Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act or in any other enactment or any rule or Notification made or issued thereunder or in any judgment, decree, order or decisions of any court or tribunal,--
(a) all prescribed authorities constituted or appointed under the said Act by the State Government from time to time before the commencement of this Act, shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been validly constituted and duly appointed under the said Act;
(b) all decisions given by such prescribed authorities in any proceedings before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed always to have been validly given by them as the prescribed authorities of competent jurisdiction under the said Act;
(c) all proceedings taken before the commencement of this Act in the cases before such prescribed authorities, whether finally disposed of or pending, shall be deemed always to have been validly taken before the prescribed authorities of competent jurisdiction;
(d) no proceedings, whether finally disposed of by, or pending before such prescribed authorities shall be called in question on the ground that such authorities were not validly constituted or duly appointed under the said Act or the rules or notifications made or issued thereunder;
(e) all prescribed authorities appointed under the said Act, or the rules or notifications made or issued thereunder and functioning as such at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been validly constituted and duly appointed and shall continue to function as prescribed authorities of competent jurisdiction till any reconstitution or re-appointment is duly made under the law for the time being in force.