Cant you just do something like this using the asp.net razor syntax?
@{
var dnd = false;
@(Html
.Kendo()
.TreeView()
.Name("ktreeview")
.TemplateId("treeview-template")
.DataTextField("Name")
.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
.Read(read => read
.Action("Read_TreeViewData", "Index")
)
.Custom()
)
.DragAndDrop(@dnd)
.Deferred(true)
)
}