law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  19. Recovery of possession for demolishing
  
  building. 
  (1) Where a decree for eviction has been
  
  passed by the court on the ground specified in clause (i) or (j) of sub-section
  
  (1) of section 16, and the work of demolishing the premises has not been
  
  commenced by the landlord within the period specified in sub-clause (iv) of
  
  clause (d) of sub-section (6) of the said section, the tenant may give the
  
  landlord a notice of his intention to occupy the premises from which he has
  
  been evicted and if the landlord does not forthwith deliver to him the vacant
  
  possession of the premises on the same terms and conditions on which he
  
  occupied them immediately before the eviction, the tenant may make an application
  
  to the court within six weeks from the date on which he delivered vacant
  
  possession of the premises to the landlord.
  (2) If the court is satisfied that the
  
  landlord has not substantially commenced the work of demolishing the premises
  
  within the period of one month in accordance with his undertaking, the court
  
  shall order the landlord to deliver to the tenant vacant possession of the
  
  premises on the terms and conditions on which he occupied them immediately
  
  before the eviction. On such order being made, the landlord shall forthwith
  
  deliver vacant possession of the premises to the tenant. Such order shall be
  
  deemed to be an order within the meaning of clause (14) of section 2 of the
  
  Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
  (3) Any landlord who recovers possession on
  
  the ground specified in clause (i) or (j) of sub-section (1) of section 16 and
  
  fails to carry out any undertaking referred to in sub-clause (i), (ii), (iii),
  
  (iv) or (v) of clause (d) of sub-section (6) of the said section without any
  
  reasonable excuse or fails to comply with the order of the court under
  
  sub-section (1) shall, without prejudice to his liability in execution to the
  
  order under sub-section (2), on conviction. be punishable with imprisonment for
  
  a term which may extend to thirty days or with fine which may extend to five
  
  thousand rupees or with both.