person in the service of the Central Government (including a person serving in connection with the administration of a Union territory) or of a State Government shall be conclusive proof— (i) of such appointment, resignation, termination of service, dismissal or removal from service, dismissal or removal from service, as the case may be, and (ii) where the date of taking effect of such appointment, resignation, termination of service, as the case may be, is stated in such publication, also of the fact that such person was appointed with effect from the said date, or in the case of resignation, termination of service, dismissal or removal from service, such person ceased to be in such service with effect from the said date.' 9. In the Indian Penal Code, in Section 171-A, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— '(a) 'candidate' means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election,' 10. The amendments made by Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act in the principal Act shall also have retrospective operation so as to apply to and in relation to any election held before the commencement of this Act to either House of Parliament or to either House or the House of the Legislature of a State— (i) in respect of which any election petition may be presented after the commencement of this Act; or (ii) in respect of which any election petition is pending in any High Court immediately before such commencement; or (iii) in respect of which any election petition has been decided by any High Court before such commencement but no appeal has been preferred to the Supreme Court against the decision of the High Court before such commencement and the period of limitation for filing such appeal has not expired before such commencement; or (iv) in respect of which appeal from any order of any High Court made in any election petition under Section 98 or Secton 99 of the principal Act is pending before the Supreme Court immediately before such commencement." 169. It is submitted by Mr. Shanti Bhushan on behalf of the respondent that the amendments made in the RP Act have an impact upon five out of the seven grounds which were set up by the respondent to as sail the election of the appellant. 170. On August 10, 1975 the Constitution (Thirty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1975 was published. A number of constitutional changes were made by the Constitution Amendment Act. We are, however, concerned with section 4 of the Constitutional Amendment Act., which inserted Article 329-A in the Constition after Article 329. Article 329-A read as under: