Pune, Dec. 9 -- The Maharashtra Animal Husbandry Department on Monday approached the Pune civil court seeking the cancellation of a sale deed for a 15-acre (6.32-hectare) government-owned plot in Tathawade, Pimpri-Chinchwad. The land was allegedly sold illegally in a private transaction for just Rs.33 crore, despite state rules classifying it as non-transferable without prior government approval. "The papers have been handed over to the government pleader, and the application process has been completed. The petition was scheduled to be filed before the civil court on Monday (December 8)," said Amol Sharad Aher, acting farm manager at the Government Animal Breeding Centre, Tathawade. The sale deed (No. 685/2025), executed on January 9, 2025, at the Haveli-17 Sub-Registrar Office, relied on an outdated 7/12 extract from June 2023, which did not reflect the land's government status. A revised 7/12 extract issued in February 2025 confirmed the plot belonged to the animal husbandry department, noting that it could not be sold or purchased without state approval....