public IActionResult StateMaster()
{
    List<SelectListItem> statusList = new List<SelectListItem>() {
        new SelectListItem{Text = "Active", Value = "1" },
        new SelectListItem{Text = "Inactive", Value = "2" }
    };

    HttpContext.Session.SetInt32("UserId", 1);
    HttpContext.Session.SetString("UserName", "Admin");
    ViewBag.UserName = HttpContext.Session.GetString("UserName");

    return View();
}

//This action method is not called in published-code
public ActionResult GetStateList([DataSourceRequest]DataSourceRequest request)
{
    this.iAllStateRepository = new StateMasterRepository();
    var result = iAllStateRepository.GetModelList();
    var dsResult = result.ToDataSourceResult(request);
    return Json(dsResult);
}

public JsonResult GetRecordStatusList()
{
    List<SelectListItem> statusList = new List<SelectListItem>() {
        new SelectListItem{Text = "Active", Value = "1" },
        new SelectListItem{Text = "Inactive", Value = "2" }
    };
    return Json(statusList);
}