There are 11 classifications of land in Andhra Pradesh and a person can hold agriculture land ranging from 10 acres to 54 acres according to respective class of land.
There are eight types of agriculture land which are exempted from the application of this Act. If land falls any one of categories mentioned in section 23 the ceiling limit will not apply. The range is so wide and a big land holder easily bring himself in any one of the categories mentioned in section 23 and is exempted from the ceiling limit.
The land ceiling laws may have allowed for re-distribution of land in the past but today, they act as a barrier to the growth of farmers' income.
But for various reasons, the redistribution of land did not take off in most states, even as the legislation that puts a limit on how much land a family can own continues to remain in force.
This limit is also dependent on the type of irrigation facility available for the land. If the land is irrigated for two crops a year (perennially irrigated), the amount of land that can be held is the lowest. If irrigation is available for one crop a year (single crop land), farmers can keep a higher amount of land. If the land is not irrigated (dry land), the limit is the highest.
However ther is no point in discussing all these issues, because there is no remedy for this now at this stage.
In my opinion, there are no possibilities for the vendor to get the land released from the land ceiling, hence better obtain a proper legal opinion from a local lawyer before venturing into this purchase.