India, March 26 -- The Maharashtra government has ordered strict action against revenue officials after a probe found serious irregularities in 424 cases in Pune district involving the alleged misuse of provisions under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Act.

Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday told the legislative council that the state had taken serious note of illegal orders passed under Section 155 of the Act.

"A committee headed by the Nashik divisional commissioner, which was tasked with examining orders issued over the past five years, found widespread procedural violations," he said.

According to the report, the committee conducted a preliminary scrutiny of 38,027 cases. Of these, documents were available in 2,337 ...