First Schedule to the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

The First Schedule to the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 identifies the urban areas within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to which the Act extends for the purpose of Section 1(2).

Statutory reference: Section 1(2) provides for the territorial extent of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. It covers the areas included within the limits specified by the Act and the urban areas listed in the First Schedule, subject to the Central Government's statutory power to extend or exclude the operation of the Act or any provision of it by notification in the Official Gazette.

Meaning and purpose of the First Schedule

The First Schedule is a territorial schedule. Its function is to identify the urban areas that were brought within the statutory coverage of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 by reference to Section 1(2). The Schedule should therefore be read together with Section 1 and any applicable notification issued under that provision.

First Schedule

[See Section 1(2)]

Urban areas within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to which the Act extends

The areas which, immediately before 7 April 1958, were included in:

  1. the Municipality of New Delhi, excluding the area specified in the First Schedule to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957);
  2. the Municipal Committee, Delhi;
  3. the Notified Area Committee, Civil Station, Delhi;
  4. the Municipal Committee, Delhi-Shahdara;
  5. the Notified Area Committee, Red Fort;
  6. the Municipal Committee, West Delhi;
  7. the South Delhi Municipal Committee; and
  8. the Notified Area Committee, Mehrauli.

How Section 1(2) affects territorial application

The First Schedule is not the only part of Section 1(2). The provision also contains a mechanism under which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the Act or any provision of it to another urban area within the relevant municipal limits, or exclude an area from the operation of the Act or any provision of it. For a current territorial issue, the statutory text and applicable Gazette notifications should therefore be checked together.

Why the territorial question matters

Before relying on the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 in a rent or eviction dispute, it is important to determine whether the premises are situated in an area to which the Act applies. The First Schedule provides the original statutory list for the urban areas described above, while subsequent statutory notifications may also be relevant to territorial coverage.

Official legal source

The consolidated text of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 can be verified from India Code, the official legislative database of the Government of India.

Official text: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 - India Code

Legal information on this page is intended for general reference. Where the territorial applicability of the Act is disputed, the current statutory text, relevant Gazette notifications and applicable judicial decisions should be examined.