Draft rent bill to be tabled before Assembly during monsoon session

The much awaited draft bill will legalise the pugree system. Besides, as the increase in rent rates this year will be marginal, landlords are already gearing up to file a contempt suit in the Supreme Court.

The Property Owners8217; Association has decided to file a suit when the rent act draft is tabled in the House, its executive president B R Bhattad said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the association held last night.

According to Bhattad, a five per cent increase in rent is of noconsequence and amounts to a mockery of the Supreme Court order. 8220;The Government should not divide the tenant and the landlord but strive for a common solution,8221; Bhattad suggested.