Validation of certain appointments

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Education Act or in the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder, (a) graduate teachers, intermediate and matriculate teachers, physical education teachers and classical teachers of aided schools appointed by the managing authorities of such schools on ad hoc basis on or after the 1st December, 1976 who are continuing as such teachers validly and lawfully and ¹[have service as such teachers for a period of atleast one year without any break or with a break or breaks in one aided school or in more than one aided schools to their credit] by the 1st March 1981;

1. (b) lecturers of aided colleges appointed by the managing authorities of such Colleges on ad hoc basis on or after 1st December 1976 who are continuing as such lecturers validly and lawfully and ¹[have service as such lecturers for a period of atleast one year without any break or with a break or breaks, in one aided college or in more than one aided college to their credit] by the 1st March 1981; and
2. (c) lecturers appointed validly and lawfully in aided Colleges after the termination of their ad hoc appointments in Government Colleges who have continuous service as lecturers in Government Colleges for a period of atleast one year to their credit by the 1st March 1981 ; shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly appointed and no such appointment shall be liable to be challenged in any Court of law merely on the ground that the appointment was made otherwise than in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Education Act and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder² : Provided that validation of the appointments as aforesaid shall not put persons appointed as teachers or lecturers, as the case may be, during the period between the 1st December 1976 and 1st March 1981 on the basis of recommendations of the Selection Board in a disadvantageous position in any manner whatsoever.