Validation

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Recruitment Rules, forty-nine Junior Teachers appointed on ad hoc basis by the Government of Orissa from out of the regularly recruited Assistant Surgeons and posted in Medical Colleges of the State during the years 1980 and 1981 and are continuing as such on the date of commencement of this Act, shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly and regularly appointed in the Service from the date of their appointment as such and no such appointment shall be challenged in any Court of law merely on the ground that such appointments were made otherwise than in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Recruitment Rules. (2) The inter se seniority of the Junior Teachers, whose appointments are so validated under sub-section (1) shall be determined on the basis of their respective date of appointment as such.