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Pay, means amount drawn monthly by a govern-ment servant as the pay which has been sanctioned for a post held by him substantially or in an officiating capacity, or to which he is entitled by reason due to his position in a cadre, Gangadhar Uppadhaya v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 1 UPLBEC 542.

Means to pay money is to be distinguished from delivering property. It is a phraseology ordinarily used when speaking of the payment of a debt. To pay money is to pay it in respect of a right which some person has to receive it not to pay over any particular money or hand over in foreign coins, Miller, Ex parte Official Receiver (in re:), (1983) 1 QB 327.