Patiala, Sept. 13 -- The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), which had been without any member for weeks, got two members on Friday when governor Gulab Chand Kataria administered Sanjay Garg and Sarbjit Singh Dhaliwal the oath of office and allegiance to the Constitution at the Punjab Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh. At the same time, the Punjab State Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exam, which was to be conducted on October 26, has been rescheduled to December 7 keeping in view the floods in the state, the PPSC stated.

Garg, a native of Moga, is a retired principal district and sessions judge, while Dhaliwal, based in Mohali, is a retired district and sessions judge. Ironically, all five posts of the PPSC members were lying vacant follow...