Patiala, April 23 -- After attaching one-third salary and the official car of the Patiala deputy commissioner (DC), the court officials on Tuesday attached 40 air conditioners, 89 computers, 122 ceiling fans, almirahs, water coolers and around 454 chairs of the office.

The action comes over the state government's 'failure' to abide by a court verdict directing it to return 100 bighas of land to a Partition-hit family or compensate them for the same.

Confirming the development, Richa Goyal, assistant commissioner, Patiala, said: "We have provided an inventory of furniture and other items to the bailiff (court officer) for the attachment as per the court orders."

Along with all this, the furniture of the Patiala sub-divisional magistrate...