We have audited the accompanying standalone financialStatements of Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited ('theCompany'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income), the Statement of Cash Flow, theStatement of Changes in Equity, Notes to the StandaloneFinancial Statements for the year ended on that date, anda summary of the material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as thestandalone financial statements).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended,("IND AS") and other accounting principles generally acceptedin India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes inequity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities underthose Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe standalone financial statements under the provisions ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole, andin forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have determined thematters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matters
Auditor's Response
1
Revenue recognition for long termconstruction contracts:
The Company's significant portion of businessis undertaken through long term constructioncontracts. Revenue from these contracts isrecognized over a period of time in accordancewith the requirements of Ind AS 115, Revenuefrom Contracts with Customers. Due to the natureof the contracts, revenue recognition involvesusage of percentage of completion methodwhich is determined based on output methodsuch as surveys of performance completed todate, appraisal of results achieved, milestonesreached, units produced or units delivered whichinvolves significant judgements, identification ofcontractual obligations and the Company's rightsto receive payments for performance completedtill date, changes in scope and consequentialrevised contract price and recognition of theliability for loss making contracts. (Note No. 2.3)
Our audit procedures include the following:
• Reading the company's revenue recognition accounting policies and assessingcompliance with the policies in terms of Ind AS 115.
• We performed test of controls over revenue recognition with specific focus ondetermination of progress of completion and recording of costs incurred.
• We performed tests of details, on a sample basis, and read the underlyingcustomer contracts and its amendments, if any, key contract terms andmilestones etc. for verifying estimation of contract revenue and cost and /orany change in such estimation.
• We reviewed the management's evaluation process to recognize revenue overa period of time, status of completion for projects and total cost estimates.
• We tested contracts with exceptions including contracts with low or negativemargins, contracts with significant changes in planned cost estimates, contractswith significant contract assets and liabilities, and significant overdue netreceivable positions for contracts and tested these exceptions with its correlationwith the underlying contracts, documents for the triggers during the period.
• We tested that the contractual positions and revenue for the year are presentedand disclosed in compliance of Ind AS 115 in the Standalone financialstatements.
2.
Trade Receivables and Contract Assets
Trade receivables and Contract Assets amountingto '81,297.15 lakhs and 'Lakhs 77,819.76 lakhsrespectively represent approximately 42.92%of the total assets of the Company as at March31, 2025. In assessing the recoverability of theaforesaid balance management's judgementinvolves consideration of aging status, evaluationof litigations and the likelihood of collectionbased on the terms of the contract. Managementestimation is required in the measurement ofwork completed during the period for recognitionof unbilled revenue. We considered this as keyaudit matter due to the materiality of the amountsand significant estimates and judgements asstated above.
Our Audit procedures amongst other included the following:
• We understood and tested on a sample basis the design and operatingeffectiveness of management control over the recognition and the recoverabilityof the trade receivables and contract assets.
• We performed test of details and tested relevant contracts, documents andsubsequent settlements for material trade receivable balances and amountsincluded in contract assets that are due on performance of future obligations.
• We tested the aging of trade receivables at year end.
• We performed test of details and tested relevant contracts and documentswith specific focus on measurement of work completed during the period formaterial unbilled revenue balances included in contract asset.
• We performed additional procedures, in respect of material over-due tradereceivables and long outstanding contract assets, i.e. tested historical paymentrecords and legal advice obtained by the management on litigations from legalexperts.
• We assessed the allowance for impairment made by management.
3.
Litigation and Claims & other ContingentLiabilities
The Company is involved in direct, indirect tax andother litigations that are pending with differentstatutory authorities. (Refer note 40(i)(a) to theStandalone Financial Statements).
The level of management judgement associatedwith determining the need for, and the quantumof, provisions for any liabilities is dependenton a number of significant assumptions andassessments which involves interpreting thevarious applicable rules, regulations, practicesand considering precedents in the variousjurisdictions.
This matter is considered as a key matter, inview of the uncertainty regarding the outcomeof these litigations, the significance of theamounts involved and the subjectivity involvedin management's judgement as to whether theamount should be recognized as a provisionor only disclosed as contingent liability in thestandalone financial statements.
Our audit procedures amongst others included the following:
• Obtained list of pending litigations as at March 31, 2025 from management.
• We analysed the completed assessments for pending cases of similar nature.
• Discussed the matters with the management to understand the possibleoutcome of these disputes.
• We have also considered legal precedence and other rulings in evaluatingmanagement position on these uncertain tax & other litigations.
• Obtained experts opinion in major cases to review the management'sassessment of the possible outcome of the disputes relating to direct, indirecttax and other litigations.
• Assessed contingent liabilities disclosure in note 40(i)(a) to the accompanyingStandalone financial statements.
The Company's Board of Director is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, butdoes not include the standalone financial statements andour auditor's report thereon. The above-mentioned reportis expected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
Our opinion on the Standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we will not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that thereis a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSECHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's Board of Director is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013('the Act') with respect to the preparation of these standalonefinancial statements to give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance (including othercomprehensive income), cash flows and changes in equity ofthe Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards specified in the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of theAct. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they
could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Undersection 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continueas a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attentionin our auditor's report to the related disclosures in thestandalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure, and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial
statements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements inthe standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss including OtherComprehensive Income, Standalone Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Standalone Statement ofCash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 and takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure A". Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company'sinternal financial controls over financial reportingwith reference to Standalone Financial Statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits standalone financial statements- Refer Note-40(i)(a) to the standalone financial statement.
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, ifany, on long-term contracts. The Company hasno derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individuallyor in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company
to or in any other person or entity, includingforeign entity ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries")or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The Management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individuallyor in the aggregate) have beenreceived bythe Company from any person or entity,including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalfof the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
c) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
v. The Board of Directors of the Companyhave proposed dividend for the year which
is subject to the approval of the membersat the ensuing Annual General Meeting.The amount of dividend proposed is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act, asapplicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which includedtest checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2025 which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated accordinglyduring the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software.
Further, during the course of our audit wedid not come across any instance of theaudit trail feature being tampered with andthe audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the Statutory requirementsfor record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "AnnexureB" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order.
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Dated: 30-05-2025 UDIN: 25084175BMNRLX6337