Allahabad High Court: Absence of Written Tenancy Agreement Does Not Bar Eviction Proceedings Under UP Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021
Case Title / Court / Bench / Date Case: Writ Petitions filed by Canara Bank Branch Office and Others Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal Decision Date: 16 December 2025 Statute Involved: Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 Background of the Case The issue before the Allahabad High Court was whether a landlord can file an eviction application before the Rent Authority under the UP Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 , when: No written tenancy agreement was executed, and The landlord failed to furnish tenancy particulars to the Rent Authority. Earlier orders had rejected such eviction applications as non-maintainable , holding that absence of a written tenancy agreement ousted jurisdiction. The petitioners (including Canara Bank) challenged these findings. Key Legal Issue Before the Court Whether the Rent Authority under the UP Tenancy Act, 2021 has jurisdiction to entertain eviction applications in cases where: tenancy...