law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  21. Landlord to Intimate to tenant date of
  
  completion and tenant's right to occupy Premises in new building. 
  (1) The landlord shall, not less than three
  
  months before the date on which the erection of the new building or, as the
  
  case may be, new floor or floors is likely to be completed, intimate to the
  
  tenant, the date on which the said erection shall be completed. On the said
  
  date, the tenant shall be entitled to occupy the premises assigned to him by
  
  the landlord.
  (2) (a) If the tenant fails to occupy the
  
  premises within a period of one month from the date on which he is entitled to
  
  occupy it under sub-section (1), the tenant's right to occupy the said premises
  
  under the said sub-section shall terminate; and the landlord shall be entitled
  
  to recover from the tenant a sum equal to three times the amount of the monthly
  
  standard rent in respect of the premises.
  (b) If the landlord
  
  fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the provisions of sub-section
  
  (1) or to place the tenant in occupation of the premises, he shall, without
  
  prejudice to his liability to place the tenant in vacant possession of the
  
  premises on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
  
  extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or
  
  with both.