Validation of certain appointments

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Orissa Settlement and Consolidation Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1976 or the Orissa Settlement and Consolidation Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1980:- (a) the lists of suitable persons prepared by the Committee constituted in the Board of Revenue, consisting of the Member, Board of Revenue, the Land Reforms Commissioner, Orissa, Commissioner Land Records and Settlement, Orissa and the Secretary to the Board of Revenue on the 3rd day of November, 1979 for appointment to the Settlement and Consolidation Service in respect of the recruitment years 1978 and 1979; and (b) the appointment of persons to the said service made by the Board of Revenue from out of the lists specified in clause (a), shall for all intents and purposes, be deemed to have been validly prepared, and made and neither the lists of suitable persons so prepared no the appointment of persons so made to the said service shall be liable to be challenged in any court of law merely on the ground that the lists were prepared and the appointments were made otherwise than in accordance with the provisions contained in the said rules.