The  operation  of  the  Rent Control Legislations, as  are  today  in
various  States, suffers from major weaknesses and has led to  various
unintended  consequences.  Some of the deleterious legal  consequences
include  mounting and unending litigation, inability of the courts  to
provide  timely justice, evolution of practices and systems to by pass
the  operations  of rent legislations and steady shrinkage  of  rental
housing market.

2.   The  Supreme Court, taking note of the precarious state  of  rent
litigation  in the country, in the case of Prabhakaran Nair and others
Vs.   State  of Tamil Nadu (Civil Writ Petition 506 of 1986 and  other
writs)  observed that the Supreme Court and the High Courts should  be
relieved  of  the heavy burden of rent litigation.  Tiers of  appeals
should  be  curtailed.   Laws should be simple,  rational   and  clear.
Litigations  must  come to end quickly.  The idea of a  National   Rent
Tribunal  on  an  all-India  basis with quicker  procedure   should  be
examined.

3.   It  is  proposed  to   amend article 323B  in  Part  XIVA  of  the
Constitution  so  as  to give timely relief to the rent  litigants   by
providing  for  setting up of State-level Rent Tribunals in  order  to
reduce  the  tiers of appeals and to exclude the jurisdiction  of  all
courts,  except  that of the Supreme Court, under article 136  of  the
Constitution.

4.  The Bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objects.

NEW DELHI;                                            SHEILA KAUL.

The 23rd June, 1992.

THE CONSTITUTION (SEVENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT)
                              ACT, 1993