Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s15.33

c18.s15.33

The Chatle Daftar was again subdivided into several branches, namely, the Fad, Beheda, Saranjam, etc. The Fad was the Fadnavis's own office. All sanads and orders were issued from this office. Here the Fadnavis checked and passed all accounts, and received informations from other departments. In the Fad were made and kept Rozkirds or daily transactions of all sorts. The Beheda department made the Talebands, Ajamas (estimate), and Beheda (budget) for the Fadnavis's information out of the accounts of income and expenditure annually submitted by the village and district officers. In the Talebands were shown in a small space a complete abstract of the actual receipt and expenditure of the revenue during the past year. The Ajamas or the estimate of possible income and expenditure for the current year was based on the Taleband, and from the information thus carefully collected and classified was framed the Beheda or the authorised budget for the guidance of the Kamavisdars and the Mamlatdars. These Behedas were framed with so much care and accuracy that the district officers found it very difficult to find any fault with them, and had to find out an excuse of exceptional nature for the smallest extra expenditure or remission of revenue. In the Saranjam department were kept accounts of Saranjam or military Jagirs and all Dumalla lands (land under double authority—where more than one person had different rights). Separate departments were entrusted with military accounts and contribution, etc. "But these arrangements, however, varied with the pleasure of the Furnavees, or the business that might occur."