Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s3.15

c18.s3.15

His personal attendants applied for promotion or increase in remuneration, not to him but to the Peshwa. Sometimes, when in blissful oblivion of his position, he issued orders of arrest or imprisonment, he ran the risk of undergoing the humiliation of seeing them countermanded. In the year 1797-98, Ganesh Anant and Babu Rao Krishna were arrested in connection with some disturbance that took place in the fort of Satara. The former was fined, the latter was imprisoned with his family and his property was attached. On an appeal to the Peshwa, the order was set aside and they were restored to their former offices.¹⁴