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). 

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