Kamaravutu Mrutyunjayadu vs Raja Saheb Maharban Dostan Sri Raja Ravu ... on 14 December, 1915
8. In the present case the grant is made to one "nakesh" Mritunjayadu as 'Service' Inam but the nature of the service is not specifically stated in the grant, but it is admitted that the service was that of nakesh or decorator, and that the holder also performed Mochi Service. The word nakesh prefixed to the grantee's name appears to me to be a mere title. The rent payable on the land has always been the same, and the grant recites that enjoyment shall be from son to grandson and so on in succession, and as a matter of fact, the land has descended to the holder's son and grandson without objection till now, nor has any attempt been made before this to resume the grant or enhance the rent. We also have the recital in the grant "as you who are deserving of the patronage of the diwanum have been rendering service properly you were favoured and lands have been granted," which certainly goes to show that the grant was a reward for past services, and that this was so is further proved by the fact that the grantee's services were recompensed by the same salary both before and after the grant, and this is a very strong piece of evidence that the grant was not made in lieu of wages. The circumstances of this case appear to me to be stronger than those in Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao Bahadur v. Sobhanadri Appa Rao Bahadur (1915) I.L.R. 29 M. 512 in support of the view that the grant is not one in lieu of wages. The fact that the nature of the service is in this case personal does not affect the question, which depends solely on the nature of the grant, and for the same reason it is immaterial whether the service is of a feudal nature or otherwise.