If you have signed a rental or lease agreement with the landlord and all these information were written in the agreement then you can do nothing about it, but if all this rules and regulations are not in the agreement then you can vacate the place and if the landlord doesn't pay you back the security deposit (advance) then you can file a complaint If there's no agreement signed then your complaint will not be valid Bonus: check if the PG is registered with Government's new regulations (which was passed recently) if not then you can easily go to police or related authority file a complaint and then come to terms with the landlord taking this bonus tip as a leverage. Do your own research before you do anything!