law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  3. Exemption. 
  (1) This Act shall not apply ----
  (a) to any premises
  
  belonging to the Government or a local authority or apply as against the
  
  Government to any tenancy, license or other like relationship created by a
  
  grant from or a license given by the Government in respect of premises
  
  requisitioned or taken on lease or on license by the Government, including any
  
  premises taken on behalf of the Government on the basis of tenancy or of
  
  license or other like relationship by, or in the name of any officer
  
  subordinate to the Government authorized in this behalf, but it shall apply in
  
  respect of premises let, or given on license, to the Government or a local
  
  authority or taken on behalf of the Government on such basis by, or in the name
  
  of, such officer;
  (b) to any premises let
  
  or sub-let to banks, or any Public Sector Undertakings or any Corporation
  
  established by or under any Central or State Act, or foreign missions,
  
  international agencies, multinational companies, and private limited companies
  
  and public limited companies having a paid up share capital of more than rupee
  
  one crore or more.
  Explanation. - For the purpose of
  
  this clause the expression "bank" means,-
  (i) the State Bank of India constituted under
  
  the State Bank of India Act, 1955;
  (ii) a subsidiary bank as defined in the State
  
  Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959;
  (iii) a corresponding new bank constituted
  
  under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
  
  Undertakings) Act, 1970 or under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition
  
  and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1980; or
  (iv) any other bank, being a scheduled bank as
  
  defined in clause (e) of section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
  (2) The State Government may direct that all
  
  or any of the provisions of this Act shall, subject to such conditions and
  
  terms as it may specify, not apply-
  (i) to premises used
  
  for public purposes of a charitable nature or to any class of premises used for
  
  such purposes;
  (ii) to premises held
  
  by a public trust for a religious or charitable purpose and let at a nominal or
  
  concessional rent;
  (iii) to premises held
  
  by a public trust for a religious or charitable purpose and administered by a
  
  local authority; or
  (iv) to premises
  
  belonging to or vested in an university established by any law for the time
  
  being in force.
  Provided that, before issuing any direction
  
  under this sub-section, the State Government shall ensure that the tenancy
  
  rights of the existing tenants are not adversely affected.
  (3) The expression "premises belonging to
  
  the Government or a local authority" in sub-section (1) shall,
  
  notwithstanding anything contained in the said sub-section or in any judgment,
  
  decree or order of a court, not include a building erected on any land held by
  
  any person from the Government or a local authority under an agreement, lease,
  
  license or other grant, although having regard to the provisions of such
  
  agreement, lease, license or grant the building so erected may belong or
  
  continue to belong to the Government or the local authority, as the case may
  
  be, and such person shall be entitled to create a tenancy in respect of such
  
  building or a part thereof.