The moment the sale is held, the Judgment-debtor or the erstwhile owner losses all his right, title and interest therein and it is the purchaser that becomes the owner thereof from the date of the sale

 1966 (1) MLJ 324 (M. Shanmugham Chettiar Vs. Manilal J. Sheth and others), wherein it has been held as follows:-

The fact that the sale was not confirmed before the attachment was effected cannot make any difference. For one thing, unlike the Madras Revenue Recovery Act (II of 1864) or the Code of Civil Procedure, the Madras City Land Revenue (Amendment) Act does not contemplate either the setting aside of the sale by an application or confirmation of the sale. It cannot therefore be stated that the sale has to be confirmed before it becomes absolute. But even assuming that the sale could become absolute only after the confirmation of the sale, it is not the confirmation of sale that vests rights in the property to the purchaser. The moment the sale is held the Judgment-debtor of the erstwhile owner loses all his title and interest therein and it is the purchaser that becomes the owner thereof from the date of the sale. ............................... As soon as the title to the property vested in the purchaser, the Judgment-debtor the erstwhile owner of the property, cannot be deemed to have a saleable interest in or disposing power over this property. His interest ceased in the house when the auction purchaser obtained title to the property. The auction-purchaser could from that moment effectively dispose of that property even in the absence of a sale certificate. ................. Assuming that the sale could become absolute only after the confirmation of the sale, that does not vitally affect the position in this case as it is not the confirmation of sale that vests rights in the property to the purchaser. The moment the sale is held, the Judgment-debtor or the erstwhile owner losses all his right, title and interest therein and it is the purchaser that becomes the owner thereof from the date of the sale. .................. Further Section 65 of the Code of Civil Procedure of great assistance in this controversy. That section recites:

"Where immovable property is sold in execution of a decree and such sale has become absolute, the property shall be deemed to have vested in the purchaser from the time when the property is sold and not from the time when the sale becomes absolute

M. Rangasamy v. R.C. Ramasamy & Another