Is this Rental Agreement valid for claiming HRA when filing income tax returns ? Please help!
Image 1: Original rental agreement drafted for the year 2022-2023.
Image 2 - 1st half: Same Agreement extended for year 2023-2024.
Image 2 - 2nd half: Same Agreement as of last 2 years extended for 2024-2025(which i forgot to provide as proof to the company)
Backside of Page 1 of the original rental agreement
Context:
IT employee here. I forgot to provide rental agreement as part of my investment proofs and as a result, i will be getting very less in-hand salary for next 3 months.
I have the rental agreement which i am planning to use to claim HRA during upcoming income tax filing. I want to understand if the agreement i have can be used as a valid proof for filing my returns or is a new notarized agreement mandatory?