law: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 
  15. When a tenant can get the benefit of
  
  protection against eviction. -
  (1) In every proceeding of the recovery of
  
  possession of any premises on the ground specified in clause (a) of the proviso
  
  to sub-section (1) of section 14, the Controller shall, after giving the
  
  parties an opportunity of being heard, make an order directing the tenant to
  
  pay to the landlord or deposit with the Controller within one month of the date
  
  of the order, an amount calculated at the rate of rent at which it was last
  
  paid for the period for which the arrears of the rent were legally recoverable
  
  from the tenant including the period subsequent thereto up to the end of the
  
  month previous to that in which payment or deposit is made and to continue to
  
  pay or deposit, month by month, by the fifteen of each succeeding month, a sum
  
  equivalent to the rent at that rate.
  (2) If, in any proceeding for the recovery of
  
  possession of any premises on any ground other than that referred to in
  
  sub-section (1), the tenant contest the claim for eviction, the landlord may,
  
  at any state of the proceeding, make an application to the Controller for an
  
  order on the tenant to pay to the landlord the amount of rent legally
  
  recoverable from the tenant and the Controller may, after giving the parties an
  
  opportunity of being heard, make an order in accordance with the provisions of
  
  the said sub-section.
  (3) If, in any proceeding referred to in sub-section
  
  (1) or sub-section (2), there is any dispute as to the person or persons to
  
  whom the rent is payable, the Controller may direct the tenant to deposit with
  
  the Controller the amount payable by him under sub-section (1) or sub-section
  
  (2), as the case may be until the standard rent in relation thereto is fixed
  
  having regard to the provisions of this Act, and the amount of arrears if any,
  
  calculated on the basis of the standard rent shall be paid or deposited by the
  
  tenant within one month of the date on which the standard rent is fixed or such
  
  further time as the Controller may allow in this behalf.
  (4) If, in any proceeding referred to in
  
  sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), there is any dispute as to the person or
  
  persons to whom the rent is payable, the Controller may direct the tenant to
  
  deposit with the Controller the amount payable by him under sub-section (1) or
  
  sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be, and in such a case no
  
  person shall be entitled to withdraw the amount in deposit until the Controller
  
  decides the dispute and makes an order for payment of the same.
  (5) If the Controller is satisfied that any
  
  dispute referred to in sub-section (4) has been raised by a tenant for reasons
  
  which are false or frivolous, the Controller may order the defense against
  
  eviction to be struck out and proceed with the hearing of the application.
  (6) If a tenant makes payment or deposit as
  
  required by sub-section (1) or sub-section (3), no order shall be made for the
  
  recovery of possession on the ground of default in the payment of rent by the
  
  tenant, but the Controller may allow such costs as he may deem fit to the
  
  landlord.
  (7) If a tenant fails to make payment or
  
  deposit as required by this section, the Controller may order the defense against
  
  eviction to be struck out an proceed with the hearing of the application.