Parth Pawar's firm seeks time on Rs 21 cr stamp duty notice in Pune land deal

A company linked to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawars son Parth Pawar has sought 15 more days to respond to a notice directing it to pay Rs 21 crore towards stamp duty in a Pune land deal case reported news agency PTIAmadea Enterprises LLP in which Parth Pawar is a majority partner approached the Inspector General of Registrations office on the last day of its notice expiry on Monday which had granted the firm seven days to respondA team of lawyers approached the IGR office with an authority letter to represent the firm and its partner Digvijay Patil and submitted an application seeking extension of 15 more days to respond to the notice directing the firm to pay Rs 21 crore as stamp duty a senior IGR office said reported PTIThe application has been accepted and the decision to grant an extension will be taken by senior officials he added reported PTIThe Rs 300crore deal to sell a 40acre land parcel in the prime Mundhwa area to the firm came under scrutiny after it was found that the land belongs to the government and the firm was exempted from paying the stamp dutyFollowing the controversy an offence was registered against Digvijay Patil and others including a government official Parth Pawar was not named in the FIRAmid a political firestorm Ajit Pawar announced that the Pune land deal would be scrappedAn inquiry by the IGR office had indicted Patil Shital Tejwani who held the power of attorney and subregistrar Ravindra Taru who facilitated the sale deed of the land for irregularitiesI have no connection will not tolerate any wrongdoing Ajit Pawar on Pune land dealEarlier Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had said that he has no connection with the alleged multicrore land deal in Pune involving his son Parth PawarEmphasising transparency and accountability Pawar said he will never support anyone flouting rules adding that even those close to him are not exempt from following due process reported news agency ANIHis reaction followed the Maharashtra governments initiation of a highlevel inquiry into the alleged land scamI only want to say that whatever reports are being run are not known to me I have no connection with the issue I had already clarified that I will not tolerate any wrongdoing I will analyse the details of the case personally Ajit Pawar told reportersI have never called any officer to benefit any of our relatives or any party worker If anyone is doing wrong or against the set norms I will never support them I always abide by the rules and regulations CM should definitely inquire into the matter and find the truth behind it All the rules should be followed and no one should flout the rules Even those close to me are not allowed to surpass the rules he added reported ANIWith inputs from PTI and ANI