public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

            return View();
        }

        public ActionResult GetFlexigridData()

        {
                var data = new 
        {
            page = 1,
            total = 3,
            rows = new[]
            {
                new 
                { 
                    id = 1,
                    cell = new 
                    {
                        id = 1,
                        first_name = "first name",
                        surname = "surname",
                        email = "f@f.com",
                        position = "pos 1"
                    }
                },
                new 
                { 
                    id = 2,
                    cell = new 
                    {
                        id = 2,
                        first_name = "first name 2",
                        surname = "surname 2",
                        email = "f2@f.com",
                        position = "pos 2"
                    }
                },
                new 
                { 
                    id = 3,
                    cell = new 
                    {
                        id = 3,
                        first_name = "first name 3",
                        surname = "surname 3",
                        email = "f3@f.com",
                        position = "pos 3"
                    }
                },
            }
        };

        return Json(data, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
    }
               
        }

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Home Page";
  
}
<script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../../Scripts/flexigrid.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="../../Content/flexigrid.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<h2>@ViewBag.Message</h2>

<p>
    
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $("#flex1").flexigrid({
            url: '@Url.Action("GetFlexigridData")',
            dataType: 'json',
            colModel: [
                        { display: 'ID', name: 'id', width: 40, sortable: true, align: 'left' },
                        { display: 'First Name', name: 'first_name', width: 150, sortable: true, align: 'left' },
                        { display: 'Surname', name: 'surname', width: 150, sortable: true, align: 'left' },
                        { display: 'Position', name: 'email', width: 250, sortable: true, align: 'left' }
                ],
            

            searchitems: [
                        { display: 'ID', name: 'id' }
                       
                ],
            sortname: "id",
            sortorder: "asc",
            usepager: true,
            title: "Vacancy",
            useRp: true,
            rp: 10,
            showTableToggleBtn: false,
            resizable: false,
            width: 700,
            height: 370,
            singleSelect: true
        });
    });
</script>

<table id="flex1"></table>
   

    To learn more about ASP.NET MVC visit <a href="http://asp.net/mvc" title="ASP.NET MVC Website">
                                              http://asp.net/mvc</a>.
</p>