JUDGMENT :

SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM, J.

1. The captioned appeal is filed by the unsuccessful defendants who are questioning the judgment and decree of the Courts below granting discretionary relief of specific performance in favour of the plaintiff.

2. The facts leading to the case are as under:

The respondent/plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of contract in O.S. No. 312/2006 in respect of agricultural land bearing Sy. No. 27/2 which is assigned new Sy. No. 111 totally measuring 4 acres. The respondent/plaintiff specifically contended that the appellants/defendants are absolute owners of the suit schedule property. It was also specifically pleaded in the plaint that the katha and the revenue records stand in the name of appellant No. 1/defendant No. 1. The respondent/plaintiff has further pleaded that the appellants/defendants offered to sell the suit schedule property and the respondent/plaintiff agreed to purchase the same and accordingly, the present appellants/defendants entered into an agreement for sale on 05.07.2005 for a valuable sale consideration of Rs. 1,75,000/- per acre. The respondent/plaintiff has further pleaded that the sale consideration was fixed at Rs. 7