HYDERABAD, March 23: District Pubic Safety Commission (DPSC) secretary Mustafa Jamal Kazi broke open the lock of the commission office here on Saturday in presence of two judges.

The action was taken in the wake of persistent refusal of the DPSC chairman, Masood Pervez, to vacate the office for the shifting of a civil court there despite repeated calls by the DCO and the district and session judge of Hyderabad.

The additional sessions judge, Abdul Rasool Memon, and the civil judge, Amjad Ali Boyo, were present when the lock was broken, said DPSC secretary Mustafa Jamal Kazi.

When contacted, Mr Kazi said he had been asked by Sindh chief secretary K. B. Rind that being the secretary he was responsible to hand over the building to the district judiciary as the chief justice of the Sindh High Court had contacted him.

The DPSC chief, in a statement, said that the commission was closing its business till it was allotted a new office.

The office of the DPSC, set up last year, was located on the upper floor of the revenue building.

Ten civil courts will work in the revenue building until a new civil court building is constructed. The existing building of the civil courts has been declared dangerous by the building department.

Earlier, the DJ gave a deadline to the DPSC chief for vacating the office, which expired last week.

The offices, offered by the DCO to the DPSC, in Qasimabad and the Shahbaz Building, were rejected by Mr Pervaiz.

The DPSC chief has informed people till next announcement no complaint or case should be sent to the commission .

He said that DPSC had been told that a new office would be allotted to it in the under construction Social Welfare building.