Where any sum or other
consideration has been paid, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, by or on behalf of a
tenant to a landlord, in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of the Delhi and Ajmer Rent
Control Act, 1952 (38 of 1952), the Controller may, on an application made to him within a period of one
year from the date of such payment, order the landlord to refund such sum or the value of such consideration
to the tenant or order adjustment of such sum or the value of such consideration against the rent payable by
the tenant.
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