The engagement of a paid caretaker to look after a property, without any interest in it
Executed at Mohali on 1 April 2026.
1. The Owner — Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, son of Harbhajan Singh Sandhu, resident of House No. 1147, Sector 70, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 160071, mobile +91 XXXXX XXXXX, email gurpreet.sandhu@example.com ("the Owner").
2. The Caretaker — Ram Prasad, son of Shiv Prasad, of Village Dhakoli, Tehsil Dera Bassi, District SAS Nagar, Punjab, mobile +91 XXXXX XXXXX, who has shown the Owner voter identity card ending 3321 ("the Caretaker").
A. The Owner owns the property at House No. 1147, Sector 70, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 160071, in Punjab: A two-storey house on a plot of 250 square yards, with a covered car porch ("the Property").
B. The Owner engages the Caretaker, for a wage, to look after the Property on the Owner's behalf.
1.1 The Owner engages the Caretaker from 2 April 2026 until the engagement is ended under clause 5.
1.2 The Caretaker's working hours are: 8 am to 8 pm, six days a week, Tuesday off.
1.3 The Owner will pay the Caretaker a wage of ₹15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) a month, on or before day 7 of the following month, by bank transfer or against a signed receipt. The wage is not less than the minimum wage payable to the Caretaker under the law in force.
1.4 The Caretaker consents to the Owner having the Caretaker's antecedents verified by the police.
2.1 The Caretaker will carry out these duties:
Open and air every room twice a week; water the garden; read the electricity and water meters on the 1st of each month; keep the gate locked; send the Owner a photograph of the front of the house every Sunday
2.2 In every case the Caretaker will tell the Owner at once of any trespass, attempt to occupy, damage, theft, leak or fire, any notice from an authority, and any visit by anyone claiming a right to the Property.
2.3 The Owner advances ₹3,000 (Rupees Three Thousand only) for small expenses of the Property. The Caretaker will keep the bills, account for every payment, and return any balance on demand.
3.1 The Caretaker is not a tenant or a licensee of the Property, and pays no rent or fee for it. Possession of the Property stays at all times with the Owner, and any presence of the Caretaker on the Property is on the Owner's behalf.
3.2 The Caretaker does not live at the Property.
3.3 Nothing the Caretaker does, and no length of time the Caretaker spends at the Property, gives the Caretaker any right, title or interest in it, or any right to stay there after the engagement ends.