In The Pay Of - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

In the pay of, in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary the expression 'in the pay of' is defined thus: To give money, etc., in return for something or in discharge of an obligation. Of a thing or action. To yield an adequate return. To give money or other equivalent value for. Similarly 'Payer' is defined thus: One who pays a sum of money. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary the expression 'in the pay of' is indicated to mean: Compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, recompense, repay, M. Karunanidhi v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC 898 (912): (1979) 3 SCC 431: (1979) 3 SCR 254.

The phrase 'in the pay of' in clause Twelfth (a) does not inhere a master-servant or command-obedience relationship between the Government as the payer and the public servant as the payee and may comprehend a situation that the person may be in the pay of the government without being in the employment of the government or without there being a master-servant relationship, R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay, AIR 1984 SC 684 (709): (1984) 2 SCC 183: (1984) 2 SCR 495.