ORDER :

1. The present first appeal has been preferred against the judgment and decree dated 23.03.2022 passed by the Additional District Judge No. 2, Sriganganagar in Civil Original Suit No. 06/2018 whereby the suit for specific performance of the contract and permanent injunction has been decreed.

2. Brief facts of the case are as under:

The plaintiff-respondent Charanjeet Kaur filed a suit for specific performance of contract dated 19.07.2017 executed in her favour by the defendant-appellant Manjeet Singh. It was averred in the plaint that the defendant had agreed to sell his agricultural land measuring 2.024 Hectares to the plaintiff for a consideration of Rs. 9,55,000/-. An advance payment of Rs. 9,00,000/- was received by the defendant on 20.08.2016 and a written ‘agreement to sell’ to the effect was executed on 19.07.2017. Vide the agreement, it was agreed that the sale deed would be executed and got registered in favour of the plaintiff by the defendant on 20.11.2017 and remaining consideration amount of Rs. 55,000/- would be paid by the plaintiff to the defendant on the said date. The agreement was got registered on 20.07.2017.

3. It was further averred in the plaint that on t