Pune, Nov. 12 -- In the wake of the controversy surrounding the Rs.300-crore Mundhwa land deal linked to Parth Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra Department of Registration and Stamps has tightened its oversight on property transactions where stamp duty is waived or reduced. According to a new directive issued by joint inspector general of registration Rajendra Muthe, all sub-registrar offices in the state must now forward copies of documents registered in the previous month - wherever any stamp duty exemption or concession has been granted - to the stamp duty collector by the 5th of every month. The stamp duty collector, in turn, has been instructed to scrutinise these documents by the 10th of every month, ensure that exemptions were granted as per government rules, and initiate action if violated. The latest order is seen as a step to prevent similar irregularities in property transactions involving stamp duty concessions. htc...