Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the unregistered agreement for sale dated 27.3.2002 under which the plaintiffs-respondents claim part performance having been put in possession of the suit land is barred by the provisions of Section 17(1-A) of the Registration Act read with Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act. It is contended that on the basis of the said unregistered agreement for sale no plea regarding part performance could have been raised by the plaintiffs-respondents or entertained by the court below as the same is completely barred under the provisions of Section 17(1-A) of the Registration Act which has been inserted into the said Act by Act 48 of 2001. It is thus urged that the court below could not have taken into account any claim of possession on behalf of the plaintiffs on the basis of any clause contained in the said unregistered agreement for sale and granted any relief on the basis of the same.