A parliamentary committee has recommended a CBI inquiry into the irregularities found in awarding the contracts of advertisements in the Mumbai division of the railways. The Public Accounts Committee PAC, in its latest report has noted the irregularities in award of contract of advertisements on a first come first served basis which was prevailing in the Mumbai division for the last 25-30 years.<br/><br/>The PAC headed by KV Thomas in its report said, all the contracts which were allotted for commercial publicity should be terminated with immediate effect. <br/><br/>The committee has found that, there was no transparency in award of contracts in Central Railway and Western Railway.The report said, unless and until exemplary punishment is awarded to the corrupt officials from the top to the bottom, irregularities in commercial publicity in railways cannot be rooted out. <br/><br/>It has also highlighted the lackadaisical attitude of the railways in utilising its vast resources for generating additional revenue through advertising. The PAC has also observed that the menace of unauthorised displays at the stations was a constant source of leakage of revenues of railways.