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Pune warns landlords to register tenancy agreements or face police action
Pune warns landlords to register tenancy agreements or face police action
Pune's registration department has warned property owners and paying guest operators to register leave-and-licence agreements or face police action. In the past two weeks, 175 landlords and PG operators have been penalised…
Pune's registration department has warned property owners and paying guest operators to register leave-and-licence agreements or face police action. In the past two weeks, 175 landlords and PG operators have been penalised under a drive targeting unregistered tenancies.
Action is being taken under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and violations of orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The department's i-SARITA system is now linked with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems, automatically sharing tenant information with police once an agreement is registered online.
The drive, focused on properties with no registered agreement, is being intensified under Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar. Tenants must ensure their landlords complete registration via the citizens' portal.
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The drive reflects a broader push to link tenancy data with law enforcement, potentially affecting lakhs of tenants in a city with a large migrant student and professional population. Previously, property owners had to manually submit tenant details to police, a process often bypassed. The automatic CCTNS link now removes that gap, but also raises questions about data privacy and compliance burden on small landlords. The next signal to watch is whether the model is replicated in other Maharashtra cities like Mumbai or Nagpur.
Source: livemint.com
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