Validation

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, judgement, decree or order of any court, any fee levied, imposed, assessed or collected from a licencee under section 23 of the principal Act and the rules made thereunder on the agricultural produce bought or sold or brought for processing by him in any notified market area shall be deemed to have been validly levied, imposed, assessed or collected and such levy, imposition, assessment or collectiion shall not be called in question in any court and accordingly- (a) no suit or other legal proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of the whole or any part of the fee so levied, imposed, assessed or collected; and (b) no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the refund of the whole or any part of the fee so levied, imposed, assessed or collected. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Act or in any other law for the time being in force or judgement, decree order of any court, any amount purported to have been collected from a dealer or licencee as fee, in respect of any transaction in excess of the fee leviable under section 23 and deposited with any Committee before the 15th day of May, 1980, the burden of which has been passed on by the dealer or licencee to the next purchaser or which has been added towards the cost of the agricultural produce or the goods processed or manufactured out of it, shall be retained and deemed to have been validly levied, imposed, assessed or collected and shall be spent for meeting the costs of services to be rendered towards the development and improvement of existing markets where from the collection of such fee was made and accordingly- (a) no suit or other legal proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of whole or any part of the fee so collected; and (b) no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the refund of the whole or any part of the fee so collected. (2) If any amount of fee so collected has been refunded to any dealer or licencee, the same shall be recoverable by the Committee concerned as arrears of land revenue. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, or in any other law for the time being in force or judgement, decree or order of any court, any amount purported to have been collected by a dealer or licensee as fee, in respect of any transaction in excess of fee leviable under section 23 of the principal Act and not deposited with any Committee, the burden of which has been passed on by the dealer or licensee to the next purchaser or which has been added towards the cost of the agricultural produce or the goods processed or manufactured out of it, shall be deemed to have been validly levied, imposed, assessed or collected and shall be recoverable by the Committee concerned as arrears of land revenue and spent for meeting the costs of services to be rendered towards the development and improvement of existing markets where from the collections of such fee was made and accordingly- (a) no suit or other legal proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of whole or any part of the fee so collected; and (b) no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the refund of the whole or any part of the fee so collected.