Section 20. Validation

The Notification No. 1942/XIV-2-71-72, dated March 29, 1972, published by the State Government in the Gazette, dated March 30, 1972, by which applications were invited for appointment as agents for units and the Tender Notice No. 186-XIV/II-72, dated March 22, 1972, issued by the State Government by which tenders were invited from persons desirous of purchasing tendu leaves collected or likely to be collected by the State Government or by its officers or agents and anything done or any action taken in pursuance of the said notices shall be deemed to be and always to have been as valid as if the rules made by the State Government under Section 18 and published in the Gazette, dated March 17, 1972 had come into force on March 17, 1972.