Disabled few selected items inside dropdown list based on model data Model return object list and By using template do the disable and on click false for selected items @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList() .Name("DateRange") .DataTextField("RangeNameDefault") .DataValueField("ID") .BindTo(Model.dashboardDateRangeList) .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 100%" }) .Events(e => e.Change("DateRangeChange")) .Template( "<span class=\"#: !data.IsDataReady ? 'k-state-disabled': ''#\" onclick=\"#: !data.IsDataReady ? 'return false': ''#\"> #: data.RangeNameDefault #</span>"))