(1) It, in any proceeding for the recovery of possession of any premises on any ground other than that referred to in clause (a) of sub-section
(2) of section 22, the tenant contests the claim for eviction, the landlord may, at any stage of the proceeding, make an application to the -Rent Authority for an order on the tenant to pay to the landlord the amount of rent legally recoverable from the tenant and the Rent Authority may, after giving the parties an opportunity of being he:ird, m;ike an order directing the tenant to pay to the landlord or deposit with the Rent Authority within one month of the date of the order, ui nmuunt calculated ?t fihj rate of rent at which it was last paid for the period for which flu1 arrears of the rent were le^nlly recoverable from the tenant including the period subsequent thereto up tn the end of the month previous To that in which payment or deposit is made and to continue to pav or deposit, mnnfh bv month, by the fifteenth of ea:h succeeding month, a sum equivalent to the rent at that rate.
(2) If, in any proceeding referred to in sub-section (1), there is any dispute as to the amount of rent payable by the tenant, the Rent Authority shdl, within fifteen days of the date of the first hearing of the proceeding, fix an interim rent in relation tn the pivmiscs to be paid or deposited in accordance with the provisions of sub-section C?\ until the rent in relation thereto is determined having i-egard to tfr provisions of this Act, and the amount of arrears, if any, calculated on the bisis of ihe rent so determined shall be paid or deposited by the teiunt within one month of the date on which the standard rent is fixed or ^\v^ further time ;n lie Rent Autlw>- r?fy may allow in this behalf.
Right to recover immediate possession of premise!, to accrue to widows, lundicappcj persons and old persons.
Payment of rent during eviction proceedings.
41 ot ! % 1 , SfaC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 23 {3) H, in any proceeding reicired lo in suo-^tjiii-n (1), tliere is any dispute as to the person or persons lo wh mi the rent is payable, the Rent Authority may direct the tenant to deposit with the Rent Authority the amount payable by him under sub-section (J) or subjection (2), as the case may be, and in such a case, no person shall be entitled U> withdraw tlic amount in deposit until the Rent Authority decides the dispute and makes mi order for payment of the same.
(4) If the Rent Authority ib satislied that any dispute lefcrred to in subsection (5) has been raised by a tenant for reasons which are talse or frivolous, the Rent Authority may order the defence a^oioht eviction to be struck out and proceed with the hearing of the application.
(5) If a tenant fails to make payment or deport as required by this section, the Rent Authority may order the defence aejinst e\iction to be struck out and proceed with the hearing of the applied m.