The judgment establishes the importance of a prima facie case, balance of convenience, and possession in deciding the grant of interim injunctions.

1. Both the revisions arise out of the judgment in C.M.A.Nos.5 and 6 of 2000 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Poonamalee dismissing the order in I.A.Nos.325 and 326 of 1999 on the file of the District Munsif Tambaram.

2. The plaintiff filed I.A.Nos.325 of 1999 under Order 39, Rule 1, C.P.C. for a temporary injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with the alleged peaceful possession of the suit property by him pending the suit and the application in I.A.No.326 of 1999 was filed praying for a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from alienating encumbering or registering any document in respect of B schedule properties till the disposal of the application. The trial Court dismissed both the applications. On appeal also, both C.M.A.Nos.5 and 6 of 2000 on the file of Sub-Court, Poonamallee, were dismissed. Hence, the present two revision petitions by the plaintiff.

3. The suit was filed by the plaintiff for a permanent injunction claiming to be in possession and enjoyment of the property. The plaint B schedule property forms part of the plaint A schedule property. The property belongs to defendants 1 to 7. The plaintiff entered into an agreement with each one of them on 14.11.1991 to purchase A schedule items from the respective owners at the rate of Rs.5,000 per cent. He paid 75 per cent of the sale consideration to the vendors on the date of agreement itself. It was acknowledged by the respective defendants. On the date of the agreement itself, defendants 1 to 7 have placed the plaintiff in possession and enjoyment the entire A schedule property and defendants 1 to 7 had also handed over the documents relating the plaintiff on the date of the agreement; The plaintiff had also taken possession of the properties. The balance of sale consideration was also paid to each one of the defendants who had also executed the necessary documents to evidence the payment for respective sale items. Each one of the defendants have executed the said documents and also receipts after having received full sale consideration. After taking possession of A schedule items, the plaintiff made lot of improvements by removing bushes in the entire A schedule property, levelled. A schedule properties over which there were lot of ups and downs. He had also dumped sand to level A schedule property. The plaintiff surveyed the entire extent and fixed boundary stones. He plotted out into 59 plots. He also laid roads in A schedule property and named the plots in A Schedule as Sri Balaji Nagar Extension. He has also taken initiative to obtain approval of the road from Perungalathur Town Panchayat and had also received the same. He had spent more than Rs.2 lakhs for all the said improvements even in 1991-92 itself. He had taken enormous pain to layout the property and made it fit as housing plots. Defendants 1 to 7 having received the entire sale consideration, are now attending to deviate from the transaction. They cannot go back on the said transaction. They are now planning to convey the plots to third parties and with that intention, the first defendant had also executed a registered sale deed in favour of the ninth defendant. Similarly, a sale deed has been executed in favour of eighth defendant also. According to the plaintiff, defendants 1 and 2 have absolutely no right to execute any sale deed. Defendants 8 and 9 are not bona fide transferees. They have not verified the documents and have not made any enquiry. Therefore, the plaintiff is entitled to ignore the sale deed executed by defendants 1 and 2. The plaintiff apprehends that defendants 1 to 7 are acting in connivance with other persons to disturb the plaintiffs peaceful possession of the property. Schedule A forms the entire schedule property while the plots and roads which the plaintiff had retained and are remaining unsold are described as B schedule. The plaintiff further submits that he had already entered into an agreement with third parties to sell B sch