Section 3. (1) During, and in relation to, the period commencing on the appointed day and ending immediately be

(2) The appointments referred to in sub-section (1) are the following, namely:— (a) appointment to any non-gazetted post (whether included in the cadre of a Service or not and whether service therein is Superior Service or Inferior Service) within the Telangana area, not being appointment to any post in any of the Secretariat Departments or the offices of the Heads of Departments of the State Government situated in the Capital area; of1972] ^{}[] ^{}[] 607 (d) appointment for the filling of the second vacancy (hereafter in this section and in section 4 referred to as reserved vacancy) in every unit of three vacancies which are to be filled by direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts in the Secretariat Departments and the offices of the Heads of Departments of the State Government situated in the Capital area. (3) Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, no appointment of any person made during the period referred to in sub-section (1) to a post other than a post referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) or to a vacancy other than a reserved vacancy in a post referred to in clause (d) of that sub-section and no action taken or thing done by or before such person shall be deemed to be illegal or void or ever to have become illegal or void merely on the ground that such appointment was not made in accordance with the . 3. (1) During, and in relation to, the period commencing on the appointed day and ending immediately before the commencement of this Act, the shall be deemed to have applied only to the appointments specified in sub-section (2) as if the said Rules had been amended for the duration of that period so as to limit their application to those appointments.