25. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any rule, regulation or bye-law, or in any contract or agreement, upon the establishment of the Board-(a) the Integrated Rural Development Programme, hereinafter referred to as the IRDP, shall stand dissolved; (b) all properties, movable and immovable, all rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government relating to the IRDP shall stand transferred to and vest in the Board; (c) every person in the service of the Republic serving in or in connection with the affairs of the IRDP shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or agreement or in the terms and conditions of service, serve, if so required by the Government, under the Board; and (d) anything done, action taken, order passed, appointment made, notification issued, or purported to have been done, taken, passed, made or issued, by the Government in respect of the IRDP after the 16th day of December, 1971, and before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been validly done, taken, passed, made or issued and shall have and shall be deemed always to have had effect accordingly, and shall not be called in question in any Court of law.