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to Hyderabad for a few weeks, Mr. Hormusji
Vakil, then Home Secretary, reminded him that
as a State-scholar he was bound by special agree-
ment to serve the State. His reply was that he
had waited sufficiently long before going to Madras
and was at last obliged to do so because no offer
of appointment had been made by Government.
The Home Secretary said that he could offer the
Ładar Mvwsifi of Parbhani at once, but the pay
of that post was only Rs. 400, so he would
have to obtain the Minister's orders to make up
the Rs.^.500 promised in the agreement. And
this was done.
When Mr. Nizamuddin Ahmed informed his
father (who was Subedar at Warangal) of the
Home Secretary's offer, he received the following
reply.
" Think over the matter carefully, whether
it would ever be possible for you to practise at
the Bar after having once joined the service.
To give up service for practice at a later stage
might hot be agreeable, or something might
prevent it; and that would mean abandoning
the idea of practice. Such a position does not
seem to promise any marked distinction above
one's compeers. You may possibly become a
Judge of the High Court in five years ; but are
there not men who become High Court Judges
without having shown- any marked ability ?
You might be made Chief Justice in due course,
but would that be the same thing as being able
to command the confidence of the public and the