JUDGMENT :

THE HONOURABLE Mr. JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN

Prayer:- Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of the Civil Procedure Code against the judgment and decree dated 27.07.2011 in A.S.No.83 of 2010 passed by the learned I Additional District Judge, Salem, reversing the judgment and decree dated 30.07.2010 in O.S.No.12 of 2007 passed by the learned I Additional Subordinate Judge, Salem.

The defendant in the suit for specific performance is the appellant before this Court.

2. Pending this appeal, the sole appellant died and his legal heirs were brought on record as appellants 2 to 6.

3. This Second Appeal has been filed challenging the judgment and decree dated 27.07.2011 in A.S.No.83 of 2010 on the file of the I Additional District Court, Salem, reversing the judgment and decree dated 30.07.2010 in O.S.No.12 of 2007 on the file of the I Additional Sub Court, Salem.

4. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to according to their ranking as before the Trial Court.

The brief facts, which gave rise to this Second Appeal, are as follows:

5. According to the plaintiff, the defendant is the owner of the suit property and he had purchased the suit property through a registered sale d