Days after the controversial 40-acre Pune land deal by a firm linked to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son, a now-suspended tehsildar issued an eviction notice to the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), a long-standing tenant on the property.

Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi said the notice was "illegal".

In an eviction notice to the BSI, the then tehsildar Suryakant Yeole had informed the central organisation that the company, Amadea Enterprises LLP, “legally” acquired the property.

The sale of land in the city's upscale Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore to Amadea, in which Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar is a majority partner, is under scrutiny amid allegations of irregularities and a lack of requisite clearances. The Opposition has alleged that its market value was Rs 1,80

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