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After a NEET-UG aspirant from Nagpur was allotted a centre successful Abu Dhabi for the re-examination connected Sunday (June 21, 2026), the National Testing Agency (NTA) has said that its “web-activity records bespeak that the metropolis alteration successful this lawsuit was made done the candidate’s ain registered login during the unfastened correction window”.
“Despite that NTA has accorded to aspirant’s petition and the alteration of centre was actioned,” it said successful a station connected X on Saturday evening (June 20, 2026)
This connection came pursuing the ailment implicit the “allotment error” concerning the Nagpur student, Abdullah. The boy’s household said helium had chosen a section centre successful Maharashtra, and that they were incapable to put for passport oregon visa formalities connected abbreviated notice.
Earlier, the NTA acknowledged the lapse connected its part, stating that it was a method glitch. They assured that a revised admit paper would beryllium issued with Nagpur arsenic the centre of prime for the aggrieved student.
In the latest connection successful a station connected X, the NTA said it processed an informal petition by Abdullah connected June 19, “despite the Abu Dhabi centre being chosen by the candidate”.
Reference the contented with respect to allotment of a centre successful Abu Dhabi to a campaigner successful Nagpur, NTA would similar to authorities the following:
Following the rescheduling of NEET (UG) 2026 to 21 June, the National Testing Agency reopened the examination-city correction model to assist…
“The NTA received an informal petition connected the evening of June 19 (just 48 hours earlier the exam) to alteration the centre to Nagpur. NTA unit instantly initiated the alteration and contacted the candidate’s begetter connected 19th evening itself to assistance them implicit the ceremonial process,” the station read.
Elaborating connected its records, citing “consistent single-user entree pattern”, the bureau further said: “NTA has observed that connected 3 occasions, 1 - the centre was changed to Abu Dhabi utilizing candidate’s credentials and doubly it was previewed that the centre is Abu Dhabi. Despite that NTA has accorded to aspirant’s petition and the alteration of centre was actioned.”
Meanwhile, NTA’s Director-General Abhishek Singh connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) clarified that the contented regarding a Nagpur-based pupil has been resolved. Speaking to ANI, Mr. Singh said that the discrepancy has been rectified and the pupil has been assigned a centre successful their location city.
Further, the NTA said astir 3.2 lakh candidates utilized the correction model aft the re-examination day was announced. The bureau has since allotted the preferred introspection metropolis to implicit 99.5% of the students appearing for the re-test.
Reiterating its “student-first” Approach, the NTA said its “priority is that nary campaigner misses the introspection implicit an administrative doubt”.
A nationwide mock drill was nether mode crossed the state connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) up of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination arsenic portion of the efforts to guarantee smooth, unafraid and transparent behaviour of the aesculapian entranceway test.
