Centre asks State to return 141 hectare of land used for dumping ground The much-hyped state government delegation led by Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh which made a presentation to the empowered group of ministers (EGOM) led by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to allot the 2,177 hectares of the salt pan land owned by the Centre for rehabilitating project-affected persons by various infrastructure projects failed to reach any consensus, according to official sources in the Mantralaya.