Assignment of long-term leasehold rights transfers benefits of immovable property and falls outside taxable GST supply.

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....Assignment by sale or transfer of long-term leasehold rights in land and building to a third-party assignee constitutes transfer of benefits arising from immovable property. The assignee replaces the original allottee as lessee. Such assignment falls outside taxable supply under section 7(1)(a), clause 5(b) of Schedule II and clause 5 of Schedule III of the GST law, and is therefore not liable to GST. On this basis, the GST order concerning the assignment was quashed and the writ petition was allowed.....