Written by Soham ShahPune | Updated: November 10, 2025 08:44 AM IST 4 min readDudi told The Indian Express that Amadea’s view was a misrepresentation of point 13, which does not grant the original watandars the right to deposit money and demand a regrant of the land.The now suspended Pune tehsildar, Suryakant Yewale, had reiterated the need to evict Botanical Survey of India (BSI) from the 44 acre plot in Koregaon Park in two letters within a month. The Mahar Watan plot, under the scanner for a controversial Rs 300 crore deal between Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth Pawar’s firm and a person holding the power of attorney of the original 272 watandars, is on lease to the BSI till 2038 by the government.Yewale was suspended for his involvement in the deal. District Collector Jitendra Dudi has termed the deal illegal and as going against the rules.Amadea Enterprises LLP, a firm in which Parth Pawar holds 99 per cent stake, wrote a letter to the tehsildar on May 26 informing him that the original farmers had deposited the occupancy price in December 2024. The firm claimed that according to point number 13 of the “lease deed”, the Botanical Survey of India should be asked to vacate this land.The letter said, “…it was explicitly stated (in point 13) that the lease shall stand terminated upon deposit of the occupancy price by the original farmers, requiring immediate vacating of the land by the lessee.”Based on this letter by Amadea Enterprises LLP, the tehsildar on June 9 wrote to the BSI asking them to vacate the said plot of land. The tehsildar reiterated Amadea’s point — as mentioned in point 13 of the lease deed, as the original watandars had paid the occupancy price, the land had to be vacated.An order from the 1999 district collector of Pune mentions point number 13 as, “The land at survey number 88, Mundhwa is a grant land under 6‘B’ and the related original owners of the land have requested a regrant of the land. No final decision has been taken on this and the decision taken will be binding on the Botanical Survey of India.”Dudi told The Indian Express that Amadea’s view was a misrepresentation of point 13, which does not grant the original watandars the right to deposit money and demand a regrant of the land.Story continues below this adProperty law expert advocate Yuvraj Narvankar, who practices at the Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India, told The Indian Express, “Clause 13 of the lease deed, which is being relied upon to claim the land, does not contemplate automatic termination of a lease. And this (regrant) is again subject to the fulfilment of all the conditions of a regrant. The letter by the tehsildar to the Botanical Survey of India reiterates what the company said without verifying the correctness of it. Apparently, there doesn’t seem to be an independent application of mind by the government authority (Tehsildar). Unless all the formalities are completed, such kind of a thing is too big to give away.”Following this, BSI wrote to the District Collector on June 16 requesting urgent intervention over the eviction notice they had received from the Tehsildar. The letter said that on July 16, a “group of individuals” arrived at the BSI garden in Koregaon park and “demanded that the premises be vacated immediately”.On June 26, the collector’s office then wrote to the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Pune sub-division, seeking a detailed inquiry into BSI’s letter and a reply filed in 24 hours. On July 14, the SDO Vithal Joshi wrote to the tehsildar demanding a detailed inquiry into the matter and a reply within 24 hours with related paperwork.On the same day, July 14, Yewale replied to the SDO’s letter reiterating the need for the eviction based on the same point number 13. Yewale wrote that accordingly, it was imperative that the collector’s office serve notice to BSI for the same.Soham is a Correspondent with the Indian Express in Pune. A journalism graduate, he was a fact-checker before joining the Express. Soham currently covers education and is also interested in civic issues, health, human rights, and politics. ... Read MoreClick here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:pune