JAYACHANDRA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) ANY welfare legislation, when enforced strictly, is likely to cause some hardship to one person or the other having interest in the property sought to be subjected to the rigour of such legislation. The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 is one such welfare legislation and it is also included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution of India. S. 20 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", however to some extent empowers the State Government to grant exemptions to alleviate such hardships. The State Government by G. O. Ms. No. 4778 Revenue (UCII) Department, dated 11-11-80, exercising its power under S. 20 (1) of the Act exempted an excess vacant land measuring 4776. 84 Square mts. bearing premises No. 91-87 situated at St. John s Road, Secunderabad in Hyderabad urban agglomeration, held jointly by Sarvasri C. T. Vijaya Raghavan, C. T. Srinivasan, Smt. Leela Thanushkoti and Smt. Kanakam. It is this G. O. that is challenged in both these writ petitions. India Cable Company Ltd. a tenant in the exempted premises and the adjacent land has filed Writ Petition No. 3568 of 1984 seeking a writ or direc