Section 2(1)(g) in All India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958
(g)[ "Pay" means the amount drawn monthly by a member of the service as pay in pay band plus grade pay or in a pay scale, other than special pay, against the post held by him at the time of his retirement from service;] [Substituted vide DOP&T Notification No. 29018/16/2013-AIS(II) (GSR 492E dated 12/07/2013).]