PRAKASH CHANDRA GUPTA Vs. SADHO SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) S.N.Srivastava-This second appeal has been preferred against the judgment and decree dated 19.5.1981, passed by 2nd Additional District Judge, Shahjahanpur allowing Civil Appeal No. 123 of 1980 Sadho Singh v. Prakash Chandra Gupta and others dismissing suit, by reversing the judgment and decree dated 24th May, 1980 passed in Original Suit No. 137 of 1978, Prakash Chandra v. Smt. Loungsri for specific performance of agreement to sell dated 11.2.1976.

(2.) PLAINTIFF filed a suit for specific performance of contract dated 11.2.1976 of the house in suit situated in Mohalla Tarin Bahadurganj, Shahjahanpur on the ground inter alia that for the house in suit situated on Plot No. 470 area (12 x 8) 96 sq. yards, that an agreement to sell was entered into on 11.2.1976 by defendant No. 1 Loungsri for consideration of Rs. 7,500, that out of which Rs. 5,000 was paid as earnest money, that inspite of the effort and plaintiff's readiness and willingness to purchase the property, the sale-deed was not executed and defendant No. 2 with full knowledge of agreement to sell got executed a sale-deed dated 19.8.77 which was a paper transaction registered on 28.9.77 for alleged consideration of Rs. 10,000, that the defendants are bound by the agreement to execute a sale-deed. Accordingly relief was sought to pass a decree of specific performance of the contract dated 11.2.76 of the house in suit against defendants to execute sale-deed after taking Rs. 2,500.

(3.) WITH above findings, suit was decreed on 24.5.1980 for specific performance of contract directing defendant No. 1 Loungsri and defendant No. 2 Sadho Singh to execute sale-deed after receiving balance amount of Rs. 2,500 failing which, the sale-deed will be executed in accordance with law by the Court.