Patiala, April 19 -- Officials on Thursday executed a local court order and attached the official car used by Patiala deputy commissioner and one-third of the officer's salary. The action comes over the state government's 'failure' to abide by a verdict directing it to return 100 bighas of land to a Partition-hit family or compensate them for the same.

In the order passed on August 9, 2024, the court had directed attaching of moveable properties being used by DC Preeti Yadav, public works department and other government offices.

Court officials said they seized the Toyota Innova car being used by DC Yadav but attaching of other assets such as air conditioners and furniture was temporarily halted after intervention by additional deputy c...