law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  23. Members of armed forces of the Union,
  
  scientists or their successor-in-interest entitled to recover possession of
  
  premises required for their occupation. 
  (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
  
  contained in this Act or any contract,-
  (A) a landlord, who,-
  (i) is a member of
  
  armed forces of the Union, or was such a member and has retired as such (which
  term shall include
  
  premature retirement), or
  (ii) holds a
  
  scientific post in the Department of Atomic Energy of the Central Government or
  
  in any of its aided institution (hereinafter in this section referred to as
  
  "a scientist"), or was such a scientist and has retired as such
  
  (which term shall include premature retirement), and one year has not elapsed
  
  since his retirement on the date of making of the application, or
  (iii) is an employee
  
  of the Government of India, Government of any State or Union Territory, Public
  
  Sector Undertaking of the Government of India or of any State Government
  
  (hereinafter referred to as "a Government servant") and has retired
  
  as such (which term shall include premature retirement) and one year has not
  
  elapsed since his retirement on the date of the application, shall be entitled
  
  to recover from his tenant the possession of any premises owned by him on the
  
  ground that such premises are bona fide required by him for occupation by
  
  himself or by any member of his family, by making an application for the
  
  purpose of recovery of possession of the premises, to the Competent Authority;
  
  and the Competent Authority shall make an order of eviction on that ground if,
  
  -
  (a) in the case of
  
  landlord who is a member of the armed forces of the Union, he produces a
  
  certificate signed by the authorized officer to the effect that,- ,
  (i) he is a member of
  
  the armed forces of the Union, or that he was such a member and has retired as
  
  such, and
  (ii) he does not
  
  possess any other premises suitable for residence in the local area where the
  
  premises are situated; or
  (b) in the case of a landlord
  
  who is scientist, he produces a certificate signed by an officer of the
  
  Department of Atomic Energy of, or above, the rank of Deputy Secretary to
  
  Government to the effect that,-
  (i) he is presently
  
  holding a scientific post in the Department of Atomic Energy or in any of its
  
  aided institutions specified in the certificate or he was holding such post and
  
  has now retired with effect from the date specified in the certificate; and
  (ii) he does not
  
  possess any other suitable residence (excluding any residential accommodation
  
  provided by Government) in the local area where the premises are situated;
  (c) in the case of a
  
  Government servant, he produces a certificate signed by the Head of Department
  
  or the Head of the office, or the Chief Executive of the Public Sector
  
  Undertaking, by whatever designation called, to the effect that,-
  (i) he is presently
  
  holding the post in that Department, Office or Public Sector Undertaking or he
  
  was holding such post and has now retired with effect from the date specified
  
  in the certificate; and
  (ii) he does not
  
  possess any other suitable residence (excluding any residential accommodation
  
  provided by Government or Public Sector Undertaking) in the local area where
  
  the premises are situated;
  (B) A
  
  successor-in-interest who becomes the landlord of the premises owned by any
  
  landlord referred to in clause (A), as a result of death of such a landlord
  
  while in service or where he is a member of the armed forces of the Union,
  
  within five years of his retirement, or where he is a scientist, or a
  
  Government servant, within one year of his retirement, shall be entitled to
  
  recover possession of such premises on the ground that such premises are bona
  
  fide required for occupation by the successor-in-interest himself or by any member
  
  of the family of the deceased landlord, by making an application for the
  
  purpose of recovery of possession of the premises, to the Competent Authority;
  
  and the Competent Authority shall make an order of eviction on that ground if,-
  (a) in the case of the
  
  successor - in- interest of a member of the armed forces of the Union, he
  
  produces a certificate signed by the authorized officer to the effect that.
  (i) a
  
  successor-in-interest is a widow or any other member of the family of the
  
  deceased member of the armed forces of the Union, who died while in service on
  
  the date specified in the certificate (or of a member of the armed forces of
  
  the Union who has retired and who died within five years of his retirement on
  
  the date specified in the certificate); and
  (ii) such a
  
  successor-in-interest does not possess any other premises suitable for
  
  residence in the local area where such premises are situated; or
  (b) in the case of a
  
  successor-in-interest of a scientist, he produces a certificate signed by an
  
  officer of the Department of Atomic Energy of, or above, the rank of Deputy
  
  Secretary to Government, to the effect that,-
  (i) the
  
  successor-in-interest is a widow or any other member of the family of the
  
  deceased scientist who died while in service on the date specified in the
  
  certificate (or of a scientist who has retired and who died within one year of
  
  his retirement on the date specified in the certificate);
  (ii) such
  
  successor-in-interest does not possess any other suitable residence (excluding any
  
  residential accommodation provided by Government) in the local area where such
  
  premises are situated; or
  (c) in the case of a
  
  successor-in-interest of a Government servant, he produces a certificate signed
  
  by the head of his Department, Head of the office, or the Chief Executive, by
  
  whatever designation called, of the Public Sector Undertaking, to the effect
  
  that,-
  (i) the
  
  successor-in-interest is a widow or any other member of the family of the
  
  deceased Government servant, who died while in service on the date specified in
  
  the certificate (or of a Government servant who has retired and who died within
  
  one year of his retirement on the date specified in the certificate); and in
  
  the local area where such premises are situated.
  (2) Any certificate
  
  granted under sub-section (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated
  
  therein.
  Explanation. For the purposes of
  
  this section, -
  (1) "authorized officer", in
  
  relation to a member of the armed forces of the Union, means the commanding
  
  officer or head of services, including,-
  (i) in the case of an
  
  officer retired from the Army, the Area Commander,
  (ii) in the case of an
  
  officer retired from the Navy, the Flag officer Commanding-in Chief, Naval
  
  Command, and
  (iii) in the case of
  
  an officer retired from the Air Force, the Station Commander;
  (2) "member of the family" means any
  
  of the following members of the family of a member of the armed forces of the
  
  Union, or a scientist, or a Government servant, as the case may be, who is
  
  ordinarily residing with him and who is dependent on him and where member of
  
  the armed forces of the Union or a scientist or a Government servant has
  
  retired or died, any member of his family who is so residing, or dependent at
  
  the time of his retirement, or as the case may be, death, namely :-
  spouse, father, mother, son, daughter,
  
  grandson, grand-daughter, son's wife, grandson's wife, widow of predeceased son
  
  or grand-son;
  (3) "successor-in-interest" means,-
  (i) if the deceased landlord
  
  has a spouse living at the time of his death, spouse, and
  (ii) in any other
  
  case, any other member of his family.
  Explanation.- A landlord or his
  
  successor-in-interest by inheritance or otherwise shall not be entitled to
  
  recover possession under this section from the tenant or his
  
  successor-in-interest by transmission, where the landlord has acquired the
  
  property by purchase, gift, exchange or otherwise (but excluding acquisition by
  
  inheritance or succession or in the case of premises in a Co-operative Housing
  
  Society, by acquisition of a share or right and interest in such premises by
  
  nomination), and where, at the time of acquisition, by purchase gift, exchange
  
  or otherwise the premises had been in the occupation of the tenant or his
  
  predecessor-in-interest from whom the tenancy has been transmitted and
  
  notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of the
  
  court or anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being
  
  in force, the provisions of this explanation shall always be deemed to have
  
  applied to such a case, and the landlord shall not be entitled to recover
  
  possession in any such case,
  (4) "aided institution" means the
  
  Tata Institution of Fundamental Research and the Tata Memorial Centre, also any
  
  other, institution which may be declared, from time to time, by the State
  
  Government in consultation with the Department of Atomic Energy to be aided
  
  institution for the purposes of this section.