Short answer. Generally no. Section 33 of Rule 39 says the officer gives possession to the purchaser or last redemptioner unless a third party is actually holding the property adversely to the judgment obligor. If someone else genuinely occupies the property adversely, the sheriff does not simply deliver possession through this process.
What the law says
The possession of the property shall be given to the purchaser or last redemptioner by the same officer unless a third party is actually holding the property adversely to the judgment obligor.
Rule 39, Section 33 — Deed and possession to be given at expiration of redemption period; by whom executed or given. Read the full provision →
What the law says
Upon the expiration of the right of redemption, the purchaser or redemptioner shall be substituted to and acquire all the rights, title, interest and claim of the judgment obligor to the property as of the time of the levy.
Rule 39, Section 33 — Deed and possession to be given at expiration of redemption period; by whom executed or given. Read the full provision →
The general rule: possession follows expiration of redemption
Section 33 normally has the officer deliver possession once redemption has expired. The possession of the property shall be given to the purchaser or last redemptioner by the same officer unless a third party is actually holding the property adversely to the judgment obligor. As a rule, the same officer who handled the sale hands over possession to the purchaser or the last redemptioner.
The exception that answers your question
That same sentence carves out exactly the situation you describe: possession is given by the officer unless a third party is actually holding the property adversely to the judgment obligor. If someone other than the judgment debtor genuinely occupies the property in a manner adverse to the judgment obligor, the officer does not simply deliver possession the way the rule provides for the ordinary case.
Why the officer cannot just evict an adverse occupant
The exception exists because a third party holding adversely is asserting a claim to the property independent of the judgment debtor's own interest. Section 33 ties the purchaser's substitution to the rights the judgment obligor had at the time of levy — it does not, by its own terms, sweep aside a separate claim someone else is asserting against the property.
What the purchaser or redemptioner actually acquires
Section 33 describes what happens once redemption expires: the purchaser or redemptioner shall be substituted to and acquire all the rights, title, interest and claim of the judgment obligor to the property as of the time of the levy. That substitution is limited to the judgment obligor's own rights as of the levy — it does not by itself resolve a separate, adverse claim a third-party occupant may have, which is why the officer's summary delivery of possession stops short where that claim exists.