Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
When any building or enclosure of which possession is to be given in execution is found locked, a notice should ordinarily be given to any person bound by the decree who is in possession of such building or enclosure requiring him to unlock it within a given time. If on the day so appointed it is still locked, it may be broken open and given into the possession of the decree-holder or purchaser, by following the procedure laid down in sub-rule (3) of rule 35 of Order XXI.