Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi Saturday expressed shock over the appointment of sports coaches in the union territory allegedly without following any formal rules.

She said this in a WhatsApp message to mediapersons after a meeting with coaches appointed by the government in batches since 2010. The meeting was to hear out the coaches' grievances and also identify deficiencies in respect of various features of their appointment. All the coaches had reportedly not received their salaries for several months, she said.