what is actual behavior
Default kendo UI behavior is like we need to render all the grid data once to activate pagination functionality if pageSize <= actual records then and then the only pagination will active but if we got pageSize > actual records the pagination won't work.
what is expected behavior
I need to set pageSize = 50 and API return me 50 records with total records field so, for now, we can assume that API return total 50 records and it has fields to indicate total records which let's say 200 so pagination will set accordingly [ 200 (total) / 50 (pageSize) = 4 page ] and pagination will active also with the pageSize <= actual logic and we can call separate API call for next 50 records after we click on next button which is been created on total records.