1. The defendant in O.S.No. 1249 of 1980 on the file of the Sub Court, Madurai, is the appellant in the above appeal. She filed the said suit for specific performance of an agreement for sale.

2. The case of the plaintiff as seen from the plaint are briefly narrated hereunder: The suit property is a wet land of an extent of 27 cents, belongs to the defendant. She agreed to sell the land to the plaintiff for a price of Rs. 24,300. The agreement was reduced to writing and signed by the contracting parties. It is dated 10. 1979 and on the date of the agreement Rs. 8000 was paid as advance. It is further averred that the agreement stipulates that the sale was to be completed within a period of about three months. Again it was extended upto 15th June, 1980. Though the plaintiff was always ready and willing to perform her part of the contract, the defendant was evading. So, the plaintiff sent two letters calling upon the defendant to execute the sale deed on receipt of the balance of the price. Since it had no effect, the plaintiff has filed the present suit.

3. The defendant filed a written statement, wherein she had admitted the execution of the sale agreement and receipt