Under the provisions of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, a sepcial authority has been constituted to deal with the cases relating to disputes between a licensor and licensee in respect of residential properties with a mandate to decide such cases within a period of 6 months.
The terms of the lease deed would govern the rights in the struture standing on the land. Usually, there is a provision for renewal of the lease and the lease deed in most cases is for a considerable period of time, thus rights in the structure in most cases remains unaffected.