https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199915 An order granting a retrospective annual allowance qualifies as law only if made in exercise of legislative power and intended to bind as a rule of conduct. Here, the ruler's direction merely authorised payment of a specified sum for a past period, without any statutory basis, pre-existing legal duty, or customary rule requiring the allowance. The evidence also showed the sons had already been maintained at State expense, and the payment had no nexus to any land revenue grant or true jagir. The Supreme Court held that the order was not enforceable law but an ex gratia payment in the nature of a gift. en-us Wed, 12 Nov 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:26:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199915 An order granting a retrospective annual allowance qualifies as law only if made in exercise of legislative power and intended to bind as a rule of conduct. Here, the ruler's direction merely authorised payment of a specified sum for a past period, without any statutory basis, pre-existing legal duty, or customary rule requiring the allowance. The evidence also showed the sons had already been maintained at State expense, and the payment had no nexus to any land revenue grant or true jagir. The Supreme Court held that the order was not enforceable law but an ex gratia payment in the nature of a gift. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 Nov 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199915