24. Right to recover immediate possession of premises to accrue to members of the armed forces, etc.-
(1) Where a person- (a) Is a released or retired person from any armed forces and the premises let out by him, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter, as the case may be, are required for his own residence, or
(b) Is a dependent of a member of any armed forces who has been killed in action and the premises let out by such members are required for the residence of the family of such member.
Such person, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter, as the case may be, may, within one year from the date of his release or retirement from such armed forces or, as the case may be, the date of death such member, or within a period of one year from the date of commencement of this Act, whichever is later, apply to the Rent Authority for recovery of immediate possession of such premises.
(2) Where a person is a member of any of the armed forced and has a period of less than one year preceding that date of his retirement and the premises let out by him, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter, as the case may be, are required for his own residence after his retirement, he, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter, as the case may be, may, at any time, within a period of one year before the date of his retirement, apply to the Rent Authority for recovery of immediate possession of such premises.
(3) Where the person, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter refereed to in sub section (1) or sub section (2) has let out more than one premises it shall be open to him, his spouse or his dependent son or daughter, as the case may be, to make an application under the sub section in respect of only one of the premises chosen.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section “armed forces” means an armed force of the Union constituted under an Act of Parliament and includes a member of the police force constituted under section3 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978).