(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law, or in any contract, or in any judgment, decree or order of any court or Land Tribunal, with effect on and from the commencement of this Act,-
(a) no suit or application or other proceedings for the recovery of arrears of rent in respect of a holding or part of a holding accrued due before the 1st day of May 1968; or
(b) no application for, or proceedings in, execution of a decree or order for the recovery of such arrears of rent or other application or proceedings incidental or ancillary thereto, shall lie in any court or Land Tribunal; and all suits, applications and other proceedings for recovery of such arrears of rent and all proceedings in execution of decrees or orders for recovery of such arrears of rent and other proceedings incidental or ancillary thereto, pending in courts or Land Tribunals at the commencement of this Act, shall stand stayed.
(2) All appeals against decrees or orders relating to arrears of rent in respect of a holding or part of a holding accrued due before the 1st day of may, 1968, and all revisions against decrees or orders relating to such arrears of rent, pending in any court or appellate authority at the commencement of this Act, shall stand stayed, and no court or appellate authority shall proceed with any such appeal or revision filed after such commencement.