House Owner — Deposit is Not refunded back even after 10 months of vacating house

Hi Sir,

I have taken a 1BHK house for rent in January 2016 @ Sri Sastha Apartment in Vignana nagar, Bangalore - 560075 by paying deposit amount of 50, 000 rs & Rent as 10, 000 rs + 1000 rs as maintenance( There are no backup & No lift in that apartment). Then from every year onwards rent was increased 5-7 % without fail.

Due to Covid & Extended Work From Home support given from my office, I shifted house to my home town by 27th October 2020 with prior intimation to the owner. I called my owner & informed on 4th Oct about vacating by month End. But owner son Raghu (who was dealing for all the rental transfer & other activities) started telling he need 2 month notices but as per agreement it is one month notice.

Over the phone i agreed for 45 days notice period then i alone reached bangalore to vacate house ( but he didnt visit saying he has festival at home) i agreed & vacated the house on 27th Oct- 2020.

After one week i returned bangalore with prior intimation to handover the house key, after reaching bangalore he informed as he is out of station. Then Considering Covid situation & travelling from home town again i told him over the call that i will hand over the key to security.

After one week, he called me started shouted & Harassing that i damaged his house & water fitting, Bathroom tiles. Actually there was nothing broken or damaged, due to salt water. Bathroom taps &
tiles are whitened.

Then i told him, please take amount for bathroom acid cleaning & return the remaining amount, instead of listing my words he started threatening like you come to bangalore & fix everything. You know who i am, how much balance i am having, i know a lot of big people in your state also.

Then later one month i waited from him to return my advance back, he didnt return or not taking my mobile calls also, he only responsed in whatsapp saying that alot of his house are also vacated so he will give once someone occupy his house.

Note : He was telling me to bring new tenant, I will tried also tried the same in social websites.

after following multiple times, he was not responding so i started talking to his father from december onwards( he is the guy we actually met in 2016 to get house key). He was asking me some time to get new tenant.

But now he is also not responding me disconnecting my calls saying don't disturb.

Now its hardly 8 Months over, single rupees is not returned from my house owners. Over the Period i was mentally & financially disturbed by this people.

Now i am not sure of what else i can do further to get my advance back.

Note: Even During Covid Situation, this guys increase rent to 5% during April 2020 Even thought i asked them to hold any new rent hike till covid is over.

Till September 2020 i Paid rent to this guy Raghu every month before 5th of each month without fail to his bank account.

Note: I can produce bank statements till september 2020 for rental paid

Note: He has actually behaved same way(like threatening/not returning deposit amount )to other tenant in my building.

Details of Building

664, 3rd floor, 302, sri sastha apartment, 15th cross, kuvempu road, Vignana nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560075.

Owner Details

Raghunath :[protected]
His father Kengappa: [protected].

Please help me get my deposit amount back.

Thanks!
Manikandan.R ( Contact Number: [protected])