24. 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 Academy,-(a) the erstwhile Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Economic Affairs Resolution No. 18(1)-VAI/57-A, dated the 19th September, 1957 shall stand rescinded;(b) the Academy for Rural Development established under the said Resolution, hereinafter referred to as the dissolved Academy, shall stand abolished;(c) all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all properties, movable and immovable, cash and bank balance, reserve funds, investments and all other rights and interests in, or arising out of, such property and all books of accounts, registers, records and all other documents of whatever nature relating thereto, of the dissolved Academy shall stand transferred to and vest in the Academy;(d) all debts, liabilities and obligations incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for, the dissolved Academy before establishment of the Academy shall be deemed to have been incurred entered into or engaged to be done by, with or for, the Academy;(e) every person in the service of the dissolved Academy shall stand transferred to the Academy and shall serve the Academy on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to him immediately before his transfer and shall continue to do so unless and until the employment in the Academy is terminated or until his terms and conditions of service is altered by the Academy;(f) every person in the service of the Republic serving in, or in connection with, the affairs of the dissolved Academy 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 Academy; and(g) anything done, any action taken, order passed, appointment made, notification issued, or purported to have been done, taken, passed, made or issued by the dissolved Academy or by the Government in respect of the dissolved Academy before such establishment, 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._________