(1)The selling officer shall, by order, fix the date, time and place of the sale and direct a copy of the order in the vernacular of the taluk to be posted in the taluk office and cause the contents of the order and of the proclamation of sale to be published by beat of drum in the village where the holding is situated. He shall also post a copy of the order and the proclamation of sale in the village chavadi or if there is no village chavadi, in a conspicuous place in the village and shall send a copy of his order and of the proclamation of sale to the defaulter by post. A copy of the order and proclamation shall be published in the District Gazette.