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In the course of his submissions, Mr. Parasaran referred to a Notification No.44 dated 6th June, 1949, by which the area in question was included in the Jubilee Hills area within the limits of the Hyderabad Municipality. It was urged that the said fact would go a long way to establish that the lands had lost their agricultural character long ago and would no longer be governed by the provisions of the Tenancy Act of 1950 but by the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. To lend further support to his submission, Mr. Parasaran also pointed out that in 1969 Section 47 had been omitted from the 1950 Act, inasmuch as, by then the lands governed by the said Act had lost their agricultural character and had been converted into urban holdings. In addition to the provisions of Section 43 of the Transfer of Property Act, reference was also made to Section 13(1)(b) of the Specific Relief Act, 1968, whereunder a person with no title or imperfect title may be compelled by the purchaser or lessee to execute or procure documents to validate the title. Reference was made to a decision of this Court in the case of The Jumma Masjid, Mercara vs. Kodimaniandra Deviah, (1962) Supp. 2 SCR 554, which was a case dealing with a representation made by a person having only a spes- successionis in the property transferred. It was held that the transferee was entitled to the benefit of Section 43 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, if he had taken the transfer for consideration and on the faith of the representation. The decision already referred to hereinbefore in the case of Ram Pyare (supra) echo the sentiments in the aforesaid Jumma Masjid case.