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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Recruitment Rules, Shri Prasanna Kumar Gantayat, who is a Textile Engineer, appointed as Assistant Director of Textile in the Service on ad hoc basis by the Government in Textile and Handloom Department on the 1st day of January, 1999 and continuing as such shall be deemed to have been validly and regularly appointed to the service against the direct recruitment quota under the said Department with effect from the date of commencement of this Act and, accordingly no such appointment shall be challenged in any Court of law merely