The agreement decides. The IGR model agreement gives two choices. In the first, the owner pays all outgoings, including maintenance charges. In the second, the licensee pays the maintenance charges and the owner still pays rates, taxes and non-occupancy charges. Pick one and write it in the agreement.
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What the record says
- Choice 1: owner pays all outgoings, including maintenance, rates, taxes and non-occupancy charges.
- Choice 2: licensee pays maintenance charges. Owner pays rates, taxes, levies and non-occupancy charges.
- In both choices the owner pays the non-occupancy charge.
- The Act's repair duty (section 14) is written for a tenant. It was not read as covering a licensee.
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The basis
[ THE PRACTICE ]
IGR Maharashtra model Leave and License agreement, clause 4, read 14 Oct 2026. Common practice, not law.
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Sources
Where it comes from. Level 1 is a government page; level 2 established press; level 3 a portal. Our own read of public listings is named as ours.
- IGR Maharashtra, model Leave and License agreement (clause 4, maintenance charges), https://efilingigr.maharashtra.gov.in/ereg/downloadstuff/LAndL.pdf, level 1, read 14 October 2026
- IGR Maharashtra, Leave and License 2.0 User Manual (file dated 17 Feb 2025), https://leaveandlicense.igrmaharashtra.gov.in/pdf/L%26L%202.0%20V09-%20User%20Manual.pdf, level 1, read 14 October 2026
- Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (full text, maharashtra.gov.in), https://maharashtra.gov.in/Upload/PDF/THE_MAHARASHTRA_RENT_CONTROL_ACT.pdf, level 1, read 14 October 2026
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