India, Nov. 19 -- Amadea Enterprises, the company in which deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar is a director - has been given seven days to respond to a notice demanding Rs.42 crore in unpaid and cancellation- related stamp duty linked to the contentious purchase of nearly 40 acres of Mahar Watan land in the Mundhwa-Koregaon Park area. Mahar Watan land refers to land historically granted by the British to the Mahar community in Maharashtra in lieu of their hereditary village service.

When it emerged that Amadea has acquired Mahar Watan land - which cannot be sold, transferred or mortgaged without prior government approval - a political storm was triggered. Officials said that the firm undervalued the land and claimed a 5% ...