L. Narasimha Reddy, J.

1. Defendants 1 to 4 in O.S. No.51 of 1996 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Peddapuram, filed this appeal challenging the decree and judgment dated 21.11.2000 passed therein. The suit was filed by the 1st respondent herein against the appellants and the 2nd respondent (defendant No.5).

2. Since the 2nd respondent did not contest the suit, the 1st respondent herein referred to as the respondent.

3. The respondent filed the suit for the relief of specific performance of an agreement of sale dated 01.02.1995. He pleaded that the appellants are the owners of Acs.26-00 of land in different survey numbers of Talluru village of East Godavari District and they offered to sell the same for a sum of Rs.60,000/- per acre, aggregating to Rs.15,60,000/-. On the date of agreement, a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- is said to have been paid as an advance and that balance of sale consideration was agreed to be paid within 4 months. It was also his case that the appellants agreed to clear the loans due to Cooperative Society, Gandepalli (for short “the society”) and Samarlakota Sugar Factory (for short “the factory”) and to deliver the original title deeds, at the time of