Validation

Notwithstanding any judgement, decree or order of any court or tribunal or other authority, the gradation lists prepared in pursuance of clause (g) of sub-rule (2) of Rule 8 of the Recruitment Rules in respect of the Junior Teachers appointed in pursuance of the recommendations of the Selection Committee in existence from time to time during the period between 1st December 1960, and 22nd September 1973 shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly and effectively prepared as if clause (g) of rule 3 of the Recruitment Rules as amended by section 3 were in force at all material times when such gradation lists were prepared, and accordingly, no suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted, maintained or continued in any court or tribunal or before other authority merely on the ground that those lists were prepared on the basis of the placement given by the Selection Committee not constituted by Government in accordance with the provisions contained in the Recruitment Rules as stood prior to the amendment made under section 3 : Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect the jurisdiction of the Orissa Public Service Commission under sub-rule (2) of rule 8 of the Recruitment Rules in determining the interse seniority.