P.R. Shivakumar, J.

1. The plaintiff in the original suit is the appellant in the first appeal. She filed the suit O.S. No. 80 of 2005 on the file of the District Court, Salem against late Saroja and the respondents herein praying for the relief of specific performance directing the said Saroja and respondents 1 and 2/defendants 2 and 3 to execute a sale deed in her favour in respect of their 2/3 rd share in the suit properties or in the alternative directing the said Saroja and respondents herein to refund the advance amount of Rs. 5,00,000/- together with an interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of suit till realisation and for a permanent injunction restraining Saroja and the respondents 1 and 2 from in any way encumbering or alienating the suit properties by way of sale deed or any other deed either in the name of the fourth defendant or his man or in any others name.

2. Saroja and the first respondent herein initially contested the suit based on the written statement filed by Saroja, which was adopted by the first respondent herein. The second respo