By Admin 
Evasion of stamp duty has come to light in the case of land purchase in Mundhwa area of Pune city. The duty department has constituted a committee under my chairmanship in this matter, which will submit its report in seven days. A criminal case will be registered against those who have committed fraud by preparing fake documents, said cum registration inspector general Rajendra Munthe.
Pune District Magistrate has also submitted a report in this regard, in which it is clearly stated that there have been irregularities in land transactions. Due to this, a big financial scam has come to light in the purchase of this land for the company of Partha Pawar, son of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. On this, Ajit Pawar has distanced himself from the matter, while Parth Pawar will clarify his role in a press conference tomorrow.
What things came out in the report?
It has been said in the report that on the 7/12 slip attached with the said document, the name of the usufructuary holder is recorded as ‘Mumbai Government’ and it is further written that this 7/12 has been cancelled. This makes it clear that the property was owned by the government, and permission or NOC from the competent authority was required before registration of this document. But registration was done without such certificate, which has led to serious irregularities.
In this case, the then assistant sub-registrar Ravindra Taru has been suspended. The department has said that action will be taken against whoever is found guilty. According to the Industrial Policy of 2023, exemption in stamp duty has been given for data center and IT companies. The company had given a letter for this exemption, now clarification will be sought from the Industries Department on this. According to the report, this transaction is technically complex and false documents have been used, hence a criminal case can also be registered against the company.
Exemption in stamp duty, but Rs 6 crore payable
The document lists the market value of the property as ₹294.65 crore and the deal value as ₹300 crore. According to Section 25(b) of Maharashtra Stamp Act, 5% stamp duty, 1% local body tax and 1% metro tax i.e. a total duty of ₹ 21 crore was payable. The company had attached the letter of intent of the Industries Centre, Pune and the notification of the Revenue Department dated 01/02/2024.
According to this, after taking exemption in stamp duty, registration was done only on stamp of ₹ 500. However, the report said that even if the stamp duty exemption was valid, the exemption of 1% local body tax and 1% metro tax (totaling ₹6 crore) could not be given. Thus, the government has suffered a loss of approximately ₹6 crore, it has been mentioned in the District Magistrate’s report.