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[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZZETE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 28 /2019- Central Tax (Rate)
New Delhi, the 31
st
December, 2019
G.S.R......(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) and sub-section
(4) of section 9, sub-section (1) of section 11, sub-section (5) of section 15 and section 148 of
the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on
being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of
the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the
Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.12/2017-
Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28
th
June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 691(E), dated the 28
th

June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, against serial number 41, -
(a) in column (3), for the figure “50”, at both the places where they occur, the figure “20 ”
shall be substituted;
(b) for the entry in column (5), the following entries shall be substituted, namely, -
(5)
“Provided that the leased plots shall be used for the purpose for which they are allotted,
that is, for industrial or financial activity in an industrial or financial business area:
Provided further that the State Government concerned shall monitor and enforce the above
condition as per the order issued by the State Government in this regard:
Provided also that in case of any violation or subsequent change of land use, due to any
reason whatsoever, the original lessor, original lessee as well as any subsequent lessee or
buyer or owner shall be jointly and severally liable to pay such amount of central tax, as
would have been payable on the upfront amount charged for the long term lease of the
plots but for the exemption contained herein, along with the applicable interest and
penalty:
Provided also that the lease agreement entered into by the original lessor with the original
lessee or subsequent lessee, or sub- lessee, as well as any subsequent lease or sale
agreements, for lease or sale of such plots to subsequent lessees or buyers or owners shall
incorporate in the terms and conditions, the fact that the central tax was exempted on the
long term lease of the plots by the original lessor to the original lessee subject to above

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condition and that the parties to the said agreements undertake to comply with the same.”.
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1
st
day of January, 2020.

[F. No. 354/204/2019- TRU]


(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: -The principal notification No. 12/2017 - Central Tax (Rate), dated the 28
th
June, 2017
was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 691 (E), dated the
28
th
June, 2017 and was last amended by notification No. 21/2019 - Central Tax (Rate), dated
the 30
th
September, 2019 vide number G.S.R. 734 (E), dated the 30
th
September, 2019.