Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
A warrant for attachment is usually addressed to the bailiff of the Court (see e.g., Forms 8, 9 and 20 of Appendix E). This does not, however, imply that it must necessarily be addressed and given for execution to a bailiff. The expression used in rule 43 of Order XXI is "attaching officer" and rule 3 of Order XLVIII allows such variations in the forms as the circumstances of each case require. Therefore, it is open to the Court to direct a clerk or the Nazir and not merely a bailiff to make an attachment.