( 1 ) HEARD both sides.

( 2 ) THIS civil revision petition is directed against the order, dated 22-7-2002, passed by the Principal Senior Civil Judge at kurnool, rejecting the request of the petitioners herein to admit the alleged agreement, dated 19-2-1997, in evidence.

( 3 ) THE petitioners are the plaintiffs and the respondents are the defendants in the suit.

( 4 ) FOR the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred to as per their array in the suit.

( 5 ) THE only question that falls for consideration in this civil revision petition is as to whether a document, which is the very basis of the filing of the suit, is a deed of partition or an agreement to partition and what is the effect of non-registration and insufficient stamp duty of such document?

( 6 ) THE suit is filed for specific performance of alleged agreement of partition deed, dated 19-12-1997, directing the defendants to execute a registered partition deed along with the plaintiffs, conveying the plaint schedule property to the plaintiffs, otherwise, to have the same through process of the Court.

( 7 ) THE plaintiffs filed the suit for specific performance (which is detailed as above) on the st