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7. However, the aforesaid judgment is in the context of Section 55(4) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 providing for a situation where the ownership of an immoveable property has passed to the buyer i.e. by registration of sale deed and which would have no application to the subject Re-purchase Agreement relating to immovable property at Gurgaon and which is an unregistered document on a stamp paper of Rs.100/-, executed at Delhi. There can be no concluded transaction relating to immoveable property, without a registered document. Even a document drafted as a sale deed, till unregistered, remains at best an agreement to sell. Reference can be made to Kalavakurti Venkata Subbaiah Vs. Bala Gurappagari Guruvi Reddy (1999) 7 SCC 144 and Prem Prakash Gupta Vs. Sanjay Aggarwal 2018 SCC OnLine Del 6730. Attention of the counsel for the defendants has also been drawn to the subsequent dicta of the Supreme Court concerning Section 55(4) of the Transfer of Property Act, in Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited Vs. S.N. Raj Kumar (2018) 6 SCC 410. The reliance by the counsel for the defendants on the said argument is thus misconceived. Under Clause 5 supra also, the plaintiff was not permitted to deal with the property subject matter of Re-purchase Agreement, without paying balance sale consideration to defendants and thereunder also, the transaction remained akin to an agreement to sell.