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Parth Pawar-linked firm's tax appeal sent to top official
A company called Amadea Enterprises is in trouble over a piece of land in Mundhwa.
The government says the company must pay about 21 crore rupees in tax, plus extra money called interest.
The company disagrees and wants to appeal against the order.
First, it asked an office in Pune to review the decision, but that office said no.
So the company took its case to the state government of Maharashtra.
A minister named Chandrashekhar Bawankule is the person who gets such appeals.
But this company is connected to a politician named Parth Pawar, who is a member of Parliament.
The minister was worried that if he decided the case himself, people might think he was biased because of politics.
So he sent the appeal to another top official named Radhika Rastogi to handle it.
That official will now give a decision soon.
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule forwarded an appeal by Amadea Enterprises LLP, a firm linked to NCP MP Parth Pawar, to Additional Chief Secretary (Appeals and Security) Radhika Rastogi.
The appeal challenges an order directing the firm to pay the full Rs 21 crore tax amount along with interest in the Mundhwa land deal irregularities case.
The firm's earlier appeal had been rejected by the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (CCRA) in Pune, after which it approached the state government.
Bawankule said he forwarded the case to avoid a possible political controversy given Parth Pawar's connection to the firm.
The minister made the announcement at a press conference in Pune on August 13.
- Who
- Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, NCP MP Parth Pawar, the firm Amadea Enterprises LLP, and Additional Chief Secretary (Appeals and Security) Radhika Rastogi
- What
- An appeal by Parth Pawar-linked firm Amadea Enterprises against an order to pay Rs 21 crore tax plus interest in the Mundhwa land deal case was forwarded to a top official.
- Where
- Maharashtra, India (Pune; related to the Mundhwa land deal)
- When
- August 13, announced at a press conference in Pune
- Why
- To avoid a possible political controversy, since Parth Pawar is connected to the firm and Bawankule said presiding over the appeal himself could have a political angle.
Key facts
- Firm
- Amadea Enterprises LLP
- Tax amount
- Rs 21 crore plus interest
- Case
- Mundhwa land deal irregularities
- Revenue Minister
- Chandrashekhar Bawankule
- Appeal forwarded to
- Additional Chief Secretary (Appeals and Security) Radhika Rastogi
- Earlier rejection
- Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (CCRA), Pune
- Date announced
- August 13
- Politically-linked person
- NCP MP Parth Pawar
Quotes
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Maharashtra Revenue Minister
“That case has come to my court. I have sent that case to ACS Appeal because when a case comes to us, we forward it.”
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