corruption.”Arguing in favour of the restriction, Ashok said, “It was possible to drag a rent control case for 10 years under the old act. It is not clear whether such designated officers would be experts in law, Ramanujam said.However, for advocate Ashok Menon, another expert in rent control cases, a rent authority need not be an expert in law. All he/she needs to do is just follow the act and the procedures.As for the restriction of appeals to only two stages – before the rent court and the rent tribunal — Ramanujam said, “This would definitely help corruption..