City residents have given mixed reactions to the new tenancy law in Chandigarh, with some saying the reform will directly impact the mushrooming unregulated PG culture in the city, others rue that stakeholders were not consulted before applying the Assam Tenancy Act, with several others questioning the logic behind adopting a law from a far-off state instead of having our own law based on local social, political and geographical milieu. Vinod Vashisht, convener, City Forum of Residents Welfare Organisations (CFORWO), said, “Extending a law prevalent in a far-off state (Assam) to the UT Chandigarh looks disgraceful and political. Though the centre is empowered to do so, it would have been better if it had brought a new exclusive Rent Act for all UTs of India, including Chandigarh.” Appreciated the law, Ajay Jagga, member, Advisory Council to the UT Chandigarh Administrator, said, “The reform may also indirectly impact the mushrooming and largely unregulated PG culture in Chandigarh.…