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Vacant Possession Handover Letter and No-Dues Certificate

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Also called

  • Handover Letter
  • Possession Handover Letter
  • No Dues Certificate
  • NDC
  • NOC for Vacant Possession
  • Flat Vacating Letter
  • Move-out Clearance Letter
  • Security Deposit Refund Receipt

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When you need it

For the day a tenant hands back keys — records possession given, inspection/meter readings, cleared dues, and that neither side can reopen it later.

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What follows is the position for this kind of document. The amount is set by the state the property is in and it changes, so the figure for your own state is worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office before you pay anything.

Stamp duty

No state stamp duty on the letter itself. Article 53, Schedule I, Stamp Act 1899 needs a Re 1 revenue stamp on a receipt over Rs 5,000 (s.30) — affix it beside the Tenant's signature in clause 8 if the cash/cheque refund exceeds Rs 5,000; NEFT/IMPS/UPI needs none, the bank record is proof. Different if surrendering a registered lease early — that's a taxable release/surrender.

Registration

Not registrable. S.17(1)(b), Registration Act 1908 needs registration for a Rs 100+ property interest, s.17(1)(d) for leases over a year — neither applies, since the tenancy already ended (s.111, TPA 1882); this just records possession/accounts settled. Exception: cutting a registered 12+ month lease short mid-term is a surrender needing its own deed (a full-term Maharashtra leave-and-licence, s.55, Rent Control Act 1999, needs none).

Notarisation

Not required, except for large sums, bad-terms partings, or a risk of later denial. Cheaper protection matters more: date-stamped photos of each room/meter, both initialling every page, each side keeping a signed original.

Witnesses

Not legally required, but two adult witnesses present at handover, unrelated to either party, are the norm — full name, address and phone, not just a signature, so they're traceable.

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VACANT POSSESSION HANDOVER LETTER AND NO-DUES CERTIFICATE

Signed at Pune on 1 April 2026

Between

1. Mrs. Anjali R. Deshpande, of Flat 402, Sunrise Residency, Baner Road, Pune 411045 — referred to as the Landlord

2. Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, until now the tenant of the Property and now residing at B-11, Green Meadows, Wakad, Pune 411057 — referred to as the Tenant

The Landlord and the Tenant are together referred to as the Parties.


1. What this letter is about

1.1 The Landlord let out the property described in Schedule A (the Property) to the Tenant under a tenancy agreement dated 2 April 2026 (the Tenancy Agreement).

1.2 The tenancy has come to an end. The agreed term of the Tenancy Agreement ran its full course and ended on the Handover Date.

1.3 The Tenant has moved out and handed the Property back. This letter records what was handed over, the condition and meter readings on that day, that all dues are cleared, how the security deposit has been settled, and that neither Party has any further claim against the other arising out of the tenancy.

1.4 This letter is the record of a completed handover. It does not create, continue, extend or renew any tenancy, licence or other right of the Tenant in the Property.

2. Vacant possession (kabza) handed over

2.1 The Tenant handed over, and the Landlord accepted, quiet, peaceful and vacant physical possession of the Property on 3 April 2026 at about 5:30 PM (the Handover Date).

2.2 On the Handover Date the Property was free of the Tenant's belongings and of every person claiming through or under the Tenant. Nobody is left in occupation.

2.3 The Tenant handed over the following keys and access items, and the Landlord confirms receiving all of them: 3 main door keys, 1 duplicate main door key, 2 bedroom keys, 1 letterbox key, 2 society access cards, 1 parking sticker, 1 gate remote, 1 Wi-Fi router with adapter.

2.4 The Tenant has not kept any key, duplicate key, access card, remote, fob or access password for the Property, and will not enter the Property after the Handover Date except with the Landlord's permission.

2.5 If the Tenant has left anything behind, the Landlord will hold it for the Tenant for seven days from the Handover Date. If it is not collected within that time, the Landlord may remove or dispose of it, and the Tenant will have no claim for it or for its value.

3. Joint inspection, inventory and condition

3.1 The Parties inspected the Property together on the Handover Date, room by room, before the keys changed hands.

3.2 The inventory list signed at the start of the tenancy was checked item by item, and every item was found present and in working order, apart from normal wear and tear.

3.3 The inspection record — the fixtures, fittings, appliances and furniture checked, and anything found missing, damaged or replaced — is set out in Schedule B.

3.4 The Landlord accepts that the Property has been returned in the condition recorded in Schedule B, allowing for normal wear and tear from ordinary use over the period of the tenancy. The Landlord will not make any further claim about the condition of the Property, its fixtures or its contents after signing this letter. This does not apply to a defect that the Tenant deliberately concealed and that a reasonable joint inspection could not have revealed.

3.5 Photographs of the Property and its meters taken by either Party on the Handover Date, and kept with the signed copies of this letter, form part of the agreed record.

4. Meter readings and utilities

4.1 The final meter readings were taken jointly on the Handover Date and are recorded in Schedule C.

4.2 All electricity, water, piped gas and other utility bills for the Property have been paid in full up to the Handover Date, and the paid receipts have been shown to the Landlord.

4.3 Every electricity, water, piped gas, internet, DTH, cable and telephone charge for the period up to and including the Handover Date is the Tenant's responsibility. Everything for the period after the Handover Date is the Landlord's.

4.4 Where any utility connection or utility security deposit stands in the Tenant's name, the Parties will sign whatever the utility provider requires so that the connection is transferred back to the Landlord, or the utility's own security deposit is refunded to the Tenant, as the case may be. Neither Party will unreasonably delay doing this.

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