India, Nov. 9 -- Even as deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday announced that his son Parth has cancelled the sale deed for the controversial Mundhwa land, Amadea Enterprises LLP will now have to pay Rs.42 crore in stamp duty and penalty to execute the cancellation deed.

In a letter issued on Friday evening, officiating joint sub-registrar P Fulaware asked Amadea co-partner Digvijay Patil to pay the "full stamp duty" before the cancellation deed could be registered. The letter stated that the firm has to also pay the previous stamp duty amount.

Following the controversy, Ajit announced that Parth had submitted documents to cancel the sale deed. However, Fulaware's letter noted that the exemption no longer applies.

"Now that the ca...