Summary:
NCP leader Jayant Patil accused Revenue minister Chandrakant Patil of ensuring that private builders made a killing in two cases pertaining to land in Pune. Chandrakant said that in 1885, the British had created a register of inam lands given to religious places. Since the land was not recorded in the register, this is private land and no royalty is payable on the sale of this land," claimed Chandrakantdada. "We have our own authority," Chandrakant averred when asked if the government will take any action against officers who had ruled this was inam land. In the second case, Chandrakant said he had not given any decision on the appeal, but merely changed the inquiry officer..