Validation of certain consolidation proceedings.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (East Punjab Act L of 1948), or the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (Act XXXI of 1950) or the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 (Act 44 of 1954), or in the rules, orders and notifications made thereunder, or in any other law for the time being in force, or in any judgement, decree or order of any Court, all schemes published under section 19 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, between the 31st of December, 1951, and the 1st of January, 1956, in respect of land of an evacuee forming part of an estate or estates and all subsequent proceedings taken in relation thereto shall be deemed to be valid notwithstanding that such land was formed into a common pool for consolidation and repartition amongst the allottees in proportion to the claim of each allottee in terms of standard acres as determined by the Rehabilitation Department at the time of quasi-permanent allotment and not in accordance with or in proportion to the actual value of the land.