This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 03-12-1996 passed in O.S.No.35 of 1993 by the Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District.

2. The appellants herein are the defendants in the suit O.S.No.35 of 1993 filed by the plaintiff/respondent herein for specific performance of the agreement of sale dated 10-10-1979. Originally the suit was numbered as O.S.No.241 of 1980 on the file of the III Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, which was transferred to the Additional District Court, Ranga Reddy District and numbered as O.S.No.425 of 1982, later transferred to Sub-Court, Ranga Reddy District and numbered as O.S.No.603 of 1983 and again transferred to the Court of Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, which was numbered as O.S.No.35 of 1993. The learned Additional District Judge by judgment dated 3-12-1999 decreed the suit with costs. Aggrieved by the said judgment and decree the defendants therein preferred this appeal. The parties herein are referred to as they were arrayed in the suit.

3. It is the case of the plaintiff that he and the defendants got acquainted with each other through one M. Brahma Reddy and that the defendants are