Fair-rent assessment requires consideration of lease terms, valuation principles and market rent; the deficient certificate was quashed for reconsideration.

A rent reasonableness certificate must be based on the relevant lease deed and prescribed material governing assessment or reassessment of fair rent. The hiring committee had received but failed to consider the lease deed, recognised valuation principles, and prevailing market rent as applicable methods for determining reasonable rent. As the certificate was issued without considering material directly relevant to rent determination, it was quashed. The matter was remitted for reconsideration in accordance with the lease deed and applicable fair-rent assessment material.

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Issues: Whether the rent reasonableness certificate was validly issued without considering the lease deed and the prescribed material for assessment or reassessment of fair rent.

Analysis: The hiring committee had been furnished with the lease deed but did not consider it while fixing rent. It also failed to consider the applicable assessment or reassessment material prescribing recognised valuation principles and prevailing market rent as alternative methods for determining reasonable rent. The certificate was therefore issued without consideration of material relevant to the determination.

Conclusion: The rent reasonableness certificate was quashed, and the matter was directed to be reconsidered in accordance with the relevant lease deed and fair-rent assessment material, in favour of the petitioner.

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