law: Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 
  48. Section 19 to apply with modification. 
  (1) In respect of recovery of possession by a
  
  landlord referred to in clause (b), or (c) of section 41 in pursuance of an order
  
  of the Competent Authority, the provisions of section 18 shall apply as if, for
  
  sub-section (1) and (2) thereof, the following sub-sections had been
  
  substituted, namely :-
  (1) Where a landlord, being the landlord
  
  referred to in clause (b) of section 41 who has obtained possession of the
  
  premises in pursuance of any order passed by the Competent Authority, does not
  
  occupy the premises or re-lets either the whole or any part of the premises,
  
  within two years from the date such landlord recovers possession, to any person
  
  other than the evicted tenant, the Competent Authority may, on the application
  
  of the evicted tenant, made within twenty-five months of such date, order the
  
  landlord or any other person claiming under him to place the evicted tenant in
  
  occupation of the premises on the original terms and conditions, and on such
  
  order being made the landlord or such person who may be in occupation of the
  
  premises shall give vacant possession to the evicted tenant.
  (2) Any such landlord who keeps such premises
  
  unoccupied or re-lets the same as aforesaid and any such landlord or other
  
  person in occupation of the premises who fails to comply with order of the
  
  Competent Authority under sub-section (1), shall, on conviction, be punishable
  
  with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine or
  
  with both."
  (3) Nothing in section 20 shall apply to a
  
  landlord referred to in clause (c) of section 41.