TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is proposing to sign three-year lease deeds with legitimate occupants of shops at its market complex with stringent conditions to clamp down on subletting and other violations that had continued unabated during the last over five years.
A glimpse at the draft lease deed indicates that the an occupant will be liable to pay to the lessor (the CCP) a lease fee of Rs 256 per sqm per month as certified by the government through the Executive Engineer, PWD, this September.
In addition, the lessee will also be liable to pay to the CCP, electricity charges, water consumption charges, payable to the respective departments of the government, in respect of the leased premises.
In addition, they will have to pay 20 per cent of the total lease fees per month towards the sinking fund which will be maintained by the CCP commencing from the execution of this deed which may be revised at the end of the third year .
The occupants will also have to pay an average of the charges of common utilities like maintenance charges, water, sewerage and electricity, used by all the lessees.
The draft lease deed is set to be discussed at the CCP meeting scheduled sometime this week and will be signed with the market tenants as soon as the Corporation members consent to the draft.
All charges, fees, fines will be discussed in detail and finalised by at the CCP meeting. The deed which appear to be carefully drafted clearly states that the occupant with whom the lease deed is being signed shall use the leased premises solely for the purpose for which the lease is granted, and shall maintain the leased premises in a good and proper condition, and carry out necessary repairs or renovation at their own costs after obtaining necessary consents from the CCP.
The draft says that the lessees shall not transfer or assign or sublease any right created under this deed or shall not induct any third party in the said premises or any part thereof either under any arrangement or under the guise of a partnership or assignment or any other kind of arrangement with any such third party.
Any breach on this aspect will result in termination of the agreement between the CCP and the occupant.
While renewal of the lease is not a right of the lessee, a renewal if proposed to be executed, according to the draft shall not be of a duration or term of more than 3 years.
The agreement does not provide for an automatic renewal under whatsoever circumstances and as such further renewal, if agreed upon shall be necessarily documented through a separate lease deed.
The draft also adds that on expiry of the duration of term of this lease or of the duration or term of the renewal, the lessee shall immediately vacate the leased premises along with all belongings and personnel, leaving the leased premises vacant and in the condition it was delivered by the CCP.
In the event the lessee fails to hand over the leased premises within 48 hours from the date of expiry of the said leased or efflux of time, the CCP shall have the liberty to take possession of the said shop and the lessee shall not have the right to object to the same.
The CCP however also gives the occupant with whom it is signing the deed the facilities of setting up signboards and signages as per rules and regulations.
The occupants will also have to pay an average of the charges of common utilities like maintenance charges, water, sewerage and electricity, used by all the lessees
