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Tenant's Legal Notice for Refund of Security Deposit

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Date of this noticeNeeded

A calendar date — the day, the month and the year. Dates in a document like this are read against one another, so a date typed here can change what another date is allowed to be.

Your full nameNeeded

For example: Simran Kaur

Your current address (for the landlord's reply)Needed

House / flat / plot no.

Street, sector or locality

City area and PIN code

Your phone numberNeeded

A number somebody can be reached on. Ten digits is the usual Indian form, and a country code in front of it is fine if you want it there.

For example: +91 98150 42117

Landlord's full nameNeeded

For example: Harpreet Singh

Landlord's address for this noticeNeeded

House / flat / plot no.

Street, sector or locality

City area and PIN code

Address of the rented propertyNeeded

House / flat / plot no.

Street, sector or locality

City area and PIN code

Date of the tenancy/rent agreementNeeded

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Date you vacated and handed back possessionNeeded

A calendar date — the day, the month and the year. Dates in a document like this are read against one another, so a date typed here can change what another date is allowed to be.

How possession/keys were handed backNeeded

For example: Keys handed over in person to the landlord on the vacating date, with a WhatsApp message confirming the same

Security deposit amount originally paidNeeded

An amount in rupees. Commas and a ₹ sign are both fine — write it the way you would write it anywhere else, and the document is given the tidy form of it.

For example: 60000

Has the landlord claimed any deduction from the deposit?Needed

No deduction has been claimed, or discussed, by the landlordThe landlord has claimed a deduction, particulars of which are stated below

Confirmation of your own dues to the landlordNeeded

All rent, electricity, water and other charges due from me up to the date of vacating have been paid in fullThe following remains to be adjusted, as stated below

Net amount demandedNeeded

An amount in rupees. Commas and a ₹ sign are both fine — write it the way you would write it anywhere else, and the document is given the tidy form of it.

For example: 52000

Interest on the withheld amountNeeded

No interest is separately claimed at this stage, only the deposit amount itselfInterest is claimed on the withheld amount from the date of vacating until payment, at a reasonable rate to be assessed if this matter is taken further

Days given to refund the depositNeeded

A plain number. Digits only — no words and no units beside them.

For example: 15

Where the refund should be sentNeeded

A long answer. Several lines are fine, and a break you make between paragraphs is the break the document keeps.

For example: By bank transfer to: [bank name, account number, IFSC, account holder name], or by a cheque delivered to my current address above.

How this notice is being sentNeeded

Registered post with acknowledgement due, and a copy by email/WhatsAppSpeed post, and a copy by email/WhatsAppEmail/WhatsApp only, to the contact details the landlord has used during the tenancy

Advocate's nameYou may leave this

City reserved for further action if this is not resolvedNeeded

For example: Ludhiana

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Date: __________

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Sub: DEMAND FOR REFUND OF SECURITY DEPOSIT — __________

Dear Sir/Madam,

1. I was your tenant at __________, under a tenancy agreement dated __________. I vacated the premises and handed back possession on __________. __________

2. I had paid you a security deposit of __________ at the commencement of the tenancy.

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4. __________

5. The net amount now due to me is __________.

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7. You are called upon to refund the amount due within __________ days of receipt of this notice, as follows: __________

8. Failing refund within that period, I shall be constrained to approach the Rent Controller, the appropriate consumer forum, or such other forum as advised, at __________, for recovery with interest and costs, at your risk and consequence.

This notice is sent: __________.

Yours faithfully,

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