Failure to hold election or fill vacancies in case of default.

If for any reason a Sarpanch or number of Panches are not elected, or a new vacancy remaining or not filled within the time prescribed the prescribed authority may appoint the necessary number of duly qualified persons as a Sarpanch or Panch, as the case may be, and any such person shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term for which the person in whose place he was appointed would have otherwise continued in office.