STATE OF A P vs V. VENKATESWARA RAO(D) BY LR.

The Supreme Court addressed the validity of condition 4(d) in G.O.Ms. No. 7 under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, which stipulated that land would vest in the State after a 33-year lease. The Court held that while the State has the authority to impose conditions on exemptions under Section 20 of the Act, the specific condition of vesting was unsustainable. Consequently, the Court upheld the High Court's decision to strike down this condition while restoring the exemption granted to the respondent, Valluru Venkateswara Rao.