R. SUBBIAH, J.

1. This appeal is filed as against the Judgment and Decree dated 15.02.2011 passed in O.S. No. 550 of 2007 on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court No.I) Coimbatore by which the suit filed by the plaintiff/appellant herein for specific performance of the agreement dated 02.10.2003, Ex.A-5, was dismissed.

2. The plaintiff in the suit is the appellant in this appeal. The defendants are the respondents herein. For easy reference, the parties shall be referred to as per their ranking in the suit.

3. Brief facts of the case of the plaintiff is as follows:-

According to the plaintiff, the defendants 2 to 4 have purchased land mesuring 4.17 acres in S.F. Nos. 498/1 and 499/1-A by means of a registered sale deed dated 02.04.1985 registered as document No. 2413 of 1985 from one Palani Gounder. Similarly, the defendants 1 to 3 and the 6th defendant have purchased land measuring 5 acres comprised in S.F. Nos. 497/1, 498/1 and 499/1A through a registered sale deed dated 25.06.1985. Similarly, the 7th defendant, a partnership firm, in which the 6th defendant is the Managing Partner, has purchased land measuring an extent of 1.25 acres in S.F. Nos. 497/1, 498/1 and 499/1A through a registered sale deed dated 23.12.1985. Thus, the defendants 1 to 4, 6 and 7 are the owners of land measuring a total extent of 10.42 cents in the lands mentioned above situate in Sarkar Samakulam Village, Coimbatore District. The defendants 1 to 4 have executed a registered power of attorney deed dated 01.10.2001 in favour of the fifth defendant empowering him to deal with the lands purchased by them by forming a layout, entering into sale agreements and execution of sale deeds in favour of prospective purchasers. Thereafter, the fourth and sixth defendants have formed layout in the above said lands in the name and style of 'Jayanthi Gardens' and the same has been approved by the Senior Deputy Director, Town and Country Planning Department, Coimbatore vide LP/(CPN)54/1986. Thereafter, the defendants have sold some of the plots in favour of third parties. The fifth defendant, defendants 1 to 4 as well as the 6th defendant, on her behalf and as Managing Partner of the 7th defendant, entered into an agreement of sale dated 02.10.2003 with the plaintiff agreeing to convey the suit properties for a sale price of Rs.13,000/- per cent. The plaintiff also paid a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- towards part of sale consideration. The defendants have also delivered possession of the suit property to the plaintiff in pursuance to the agreement dated 02.10.2003. Hence, according to the plaintiff, the agreement has been partly performed and therefore, he is entitled to the benefits conferred under Section 53-A of the Transfer of Property Act. It is also contended that the plaintiff has constructed buildings in Site Nos. 46-A, 70, 74-A, 75 and 78-A. Thereafter, at the request of the plaintiff, the fifth and sixth defendants have executed sale deeds in respect of site Nos. 22, 23, 28, 46, 46-A, 63, 65-A, 66, 68-A, 71, 71-A, 72, 72-A, 73 and 74 to the prospective purchasers identified by the plaintiff. The last such sale deed was executed by the fifth and sixth defendants on 15.07.2004 in respect of the site No.74. It was pleaded by the plaintiff that he is always ready and willing to perform his part of the agreement. When the Plaintiff brought some purchasers and requested the defendants 5 and 6 to execute the sale deed in favour of the intending purchasers, it was represented by the fifth and sixth defendants that there is some problem in registering the documents in the Sub-Registrar's Office and assured to execute the sale deed after resolving the same. The Plaintiff bonafide believed such representation made by the defendants 5 and 6 and waited to hear from them. However, the defendants 5 and 6 did not inform anything about the clearance with the Sub-Registrar Office. The Plaintiff therefore approached the defendants to