Validation of Occupancy and Allotment of Excess Vacant Land

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or in any judgment, decree or order of any competent Court, the State Government may validate the occupancy and allot certain lands of the excess vacant land vested in it, whose possession was taken over under the repealed Act in the manner as provided hereinafter. In the principal Act, to section 8, the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided that nothing in this section shall preclude a nationalized bank from recovering its legitimate dues under the relevant law from an occupant even before the expiry of fifteen years.".