Pawar family, comprising 13 members, whose house happens to stand along the border of Maharashtra and Telangana in the village of Maharajaguda in Simavarti Jivati Tehsil of the Chandrapur district has been paying the property tax to both states for years. Pawar enjoys the beneficiary schemes of both states as well as owning vehicles with registration numbers of both Maharashtra and Telangana.
The family lives in a 10-bedroom house in the Maharajaguda village out of which 4 rooms come from Maharashtra and the other 4 in Telangana. The kitchen of this family comes in Telangana and the bedroom and hall are in Maharashtra. The families of the two brothers Uttam Pawar and Chandu Pawar have been living in the 10-bedroom house for years.
The family did not face any tax problems as they were paying property taxes to both states. In the year 1969, when the dispute border issue was finally fixed, this family’s land was divided into two states, leaving even the house divided.
Uttam Pawar said, “ Our house is divided between Maharashtra and Telangana, but till today we have not had any problem with it, we pay the property tax to both states and take the advantage of the schemes of both states.”
On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with the Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Karnataka on the border row and said that the two states would not make any claims against each other until the Supreme Court gives the verdict.
