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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar connected Saturday (December 13, 2025) said officials liable for registering documents should person refused to process agreements that were not permissible nether the instrumentality and intelligibly informed the parties acrophobic astir specified limitations.
His comments came against the backdrop of a announcement issued by the lawman registrar to the steadfast of his son, Parth Pawar, seeking ₹21 crore successful stamp work and penalties successful transportation with a arguable onshore woody successful Pune.
Recently, the Bombay High Court raised crisp questions regarding the constabulary probe into the onshore deal, suggesting authorities mightiness beryllium shielding Parth Pawar by failing to sanction him successful the FIR.
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Ajit Pawar sought to dispel perceptions stemming from a Bill cleared by the Legislative Assembly connected Friday (December 12, 2025), which empowers the Revenue Minister to clasp hearings successful contentious cases related to the IGR.
Mr. Pawar said those who registered specified documents were astatine fault, and officials should person exercised owed diligence astatine the clip of registration.
"The officials who received the documents for registration of a woody should person refused to registry it. They should person intelligibly informed the parties that specified an statement cannot beryllium processed," said the Deputy Chief Minister.
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When asked astir allegations that the Bill was moved to support Mr. Parth, who holds a 99% equity involvement successful Amadea Enterprises LLP, Aijt Pawar reiterated that work laic with the registering authorities.
"We are elected representatives successful the House, and radical person voted for us. We are escaped to instrumentality decisions oregon marque amendments we find suitable," helium said erstwhile asked astir the intent down the amendment.
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has said that nether the earlier provision, complainants dissatisfied with decisions astatine the level of the IGR had to attack the High Court. After the amendment, specified complainants tin present attack the Revenue Minister, who volition beryllium authorised to clasp hearings successful these matters.
He besides stated that definite transactions person caused fiscal losses to the authorities exchequer, necessitating a much effectual redressal mechanism.
The merchantability of 40 acres of onshore successful Pune's upscale Mundhwa country for ₹300 crore to Amadea Enterprises LLP, successful which Parth Pawar is simply a bulk partner, came nether scrutiny aft it emerged that the crippled belongs to the authorities and it could not beryllium sold. The steadfast was besides allegedly exempted from paying ₹21 crore successful stamp duty.
A committee headed by the Joint Inspector General of Registration (IGR) had indicted Digvijay Patil (Parth Pawar's concern spouse and cousin), Sheetal Tejwani (who held the powerfulness of lawyer connected behalf of the onshore sellers), and sub-registrar Ravindra Taru. They were named successful an FIR registered astatine a constabulary presumption successful Pune. “Parth Pawar was not named arsenic his sanction didn't look connected immoderate document,” a elder authoritative had said.
