Meanwhile, the CTCC spokesman Sunil Parti separately said the Administration must declare the list of all the phari wallas prior to the issuance of licenses to them.

He alleged irregularities had been reported in the survey of footpath vendors, recently conducted at the instance of Chandigarh Administration, and it had come to the notice of the party that many names had been included and excluded for monetary considerations.

An official in the Estate Office, when contacted, said," The survey of phariwallas in Chandigarh has just been accomplished and the Estate office would adopt total transparency in the process of granting licences whenever it starts." He said the authorities were, however, facing difficulty in finalising things as many people, who do not figure in the survey list, have been claiming the benefit on the plea that their names were left out as they were not present on the spot at the time of the survey.