PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 3 -- The Allahabad high court has held that the absence of a written tenancy agreement or not furnishing particulars of tenancy do not bar the jurisdiction of rent authority.

The court further held that under the Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021, the rent authority has the jurisdiction to entertain landlord's application for eviction of tenant where no written tenancy agreement has been executed and the landlord has also failed to furnish the particulars of tenancy.

The court emphasised that the state legislature's conscious decision to omit the "fatal consequences" found in the Central Model Tenancy Act ensures that landlords are not deprived of their right to seek expedient eviction due to t...