According to section 17 of the Act, the candidate recommended by the Public Service Commission through open competition shall be appointed by the authority within one month in the case of gazetted posts and fifteen days in the case of non-gazetted posts from the date of receipt of the letter of recommendation and the notification of such decision shall be given to the concerned candidate by speedy means. . If the concerned candidate does not receive the notice of appointment or if the notice is returned, a notice shall be published in the public newspaper giving a period of one month to the concerned candidate to understand the letter of appointment. If the appointment letter is not received within that period, the alternative candidate recommended above will be appointed in the order of merit. The notification of the appointment made in this way must be sent to the Public Service Commission within fifteen days from the date of appointment.