Section 9(1)(c) in Karnataka Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961
(c)six times the cash value of the average of the customary fees or prequisites in money or in kind levied or leviable by the holder of the inferior village office under the existing law relating to such office during the three years immediately preceding the appointed date; and such cash value shall be determined in the prescribed manner and shall not exceed the amount which under the existing law could on default of payment in kind, be recovered.