(a)After the Grama Panchayat decides in a meeting to appoint a Secretary for the Grama Sasan either on a whole time or on a part time basis, it shall invite application for the purpose by giving wide publicity by way of affixing notices in the notice-board of the Panchayat Samiti and the different Grama Panchayats within the jurisdiction of the Panchayat Samiti concerned. The Grama Panchayat shall also notify the vacancy to the local Employment Exchange as required by Section 4 of Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959.