diff --git a/app/client/src/constants/PropertyControlConstants.tsx b/app/client/src/constants/PropertyControlConstants.tsx
index 5f631393f1..5a68d4c92b 100644
--- a/app/client/src/constants/PropertyControlConstants.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/constants/PropertyControlConstants.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ type ValidationConfigParams = {
   ) => ValidationResponse; // Function in a FUNCTION type
   fnString?: string; // AUTO GENERATED, SHOULD NOT BE SET BY WIDGET DEVELOPER
   expected?: CodeEditorExpected; // FUNCTION type expected type and example
+  strict?: boolean; //for strict string validation of TEXT type
+  ignoreCase?: boolean; //to ignore the case of key
 };
 
 export type ValidationConfig = {
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/ChartWidget/widget/propertyConfig.ts b/app/client/src/widgets/ChartWidget/widget/propertyConfig.ts
index d451062e8a..8e10e89904 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/ChartWidget/widget/propertyConfig.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/ChartWidget/widget/propertyConfig.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ export default [
                       name: "chart",
                       type: ValidationTypes.OBJECT,
                       params: {
+                        allowedKeys: [
+                          {
+                            name: "paletteColors",
+                            type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+                            params: {
+                              strict: true,
+                              ignoreCase: true,
+                            },
+                          },
+                        ],
                         default: {},
                       },
                     },
diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/validations.test.ts b/app/client/src/workers/validations.test.ts
index dec9f2124b..6bcc6e1de7 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/validations.test.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/validations.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,39 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("correctly validates strict text", () => {
+    const validation = {
+      type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+      params: {
+        required: true,
+        default: "abc",
+        allowedValues: ["abc", "123", "mno", "test"],
+        strict: true,
+      },
+    };
+    const inputs = ["abc", "xyz", 123];
+    const expected = [
+      {
+        isValid: true,
+        parsed: "abc",
+      },
+      {
+        isValid: false,
+        parsed: "abc",
+        message: "Value is not allowed",
+      },
+      {
+        isValid: false,
+        parsed: "abc",
+        message: `${WIDGET_TYPE_VALIDATION_ERROR} string ( abc | 123 | mno | test )`,
+      },
+    ];
+    inputs.forEach((input, index) => {
+      const result = validate(validation, input, DUMMY_WIDGET);
+      expect(result).toStrictEqual(expected[index]);
+    });
+  });
+
   it("correctly validates image url", () => {
     const config = {
       type: ValidationTypes.IMAGE_URL,
@@ -939,6 +972,10 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
         label: true,
         value: "true",
       },
+      {
+        paletteColors1: "#ffffff",
+        palettecolors2: "#ffffff",
+      },
     ];
     const config = [
       {
@@ -987,6 +1024,28 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
           ],
         },
       },
+      {
+        type: ValidationTypes.OBJECT,
+        params: {
+          allowedKeys: [
+            {
+              name: "paletteColors1",
+              type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+              params: {
+                strict: true,
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              name: "paletteColors2",
+              type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+              params: {
+                strict: true,
+                ignoreCase: true,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
     ];
     const expected = [
       {
@@ -1000,6 +1059,13 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
         isValid: true,
         parsed: { label: true, value: "true" },
       },
+      {
+        isValid: true,
+        parsed: {
+          paletteColors1: "#ffffff",
+          palettecolors2: "#ffffff",
+        },
+      },
     ];
     inputs.forEach((input, index) => {
       const result = validate(config[index], input, DUMMY_WIDGET);
@@ -1015,6 +1081,10 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
       {
         label: true,
       },
+      {
+        paletteColors1: "#ffffff",
+        palettecolors2: 3,
+      },
     ];
     const config = [
       {
@@ -1063,6 +1133,28 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
           ],
         },
       },
+      {
+        type: ValidationTypes.OBJECT,
+        params: {
+          allowedKeys: [
+            {
+              name: "paletteColors1",
+              type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+              params: {
+                strict: true,
+              },
+            },
+            {
+              name: "paletteColors2",
+              type: ValidationTypes.TEXT,
+              params: {
+                strict: true,
+                ignoreCase: true,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
     ];
     const expected = [
       {
@@ -1078,6 +1170,15 @@ describe("Validate Validators", () => {
         message: "Missing required key: value",
         parsed: { label: true },
       },
+      {
+        isValid: false,
+        message:
+          "Value of key: palettecolors2 is invalid: This value does not evaluate to type string",
+        parsed: {
+          paletteColors1: "#ffffff",
+          palettecolors2: "",
+        },
+      },
     ];
     inputs.forEach((input, index) => {
       const result = validate(config[index], input, DUMMY_WIDGET);
diff --git a/app/client/src/workers/validations.ts b/app/client/src/workers/validations.ts
index ed1f78a09f..f2a8825128 100644
--- a/app/client/src/workers/validations.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/workers/validations.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ const flat = (array: Record<string, any>[], uniqueParam: string) => {
   });
   return result;
 };
+
+function getPropertyEntry(
+  obj: Record<string, unknown>,
+  name: string,
+  ignoreCase = false,
+) {
+  if (!ignoreCase) {
+    return name;
+  } else {
+    const keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj);
+    return keys.find((key) => key.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase()) || name;
+  }
+}
+
 function validatePlainObject(
   config: ValidationConfig,
   value: Record<string, unknown>,
@@ -42,24 +56,25 @@ function validatePlainObject(
     const _messages: string[] = [];
     const parsedValue: Record<string, unknown> = value;
     config.params.allowedKeys.forEach((entry) => {
-      if (value.hasOwnProperty(entry.name)) {
+      const ignoreCase = !!entry.params?.ignoreCase;
+      const entryName = getPropertyEntry(value, entry.name, ignoreCase);
+
+      if (value.hasOwnProperty(entryName)) {
         const { isValid, message, parsed } = validate(
           entry,
-          value[entry.name],
+          value[entryName],
           props,
         );
-        parsedValue[entry.name] = parsed;
+        parsedValue[entryName] = parsed;
         if (!isValid) {
-          value[entry.name] = parsed;
+          value[entryName] = parsed;
           _valid = isValid;
           message &&
-            _messages.push(
-              `Value of key: ${entry.name} is invalid: ${message}`,
-            );
+            _messages.push(`Value of key: ${entryName} is invalid: ${message}`);
         }
       } else if (entry.params?.required) {
         _valid = false;
-        _messages.push(`Missing required key: ${entry.name}`);
+        _messages.push(`Missing required key: ${entryName}`);
       }
     });
     if (_valid) {
@@ -303,15 +318,17 @@ export const VALIDATORS: Record<ValidationTypes, Validator> = {
     }
 
     const isValid = isString(parsed);
+    const stringValidationError = {
+      isValid: false,
+      parsed: config.params?.default || "",
+      message: `${WIDGET_TYPE_VALIDATION_ERROR} ${getExpectedType(config)}`,
+    };
     if (!isValid) {
       try {
-        parsed = toString(parsed);
+        if (!config.params?.strict) parsed = toString(parsed);
+        else return stringValidationError;
       } catch (e) {
-        return {
-          isValid: false,
-          parsed: config.params?.default || "",
-          message: `${WIDGET_TYPE_VALIDATION_ERROR} ${getExpectedType(config)}`,
-        };
+        return stringValidationError;
       }
     }
     // If the value is an empty string we skip