Payment, Out Of

Payment, out of, the words 'payment out of' in its first meaning connotes actual payment, e.g., by taking the money out of the drawer or drawing a cheque on of bank. When used in connection with the word 'fund' in its second meaning they connote that, for the purposes of the account in which the fund finds place, the payment is debits to that fund, an operation which, of course, has no relation to the actual method of payment or the particular cash resources out of which the payment is made, R.K. Dalmia v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1962 SC 1821 (1834): (1963) 1 SCR 253.