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Pay and pay scale

Pay and pay scale, are conceptually different connotations. Pay is essentially a consideration for the services rendered by an employee and is the remuneration which is payable to him. Remuneration is the recurring payment for services rendered during the tenure of employment. Pay and salary are necessarily not interchangeable concepts. Their meanings vary depending upon the provision providing for them. Pay means the amount drawn monthly by a Government servant as - (i) the pay, other than special pay or pay granted in view of his personal qualifications, which has been sanctioned for a post held by him substantively or in an officiating capacity, or to which he is entitled by reasons of his position is a cadre, and (ii) overseas pay, special pay and personal pay, and (iii) any other emoluments which may be specially classed as pay by the president.' A pay scale has different stages starting with initial pay and ending with ceiling pay. Each stage in the scale is commonly referred to ...


Equal pay for equal work

Equal pay for equal work, it does not mean that all the members of a cadre must receive the same pay packet irrespective of their seniority, source of recruitment, educational qualifications and various other incidents of service, State of Andhra Pradesh v. G. Sreenivasa Rao, (1989) 2 SCC 290.Article 39(d) of the Constitution proclaims 'equal pay for equal work for both men and women' as a Directive Principle of State Policy. Equal pay for equal work for both men and women means equal pay for equal work for everyone and as between the sexes. The Preamble to the Constitution declares the solemn resolution of the people of India to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic. Again the word 'Socialist' must mean some thing. Even if it does not mean to each according to his need it must at least mean 'equal pay for equal work'.'The principle of equal pay for equal work is expressly recognized by all socialist systems of law, e.g., s. 59 of the Hungarian Labour Code, Pa...


In the pay of

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. ...


Pay

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....


Other person liable to pay

Other person liable to pay, the phrase 'other person liable to pay' in s. 29 should be construed as 'other person liable to pay under the Income Tax Act' and the liability cannot therefore be construed with reference to the Partnership Act or any other statute, Sahu Rajeshwar Nath v. ITO, AIR 1969 SC 667 (669): (1969) 1 SCR 999. (Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 29)...


Pay in the substantive post in the parent department

Pay in the substantive post in the parent department, 'pay in the substantive post in the parent department' means the pay attached to the post substantively held by the employee on the date of transfer to another department, V.A. Subhadra v. A. Satyavan, AIR 1975 SC 1913 (1914): (1975) 4 SCC 624: (1976) 1 SCR 375....


Readiness and willingness of the tenant to pay

Readiness and willingness of the tenant to pay, the readiness and the willingness of the tenant to pay could be found only if he had complied with the provisions of the Act. The Act does not cover the case of a person who is unable to pay owing to want of means but is otherwise 'ready and willing.' Such a case in no doubt a hard one, but, unfortunately, it does not enable Courts to make a special law for such hard cases which fall outside the statutory protection, Mistry Premjibhai Vithaldas v. Ganeshbhai Keshavji, AIR 1977 SC 1707 (1711): (1977) 3 SCC 11. [Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodg-ing House Rates Control Act, (57 of 1947), s. 12(3)(a)]...


equal pay act

equal pay act Federal law which mandates the same pay for all persons who do the same work without regard to sex, age, etc. For work to be equal within meaning of Act, it is not necessary that jobs be identical but only that they be substantially equal. (29 U.S.C. Sec. 206) Source: FindLaw ...


front pay

front pay A type of damages award in an employment lawsuit that represents the amount of money the employee would have earned if the employee was reinstated or hired into the higher-paying position from which he or she was illegally rejected ...


pay off

pay off 1 : to pay (a debt or credit) in full [the loan was paid off] 2 : bribe ...


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