JUDGMENT :

The Appellant herein is the 2nd respondent/ 4th defendant before both the Courts below filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal before this Court, aggrieved by the order dated 21.01.2021 in A.S.No.24 of 2014 in O.S.No.257 of 2008 on the file of the Court of the X Additional District Judge, Tirupati (in short ‘the first appellate court’).

2. The appellant herein is the 2nd respondent/ 4th defendant; the respondents 1 to 9 herein are the appellants/plaintiffs and respondents 10 to 12 are the respondents/ defendants, who are impleaded as per order of this Court dated 31.03.2022 in I.A.No.1 of 2022 and 13th respondent is the legal representative of deceased 11th respondent, who impleaded as per order dated 19.01.2023 in I.A.No.4 of 2022.

3. Initially plaintiffs filed a suit in O.S.No.257 of 2008 on the file of the court of Principal Junior Civil Judge, Tirupati (in short ‘the trial court’) against the defendants for specific performance of agreement of sale dated 12.06.1974 and for permanent injunction in respect of plaint schedule property. The said suit was dismissed. Assailing the same, the plaintiffs have filed A.S.No.24 of 2014 before the first appellate court. On hear