Srinivasan, J.

These four appeals are directed against the common order passed by a single Judge of this Court sitting on the Original side on four applications filed during the pendency of a suit. For the sake of convenience, the appellants will be referred to as the plaintiffs and the respondent will be referred to as the defendant.

.2. The suit is for specific performance of an agreement for sale said to have been entered orally by the defendant with the plaintiffs in or around August 1991. The sale price was Rs.9,75,000 for each plot. The parties have agreed that the sale consideration should be paid at the time of execution of the sale deed. The plaintiff and his wife agreed to purchase the plots because they intended to build a temple for Sri Shiridi Sai Baba and the entire extent of 7.37 acres was needed for such construction in a fit manner. The defendant delivered the original title deeds relating to the suit property to the first plaintiff and also put the plaintiffs in possession. The plaintiffs prepared a draft sale deed and handed over the same to the defendant. The defendant applied for Income Tax Clearance Certificate under Section 230-A of the Income Ta