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(4) The defendants have denied any agreement to sell the suit property to the plaintiff for Rs.8 lakhs or for any amount. However, it is admitted that on or before 15.12.1987 plaintiff came to defendant No.1 and offered to purchase the plot in suit. The defendants demanded a sum of Rs.15 lakhs exclusive of unearned profits payable to the Dda as consideration for the sale of the said plot; that the plaintiff wanted the price to be reduced to Rs.14.5 lakhs exclusive of unearned profits payable to the Dda, the sale price was, therefore, not settled; that it was, however suggested by the plaintiff that the sale price could be negotiated and in the meanwhile he offered to deposit a sum of Rs.10,000.00 with Shri Ashok Malhotra and requested him not to deal with any other buyer for a week. Shri Ashok Malhotra acted solely on his own behalf and issued the receipt for Rs.10,000.00 and agreed to hold the plot for a period of one week; that the plaintiff thereafter did not agree to the price of Rs.15 lakhs and the unearned profit and the other terms and conditions.