He worked with the local farmers of Navi Mumbai for getting right price of their land which was to be purchased by CIDCO for building the new planned city.
Patil focused on aiding the farmers of Uran Taluk in Raigad District, Maharashtra.
[2][3] He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 1958 for participation in the satyagraha on the issue of border disputes between the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
He became a member of the Central Secretariat of Peasants and Workers Party in 1957 and was appointed its general secretary in January 1983.
But Mr. Patil brought all the farmers together in their fields and gave them fair rates for their farm lands.