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A three-member investigation panel led by the Joint Inspector General of Registration has raised serious red flags over a roughly INR 300-crore land deal in Pune's Mundhwa area. The 40-acre parcel, officially government land, was sold to Amadea Enterprises LLP, where Parth Pawar is a partner. The report indicts a suspended sub-registrar and two associates, but clears Parth Pawar because his name does not appear on transaction records. Among its recommendations are stricter checks on stamp duty waivers and tighter documentation requirements.
A probe committee headed by the Joint Inspector General of Registration has identified serious procedural violations in a land deal involving a 40-acre parcel in Mundhwa, Pune, valued at roughly INR 300 crore and sold to Amadea Enterprises LLP, a firm in which Parth Pawar is a partner. Advertisement
The panel has indicted three people named in the police FIR: suspended sub-registrar Ravindra Taru, Amadea's partner Digvijay Patil, and Sheetal Tejwani, who held power of attorney on behalf of a group of landholders. Notably, Parth Pawar has not been named in the report, as his name does not appear on any of the registration or sale documents.
According to the report, the plot in question is government-owned, and yet it was registered in a way that bypassed key checks. The committee observed that Taru failed to verify the necessary no-objection certificate from the competent authority before registering the deed. Moreover, the sale was processed at an extremely low stamp duty rate: instead of paying what would typically be several crores, the buyer paid only INR 500 after claiming an exemption.
The panel also pointed out that such exemptions can create major risk to revenue. To guard against similar cases in future, it recommended that stamp duty exemption requests should be vetted and approved by the collector (stamp). It has also referenced Section 18-K of the Registration Act, 1908, suggesting that records be accepted only when a fresh 7/12 extract (not older than one month) and proper proof of ownership are submitted.
Further, the panel referred to a notification issued earlier this year making it mandatory for sub-registrars not to register deals involving government-owned property. It argued that this restriction should extend even to cases where government ownership or interest is not clearly established.
Following the report, the IGR's office has issued a notice to Amadea Enterprises demanding payment of about INR 42 crore in stamp duty now that the Mundhwa deal has been cancelled. The firm was given seven days to respond, though it had initially asked for 15 days.
In response to the controversy, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he was not aware of any financial transaction in the deal, and insisted that his son Parth and his partner had not paid any money and never took possession. He also placed responsibility on the sub-registrar's conduct, arguing that proper checks were not carried out.
Source PTI
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