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of <h1>Court orders Income Tax Department to promptly execute property deed purchased at auction, ending 25-year delay</h1> <h3>Heera Association And 1 Versus Union of India And 1</h3> Heera Association And 1 Versus Union of India And 1 - TMI Issues:Delay in execution of conveyance deed despite full payment and possession of property.Analysis:The case involved a delay in executing a conveyance deed for a property despite the petitioners having paid the full consideration and taken physical possession. The petitioners approached the court seeking a direction to the respondents to execute the conveyance deed. The respondent, the Income Tax Department, had put the property up for auction, and the petitioners were successful bidders. The sale was confirmed in 1990, and possession was handed over, but the conveyance deed had not been executed for 25 years. The court noted that there was no impediment in executing the deed and found the delay unjustified. The court allowed the petition and directed the respondents to execute the conveyance deed within one and a half months from the date of the order.The court considered the facts of the case, where the sale was confirmed in 1990, and physical possession was given to the petitioners. Despite this, the conveyance deed had not been executed for an extended period. The court emphasized that since the full consideration had been paid and there was no obstacle to executing the deed, a further delay of four months as proposed by the respondents was unwarranted. Therefore, the court granted the petition and ordered the respondents to execute the conveyance deed within a reasonable period of one and a half months from the date of the order.In conclusion, the court found in favor of the petitioners due to the unjustified delay in executing the conveyance deed for the property they had purchased through auction. The court directed the respondents, the Income Tax Department, to execute the conveyance deed within one and a half months from the date of the order, emphasizing that the delay of 25 years was unreasonable given the circumstances of the case.
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