Rs 300 Crore Mundhwa Land Row: Pune Administration Refuses to Withdraw Suit, Claims 40-Acre Plot Belongs to State

Koregaon Park, 31st July 2026: The Pune district administration has refused to withdraw its independent civil suit over the ownership of a 40-acre land parcel in Mundhwa, maintaining that the property belongs to the State government despite a district court cancelling the disputed ₹300-crore land transaction.

Officials said the administration would continue pursuing its claim, arguing that the district court’s order in a separate civil dispute did not conclusively determine the ownership of the land. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Friday.

The dispute centres on a 40-acre parcel of land in Mundhwa that the district administration claims is government-owned. The land was allegedly sold by power-of-attorney holder Sheetal Tejwani to Digvijay Patil, a shareholder in Amadea Enterprises LLP, which has been linked to MP Parth Pawar, for ₹300 crore.

Tejwani had approached the district court, stating that although a sale agreement had been executed, she had not received any payment and the property had not been transferred in the buyer’s name. Accepting her plea, the court cancelled the sale deed and permitted the parties to seek a refund of the stamp duty paid on the transaction.

The court also observed that since the sale transaction had not been completed, possession of the land would continue to remain with the existing cultivators (kuls).

Before this order, the Pune district administration had independently filed a civil suit, contending that the land belongs to the State government and that the transaction was illegal. It sought cancellation of the sale deed on those grounds.

Following the district court’s decision in the dispute between Tejwani and Amadea Enterprises LLP, both parties reportedly requested the district administration to withdraw its separate suit, arguing that the sale deed had already been cancelled.

However, the administration declined the request, stating that the court’s order did not settle the question of ownership or recognise the State government’s claim over the land.

Officials reiterated that the administration continues to maintain that the land is government property. They added that a proposal has already been submitted to the State government to transfer the land to the Botanical Survey of India, reinforcing the administration’s ownership claim.

“The question of withdrawing the case does not arise. The administration will continue to pursue its claim before the court,” officials said.

The district administration’s suit is scheduled to come up for hearing on Friday. The proceedings are expected to focus on the government’s ownership claim and could have significant implications for the future of the disputed land and the ongoing legal battle.