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service no pay,” or the policy of “so much work, so much pay” there is no justification why it should be applied to the Maharki Watan.
- Another reason advanced for the increase of Judi is the necessity of making better provision for the remuneration of another class of Inferior Village Servants. In his letter No. LA 26-F, Revenue Department, dated 11th November
1938,addressed to Mr. B.K. Gaikwad, M.L.A., Mr. M. J. Desai Esq., I.C.S., Deputy Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Revenue Department, in justification of increased Judi, states : “3. The standard minimum remuneration of a Mahar in the Central Division is land of which the nuksan is Rs. 10/- to Rs. 20/-. according to the size of the village or cash allowance from Rs. 50/- to Rs. 100/-. There are still many inferior village servants who do not get even this remuneration. Provision of increased emoluments for badly paid inferior village servants has been proceeding steadily. One source from which it has been made has been the reduction of the emoluments of those whose remuneration is considerably in excess of the scale.”
From this extract it becomes clear that one reason and perhaps the real reason for reducing the remuneration of the Mahars by increasing the Judi is to make provision for the better remuneration of other Inferior Village Servants. There can be no doubt that all Inferior Village Servants are grossly ill-paid and the Mahars are no better paid than other Inferior Village Servants having regard to the duties they have to perform. But assuming that there is a case for increasing the remuneration of other Inferior Village Servants, I must respectfully submit that the policy adopted by Government for carrying it out is worse than that of robbing Peter to pay Paul and is contrary to the declared policy of Government and to the provisions of the Watan Act.
In the matter of increase of Judi there are several Government Resolutions which lay down the terms and conditions under which Government have reserved the right to increase the Judi all of which have been referred to, summarised