India, March 10 -- Delhi's Lieutenant Governor designate Taranjit Singh Sandhu is scheduled to take the oath of office in a ceremony at Lok Niwas on March 11.

Sandhu, an experienced former diplomat, will be administered an oath as the national capital's 23rd LG by the Delhi High Court chief justice.

The ceremony is scheduled to be held at 1.30 pm on Wednesday, they said.

His predecessor, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has been appointed as the Lt Governor of Ladakh.

Preparations were underway for the oath ceremony at Lok Niwas (formerly Raj Niwas). Saxena is scheduled to take the oath as Ladakh LG on Friday, officials said, adding that he was in the process of moving out.

Earlier in the day, the new LG visited Lok Niwas and met Saxena, they sai...