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I’ve been living in a rented apartment in Bangalore for the past 2 years. The monthly maintenance for the society is ₹3,500.

The issue is: for these 2 years, I never paid the maintenance because my rental agreement says that maintenance was included/handled by the owner, so I never questioned it.

Now suddenly, the society association has come asking for the entire pending amount for 24 months — around ₹84,000.

My owner is a ultra high rich Dubai based businessman. He has kept a care taker who handles my apartment and many more.

I spoke to the caretaker about the situation, and he says either:

1. I pay should pay the amount as he always thought I have been paying and agreement was mistyped (yes, 2 agreements of past 2 years) or
2. He will pay it, but then I’ll need to vacate the apartment next month.

Problem is that my apartment rent is 28500 INR in HSR Layout which is really less. If I move out now, similar apartments in Bangalore are easily ₹40k+ rent, so relocating itself would cost me much more long term.

The caretaker has agreed to a split where he pays ₹34k and I pay ₹50k. And my rent will be increased to 30,000 from the current 28,500 INR. And I will have to pay the 3,500 maintainence every month going forward.

Morally, I feel this isn’t really my fault because I was under the impression that the owner was paying it all along. But practically, I’m wondering whether it makes more sense to just pay my share and continue staying there instead of going through the hassle and higher rent elsewhere.

Wanted opinions from people here:
- Has anyone faced something similar?
- Legally, can an owner suddenly ask a tenant to vacate over something like this?
- Does it make financial sense to just absorb the ₹50k and move on?

Would appreciate honest advice.

I’ve been living in a rented apartment in Bangalore for the past 2 years. The monthly maintenance for the society is ₹3,500.

The issue is: for these 2 years, I never paid the maintenance because my rental agreement says that maintenance was included/handled by the owner, so I never questioned it.

Now suddenly, the society association has come asking for the entire pending amount for 24 months — around ₹84,000.

My owner is a ultra high rich Dubai based businessman. He has kept a care taker who handles my apartment and many more.

I spoke to the caretaker about the situation, and he says either:

1. I pay should pay the amount as he always thought I have been paying and agreement was mistyped (yes, 2 agreements of past 2 years) or
2. He will pay it, but then I’ll need to vacate the apartment next month.

Problem is that my apartment rent is 28500 INR in HSR Layout which is really less. If I move out now, similar apartments in Bangalore are easily ₹40k+ rent, so relocating itself would cost me much more long term.

The caretaker has agreed to a split where he pays ₹34k and I pay ₹50k. And my rent will be increased to 30,000 from the current 28,500 INR. And I will have to pay the 3,500 maintainence every month going forward.

Morally, I feel this isn’t really my fault because I was under the impression that the owner was paying it all along. But practically, I’m wondering whether it makes more sense to just pay my share and continue staying there instead of going through the hassle and higher rent elsewhere.

Wanted opinions from people here:
- Has anyone faced something similar?
- Legally, can an owner suddenly ask a tenant to vacate over something like this?
- Does it make financial sense to just absorb the ₹50k and move on?

Would appreciate honest advice.