India, Nov. 13 -- Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said he would seek a clarification from the stamps and registration department over a notice issued to Amadea Enterprises LLP, a firm linked to deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar, demanding payment of double stamp duty of about Rs.42 crore, even though the controversial Mundhwa land deal is being cancelled.

The joint inspector general of registration had served the notice last Friday, directing the company to pay double stamp duty before executing a cancellation deed for the land in Pune's Mundhwa area.

The land transaction - valued at Rs.300 crore for a plot allegedly worth Rs.1,800 crore - has sparked political outrage, prompting Ajit ...