India, Sept. 11 -- In a firm move against administrative malpractice, Panvel tahsildar Vijay Patil was suspended last week for 'deliberate and inexcusable negligence' in granting permission for a 112-acre land parcel for non-agricultural (NA) purposes. An inquiry has revealed that the land deal was made in 2007, which mandated the private company that purchased the land to develop the area in 15 years, but it had failed. In 2024, Patil illegally granted the permissions for residential use of the land without levying the necessary penalties from the company, resulting in substantial revenue losses for the government, the inquiry report said.

According to the officials, the controversy dates back to a land deal in 2007, when a private comp...