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The plea further said when the Punjab sports department was approached, they passed the buck to their UT counterpart saying it was the state from where he was playing

The UT education department has released the provisional merit list for admission to Class 11 in city government schools.

Chandigarh sports department refused to issue certificate citing that he studied his Class 12 in a Mohali school and hence, the certificate was to be issued from Punjab. (HT)

Separate lists have been prepared for government school students of Chandigarh who will enjoy 85% quota on total seats.

A total of 13,875 seats are up for grabs at 43 government senior secondary schools in Chandigarh.

The provisional merit list is for students to check whether their percentage is displayed correctly, and if there are any discrepancies the department has noticed when the students submitted online applications.

Students can file any grievances or discrepancies till June 14, up to 5 pm. After this deadline, the final allotment list will be displayed on June 21. Students can file their grievances at http://nltchd.info/utcouns/default.aspx

As per the provisional list, Srishti Joshi, with overall 99% in Class 10, is the highest scoring student to apply for admission till now. Among government school students, Anoop Saini with 98.4% is the highest scoring student to apply.