JUDGMENT :

N. Sathish Kumar J.

1. Challenging the judgment and decree of the Trial Court, decreeing the suit for specific performance, the present appeal has been filed by the unsuccessful defendants.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings before the Trial Court.

3. It is the case of the plaintiff that the defendant agreed to sell the suit property for a total sale consideration of Rs.25,00,000/- and executed a registered agreement of sale on 08.03.2019 after receiving Rs.1,00,000/- as advance. It was agreed between the parties that the sale shall be completed within a period of 11 months, i.e. on or before 07.02.2020. The defendant also agreed to vacate the tenants from the suit premises. As the defendant could not vacate the tenants within the stipulated in time, he sought extension of time to perform his part of contract. Though the plaintiff suggested extension of time, the defendant requested a further advance of Rs.3,20,000/-. Later, the defendant came with a proposal that the earlier agreement be cancelled and a fresh agreement be executed. Accordingly, the earlier agreement dated 08.03.2019 was cancelled on 01.06.2020 and a fresh agre