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do. Mr. Eardley Norton, Barrister-at-Law, was
consulted by the Government and he wrote a
long legal opinion 'to help it. The complainant
got the opinion of Sir John Wodroffe, Advocate-
General, Calcutta, as a counterpoise and it happen-
ed to be in favour of the line followed by me. The
Government then moved the High Court to with-
draw the case under its general powers of revision . ' '

In 1901 on the death of Rai Hukumchand, the
well-known jurist, Mr. Nizamuddin Ahmed was
appointed Under-Secretary in the Legislative
Department, in recognition of his qualifications.
He remained in that post for five years during
which the codes of criminal^ law and several
important acts were passed. '"~

It is^worth while mentioning that whenever a
was appointed to enquire into any

important matter, Mr. Nizamuddin Ahmed was
always nominated to it.
Thus we see that though a junior officer in
those days, he was thought fit to take his place
beside the senior officers of the State. Mr. A.
J. Dunlop is said to have offered him the Revenue
Secretaryship which he politely declined on the
ground that his career lay in the Judicial
Department.
He received the title^of Khan Bahadur Nawab
Nizamat Jung fronTthe late Nizam in 1905. In
1907 he was appointed to a vacancy in the High
Court as^uisne^£udge and served there for over
ten years with distinction. During this time he
officiated as Home Secretary for nearly two years