The court ordered the seller to refund the amount

Gulf pays 700,<> dirhams to buy land «not for sale»

A Gulf man paid 700,700 dirhams, the value of a land he bought and did not obtain ownership, after it turned out that it was a grant land and could not be registered until after building on it by its original owner, and filed a lawsuit before the Ras Al Khaimah Civil Court, to oblige the defendant to pay him 500,200 dirhams the value of the land that he agreed to sell and did not transfer its ownership and did not hand it over to him, and the court ruled to oblige the defendant to pay the plaintiff 6,<> dirhams, and hand him a check for <>,<> dirhams with Annual interest rate of <>%, and obligated him to pay fees, expenses and attorney's fees.

The judgment was not accepted by the defendant, so he appealed against it, explaining that the civil court is not competent to hear real estate and rental disputes, and that the amount paid by the plaintiff as a deposit is subject to the rules of the deposit.

The plaintiff indicated in the lawsuit that the defendant offered his desire to sell land, which was valued at 700,500 dirhams, and handed him 200,<> dirhams and a check of <>,<> dirhams.

He explained that he tried to build on it, but he was unable to do so according to the conditions of that land and transfer its ownership, after reviewing the competent authorities, as it was found that the defendant is the only one who has the right to build on it, and therefore demanded that the defendant retract the agreement and restore the situation to what it was, but he refused.

A civil court of appeal confirmed that the defendant's conduct, whether by sale or promise to sell, was an act of a right that he had not yet acquired, since the fact was that he received the land as a grant, and he had the right to build on it, but he did not have the right to the neck that was transferred to him after the approval of the transfer of ownership to him in full, and before obtaining that approval, he did not have the right to dispose of the land granted to him.