2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Validation OiSs Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 no action taken or order of 1950. passed by the Director of Municipal Administration

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Validation OiSs Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 no action taken or order of 1950. passed by the Director of Municipal Administration within the period from the 1st day of August 1968 to the 12th day of March 1969 in thebelief or purported belief that the said Director while taking such action or making such order was app?inted to act as such Director by an appropriate notdificabon lssued under the said Act, shall be questioned in any court of law or otherwise open to challenge merely on the ground that he was not appointed by a notification as aforesaid and all such actions and orders shdl be deemed to have been validly taken or passed in exercise of the powers confe- rred by or under that Act.