High Court of TripuraRFA/5/2010partly allowed

Gas Authority India Limited And ORS v. Goutam Saha And ANR

2015-11-23Hon'Ble Mr. Justice S. Talapatra17 pages

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A (i) The GAIL (India) Limited will pay monthly difference rental @ 10% over the contracted rate of Rs.37,392/B i.e. Rs.3,793/B for the periodfrom01.04.2006to15.09.2006. (ii) A joint property survey with regard to the repair of the said demised property will be carried out by the representatives of the GAIL (India) Limited and the plaintiffs within that month and the estimate will be submitted to theGAIL(India)Limitedforpurposerepairing of the said property. The said amount will accordinglybereleasedtotheplaintiffswithin 15 days from the day receipt of the joint estimate.

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% A (a) Repairing cost of thepremises :

Rs.3,34,148.00 (b) ElectricBills :

Rs.13,731.00 :

Rs.20,861.50 (c) 10% of the rent as enhanced from 01.04.2006 to 15.09.2006 (d) Arrear Rent from 16.09.2006 to 21.07.2007 :

Rs.4,25,575.30 TotalRs.7,94,315.30

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