REPRESENTATION..........MANGS ETC. 317
Annual Loss to Government on Service Inam Lands held by Village Servants useful to Community on account of Commutation is shown below :
Rs. a. p.
I Northern Division … Rs. 79,177 0 0
II Central Division … Rs. 72,343 5 1
III Southern Division … Rs. 64,256 15 3
Total Rs. 2,15,777 4 4
Village Officers useful to Government – These comprised the following three classes (1) Patil, (2) Kulkarni and (3) Mahar.
In the case of these Village Officers they were not released from the obligation to serve. There was no commutation effected with them as was done in the case of other hereditary Officers for the obvious reason that they were an essential part of the administrative machinery. They were as much indispensable to the British as they were to the Peshwa Government which preceded it.
From this survey the following facts emerge : (i) The Holders of Personal and Devasthan Inams do not render any service to the State. They are allowed by the British Government to retain the grants made to them by the Peshwa Government and enjoy the same from generation to generation without any obligation as to service. The loss to Government on their account comes annually to Rs. 6,15,649-4—10.
(ii) The holders of Political Inams have been relieved by the British Government from the obligation to serve the State. But the emoluments assigned to them have been continued. Their descendants are enjoying these emoluments from generation to generation. The loss suffered by Government on their account comes annually to Rs. 2,67,501-11-7.