We have audited the attached Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements of AJR Infra and Tolling Limited(Formerly known as Gammon Infrastructure ProjectsLimited) ("the Company"), which comprise theRevised Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, and theRevised Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), Revised Statement of Changesin Equity and Revised Statement of Cash Flows for theyear then ended, and notes to the Revised financialstatements, including a summary of Material AccountingPolicy Information and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as "the Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, except forthe possible effects of the matter described in Basisof Qualified Opinion paragraph, the aforesaid RevisedStandalone Financial Statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") inthe manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31, 2024, the loss (including othercomprehensive income), changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
(a) Attention is invited to Note 27 (a) of the RevisedFinancial Statement, relating to the Project in theSPV; Indira Container Terminal Pvt Ltd. There existsmaterial uncertainty relating to the future of theProject where the exposure of the Company in theSPV/project is ' 13,243.29 lacs (funded and non¬funded). The draft settlement agreement betweenthe SPV, Ministry of Shipping (MoS), Mumbai Port
Trust (MbPT) has been rejected by MbPT. TheCompany and the SPV are in discussion with MbPTand MoS to reconsider the Project. The credit facilityis marked as NPA by the Lenders. During the quarterthe Lenders have initiated proceedings underInsolvency and Bankruptcy code, 2016 before theNCLT and the NCLT admitted the said petition andauthorized the appointment of Interim ResolutionProfessional ("IRP") vide its orders dated May09,2024. The Company moved NCLAT and obtainedinterim stay on the operation of the order of theNCLT vide order dated May 16,2024. The stay isgranted is till July 25 , 2024,, and we are unable toopine which way the matter would proceed after thecompletion of the period of stay. The exposure ofthe Company towards the said project is ' 13,243.29lacs which is threatened by the possible loss ofcontrol if the Company's petition is not upheld onmerits. Without prejudice to the above, The SPVand MbPT have initiated arbitration proceedingswhich were in progress which may abate if thelenders petition is upheld, and the IRP is reinstated.The MBPT has requested conciliation proceedingswhich are also under active discussions. One of thegrounds on which the stay is granted is the proposalof OTS which has been submitted by the Companywhose terms and conditions has to be fulfilledbefore the next date for the lenders to withdrawtheir petition. There are uncertainties to theadherence to terms and conditions which inter aliarequires an infusion of a substantial sum of moneyby an Investor identified by the Company. In view ofthe above reasons we reiterate that we are unableto opine whether the Company would retain control,honour the terms of the OTS and its petition will beupheld by the Courts.
We conducted our audit in accordance withthe Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities forthe Audit of the Revised Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the Revised Standalone Financial Statementsunder the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our
other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtainedis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour qualified opinion on the Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements.
We invite attention to Note 28 of the Revised FinancialStatement relating to material uncertainty relatingto going concern. The Company's current liabilitiesexceeded current assets significantly and are at '1,49,228.65 lacs. There is a continuing mismatchincluding defaults in payment of its financial obligationsto its subsidiary Company. The liquidity crunch isaffecting the Company's operation with increasingseverity. We also invite attention to note 27 of theStatement wherein status of various SPV projects whichare stressed due to delay in completion, cost overrun,liquidity crunch and have legal issues, arbitrationproceedings or negotiations including the pendingNCLT petition filed by the creditors of PHPL, admissionof ICTPL before NCLT. The future of these projects asalso the successful progress and completion dependson favourable decisions on outstanding litigations beingreceived by the Management. The resolutions plannedby the Management are pending since a long time andare not concluding in favour of the Company. Theseconditions indicate the existence of Material Uncertaintywhich may impact the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern. Our report is not qualified on this matter.
Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to thefollowing matters;
(a) We invite attention to Note No 1 (C ) to RevisedStandalone Financial Statements. These RevisedStandalone Financial Statements arise out of therevision to the standalone financial statements as atMarch 31, 2024 adopted by the Board of Directorson May 30, 2024 and those financial statementshave been revised to give effect to the erroneousclassification of an amount of ' 4,150 lacs underNon-Current Borrowings as against its classificationunder Current Borrowings as Current maturities ofNon-Current Borrowings. This error occurred dueto the erroneous formula in the excel file of thefinancial statements which has been since correctedto classify the amount of ' 4,150 lacs under CurrentBorrowings as Current Maturities of Non-Current
Borrowing. There has been no other change eitherto the Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement ofCash flow or any other elements of the BalanceSheet.
