Subject to the provisions of sections 45 and 46 the Gram Panchayat may, with the prior approval of the Chief Executive Officer appoint other employees of the Gram Panchayat and pay their salaries from the Gram Panchayat fund:
     Provided that in making appointments, posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens shall be reserved in the same manner and to the same extent as is applicable for the recruitment to posts in the State Civil Services.