[Letter to M K Tata]

Summary

This two-page letter, dated 18 August 1975 and signed by Mrs. Manorama Dandeker as Senior Partner, is addressed to M. K. Tata of Sassoon J. David & Co. Ltd. It concerns rent for a portion of the first floor of premises in Bombay. The sender explains that the firm became a sub-tenant when the Swatantra Party maintained its national headquarters there, and that the party subsequently merged into the Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD), a change she says was officially recognised by the Election Commission of India.

The letter reports competing demands for payment: the former Swatantra Party’s General Secretary and the BLD’s Executive Secretary each requested that the rent be paid to their organisation. The sender encloses an adviser’s opinion by N. Dandeker and proposes paying the rent directly to Tata while treating it as paid to the BLD account. The referenced annexures and adviser’s opinion are not included in the rendered pages.

Key points

• The letter seeks clarification over whom the sender should pay rent for occupied premises.
• The sender identifies the firm as a sub-tenant of part of the first floor at a rent of Rs. 500 per month.
• The premises had previously housed the Swatantra Party’s national headquarters.
• The letter states that the Swatantra Party merged into the Bharatiya Lok Dal and cites official recognition by the Election Commission of India.
• The former Swatantra Party and the BLD separately demanded payment of the rent.
• The sender relies on advice attributed to N. Dandeker and proposes direct payment to the landlord, treated as payment to the BLD account.
• The enclosures referred to in the letter are absent from the two rendered pages.