Section 14 — Deposit of rent with Rent Authority

14. (1) Where the landlord refuses to accept any rent and other charges payable or refuses to give a receipt, the rent and other charges shall be paid to the Jandlord by postal money order or any other method, in such manner as may be prescribed, consecutively for two months, and if the landlord refuses to accept the rent and other charges within such period, then the tenant may deposit the same with the Rent Authority in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The deposit shall be accompanied by an application by the tenant containing the following particulars, namely:-
(a) the premises for which the rent and other charges payable are deposited alongwith a description sufficient for identifying the premises;
(b) the period for which the rent and other charges payable are deposited;
(c) the name and address of the landlord or the person or persons claiming to be entitled to such rent and other charges payable;
(d) the reasons and circumstances for which the application for depositing the rent and other payable charges is made;
(e) such other particulars as may be necessary.
(3) Where the tenant is unable to decide as to whom the rent is payable during the period of tenancy agreement, the tenant may, in such case, deposit the rent with the Rent Authority in such manner as may be prescribed.
(4) Where the rent is deposited under sub-section (3), the Rent Authority shall enquire the case as to whom the rent is payable and pass orders as he may deem fit on the basis of the facts of the case.
(5) The withdrawal of rent and other charges payable, deposited under subsection (1) or sub-section (2), shall not by itself operate as an admission against the landlord or any other claim made by the tenant, if the landlord withdraws it to the extent of rent agreed upon under the tenancy agreement.