Section 21O in The Punjab Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1961
21O. Board to enforce certain contracts and agreements.
(1)All contracts, agreements and other instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having effect immediately before the date of the establishment of the Board and to which the State Government or such other Authority is a party, in so far as such contracts, agreements and instruments are relatable to the improvement of the slum area, the clearance of a slum area and the re-development of a slum clearance area shall be of full force and effect against or in favour of the Board and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectually as if instead of the State Government or such other authority the Board had been a party thereto or as if they had been entered into or issued in favour of the Board.(2)If, on the date of establishment of the Board, any suit, appeal or other legal proceeding of whatever nature by or against the State Government or such other Authority is pending, then such suit, appeal or other legal proceeding in so far as it is relatable to the improvement of the slum area, the clearance of a slum area and the re-development of a slum clearance area, shall not abate, be discontinued or be in any way prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer to the Board of the property, assets, rights and liabilities of the State Government or such other Authority or of anything done under this Act, but the suit, appeal or other legal proceeding may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the Board.Explanation. - For the purpose of this sub-section 'legal proceeding' includes any proceeding under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
