Chandigarh, March 28 -- A local court has directed the attachment of a Punjab Roadways workshop located in Industrial Area, Chandigarh, over non-compliance of an earlier order passed by the court.

The court ruled on an execution petition filed over a year ago by a retired conductor, Ashok Kumar, which Punjab Roadways had failed to implement. Kumar was forced to retire in 2013 after he was convicted in a fatal road accident case. However, when an appellate court later acquitted him, his retirement benefits were not reinstated.

The court had declared the department's action illegal and directed the Punjab Roadways to release his salary arrears, pension and other retirement benefits. But despite the ruling, the department did not comply wi...