Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or older of any Court, every acquisition of land for a Company made or purporting to have been made under Part VII of the principal Act before the 20th day of July 1962, shall, in so far as such acquisition is not for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub section (I) of section 40 of the principal Act, be deemed to have been made for the purpose mentioned in clause (a) of the said sub section, and accordingly every such acquisition shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, as valid as if the provisions of sections 40 and 41 of the principal Act, as amended by this Act, were in force at all material times when such acquisition was made or proceeding was held or order was made or agreement was entered into or action I was taken. " This amending Act was also challenged in the case of R.L. Arora vs State of Uttar Pradesh & ors.