The Maharashtra government on Thursday (Nov 06, 2025) ordered a high-level inquiry, suspended two persons and registered a police complaint into the alleged ₹300 crore land deal controversy allegedly involving Partha Pawar, son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Opposition parties have asked for a judicial investigation. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered an inquiry into the land deal to be headed by Vikas Kharge, Additional Principal Secretary, Revenue Department.
“It will look into whether it was reservation land or government land, allegations of illegality of the land deal, whether due process was followed,” a senior officer told The Hindu. Meanwhile, the tehsildar and sub-registrar were suspended from government service. The names of the suspended officials are Suryakant Yewale and RB Taru.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, “I have sought information from the revenue department and also land records in this matter. I have also been deputed to investigate the issue. Prima facie the issue appears to be serious but I still do not have complete information. The Deputy Chief Minister will also not support it. We have jointly decided that strict action will be taken if there are irregularities.”
According to government officials, 16.19 hectares of government land was sold to Amadea Enterprises LLP, in which Parth Pawar is a partner. While the market price of the land is said to be ₹1600-1800 crore, it sold for ₹300 crore. The purchase agreement document, issued by the Registration and Stamps Department on May 20, names Digvijay Amarsinh Patil, Mr. Parth’s partner and co-founder of Amadea Enterprises LLP, as the buyer. A stamp duty of ₹500 was collected for the land deal.
The sub-registrar was suspended because a land deal that was supposed to fetch the government ₹21 crore as stamp duty was registered on a ₹500 stamp paper, causing a loss to the exchequer. According to documents accessed by The Hindu, even if the land deal exemption is granted, it should fetch ₹6 crore for the government. According to Mr. Taru’s suspension order, accessed by The Hindu, “serious irregularities and loss of revenue were prima facie observed. It is important to take disciplinary action for these preliminary irregularities.”
The joint registrar registered a police complaint at the Bawdhan police station in Pimpri Chinchwad regarding the same issue. An FIR was registered when this report went to print.
Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi said, “This land could not be sold as it is government land. The transaction was done to keep the finance department in the dark. Strict action will be taken against the officials who did not check the details of the transaction.”
DCM Ajit Pawar distanced himself from the deal and said, “I am not in any capacity directly associated with the deal. But I was looking for full information, two to three months ago I came to know about something like this. I clearly instructed them that I will not tolerate anything illegal and nobody should do that. I don’t know what happened after that.”
‘₹21 crore stamp duty waived off’
“The market value of the land would be at least ₹ 1,600-1,800 crore. It was not just an irregular deal. The law was broken and there were serious irregularities. The question is why stamp duty of ₹ 21 crore was waived at prevailing rates on a deal worth ₹ 300 crore,” The Puactivne harRTIija told The Hindu.
He posted the document on X and said: “Was it because the buyer happens to be the son of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar? When a common man buys a small flat, he pays thousands in stamp duty. Then how do the ultra-rich get ‘special exemptions’ for land worth crores? One rule for the powerful, another for the people?”
Meanwhile, the opposition has asked for a judicial inquiry into the matter.
But NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule and Parth Pawar’s aunt backed him and said, “I trust him (Parth Pawar). Everything is confusing…who is running the government? Who is in the decision-making process? The CM has issued an order; does that mean the transaction has taken place? As for government land, how is it being sold? Tehsildar has no idea what exactly is about the transactions?” she asked.
An FIR has been registered at Bawdhan police station against three persons namely Sheetal Tejwani, Digvijay Amarsingh Patil and Ravindra Taru for conspiring to cause a loss of ₹6 crore to the exchequer by evading stamp duty. Sheetal Tejwani is the Power of Attorney for the Descendants of the Original Land Owners, Digvijay Paril is the Authorized Signatory of the LLP and Ravindra Taru is the Suspended Sub-Registrar. The FIR was registered under Section 316(5), 318(2), 35 BNS and Section 59 Maharashtra Stamps Act.
Published – 07 Nov 2025 04:30 IST
