JUDGMENT

1. Defendants in the suit filed this appeal under Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure (C.P.C.). The sole plaintiff is the respondent here.

2. This appeal has been coming up for hearing before admission. Sri K.Subrahmanyam, the learned counsel for appellants and Smt. G.Manasa, the learned counsel representing Sri K.R.Srinivas, the learned counsel for respondent submitted arguments.

3. The following facts leading to the present appeal are required to be noticed:

(a) O.S.No.143 of 1999 was a suit filed for specific performance of agreement for sale. It was filed by Sri Pyla Venkata Ramana as against Sri Gatta Ramulu @ Ramunaidu. During the pendency of the suit before learned Principal Junior Civil Judge, Chodavaram the sole defendant died and thereafter his legal representatives were brought on record as defendant Nos.2 to 7. During his lifetime the sole defendant/defendant No.1 filed his written statement. Subsequently, the impleaded legal representatives through fifth defendant filed an additional written statement while the rest of the defendants filed a memo adopting the same. Record would further indicate that on the application of the legal representatives learned trial