The Director of Municipal Administration (Odisha) Exercise of Jurisdiction Validation Act, 1970

TheOdisha @ Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AIJfHORITY OR.ISSA ACT 8 OF 1970 2[THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL ADMINIS~ TRATION ( ORISSA) EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION VALIDATION ACT, 1970) (Received the assent of the Governol' on the 28th March 1970, first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 3rd April, 1970] AN ACT To V ALlDATE CERTAIN AcnoNs TAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India, as follow:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Director of~t~t t!~~ Municipal Administration (Orissa) Exercise of Juris" commence- diction Validation Act, 1970. mcnt. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Onssa. (.l) It shall come into force at once . 2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Validation Onssa Act.23 Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 no action taken or order of actions. or 1950' d b h n· M . . 1 Ad . . . passe y t e 1rector of umc1pa m1rustrat1on within the period from the 1st day of August 1968 to the 12th day nf March 1969 in the belief or purported belief that the said Director while taking such action or ma.king such order was appointed to act as such Director by an appropriate notification issued 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 shall be deemed to have been validly taken or passed in exercise of the powers confe .. rred by or under that Act. 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Orissa Oazette-I!x.traordinary dated the 20th February. 1970 (No. 225). 565