Leasehold rights assignment transfers benefits of immovable property, keeping industrial plot transfers outside the GST supply net.

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....Assignment of leasehold rights in an industrial plot to a third party is treated as a transfer of benefits arising from immovable property rather than a GST-taxable supply. A binding High Court ruling on that characterisation remains operative absent a stay or recall, notwithstanding an intended review. GST is therefore not leviable on such assignment, and the appellate order rejecting the departmental challenge stands sustained.....