Since the said earlier financial statements adoptedby the Board of Directors on May 30, 2024 were yetto be sent to the shareholders and consequentlynot adopted by the shareholders of the Company,the Board of Directors have now modified thefinancial statements to give effect to the erroneousclassification of an amount of ' 4,150 lacs asaforesaid and have now approved these revisedfinancial statements at their meeting held onAugust 14, 2024 and we have been called upon toissue our Audit Report on such revised financialstatements and also a report on the effectiveness ofinternal control with reference to revised financialstatements.
We had issued our modified opinion vide ourIndependent Auditors' Report dated May 30, 2024on the aforesaid standalone financial statementsdated May 30, 2024. This Revised IndependentAuditors Report supersedes our IndependentAuditors' Report dated May 30, 2024 issued onstandalone financial results dated May 30, 2024.
In accordance with the provisions of Standard onAuditing 560 (Revised) 'Subsequent Events' issuedby The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,our audit procedures, in so far as they relate tothe revision to the Revised Standalone FinancialStatements, have been carried out solely on thismatter and no additional procedures have beencarried out for any other events occurring after May30, 2024 (being the date of our earlier audit reporton the earlier standalone financial statements).
(b) Attention is invited to Note 30(a) of the RevisedFinancial Statement in respect of Patna HighwayProjects Limited (PHPL) where the CIRP proceedingshad been initiated. NCLT has approved theresolution plan vide order dated May 10,2022submitted by Resolution Professional and as per theNCLT Order no surplus is available to the Company.
The Company lost the appeal before NCLAT and hasfiled an appeal in Supreme court against the NCLATorder and expects a favourable outcome on thematter.
Pending the outcome, in view of the long pendencyof the matter under litigation, the Company out ofabundant caution and on the principle of prudencehas impaired the entire exposure in its books foraccounting purposes while retaining its right tolitigate. The Lawyers have advised the managementthat it has a good case for a favourable outcome ofthe litigation. Based on their advise the Company isalso contesting the invocation of the Guarantee andaccordingly has not accounted the invocation.
(c) Attention is invited to Note 27(f) of the RevisedFinancial Statements, relating to a power projectwhere the operation of the project is underconstraints as detailed in the note. The SPV has alsoinvoked arbitration against the Karkhana and theKarkhana has approached Debt Recovery Tribunal(DRT). Based on the submission of Karkhana thatthe Plant was possessed and run by Karkhana,the tribunal ordered to maintain status quo. TheCompany is yet to file its response at DRT. Also, theSPV's credit facilities are marked as Non-PerformingAssets. The statutory auditor of the SPV havedisclaimed their opinion in their audit report for theyear ended March 31,2024 for illegal occupancyof the factory by Karkhana and that the access tofacility and records and transactions for the periodfrom January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024 are notavailable with the Company. The Company on aprudent basis has provided for the entire fundedexposure amounting to ' 10,745.53 lacs as at March31, 2024. The Company has provided a letter ofComfort to the lenders towards their credit facilities.
In view of the above-mentioned facts the management
contends:
i. The litigation is outstanding since more than 2 yearsnow and there is no progress in the matter beforethe courts.
ii. The receiver appointed by the DRT does notreport the transactions to the Company and takesdecisions of the Company Management.
iii. Since there is no progress in the matter inaccordance with IND AS 110 para 7 the Companyhas effectively lost control over the operationsand is unable to direct the variable returns from itsexposure in its favour.
iv. It has no record of transaction entered into on itsaccounts nor it has access to its cash flows.
Therefore, pending the settlement of the litigation,the Company contends it has no control as it doesnot satisfy paragraph 7 of INDAS 110
The Statutory Auditors of the SPV on account of non¬inclusion of aforesaid transactions conducted by thereceiver has given a disclaimer of opinion.
(d) We invite attention to Note 27 (c) of the RevisedFinancial Statement, regarding unilateral terminationand closure of Concession in a bridge project,which is subject to pending litigations / arbitrationsat various forums, which may impact the carryingvalues of investments and loans and advances givento the subsidiary. The Company's funded exposuretowards the said project is ' 2,354.26 lacs againstthe claim by the SPV of 1,787.13 lacs. Pendingconclusion on these legal matters, the company hasmade provision for an amount of ' 583.36 lacs beingthe excess of the exposure over the claim amountsubmitted without considering the interest whichmay be awarded by the courts.
(e) We invite attention to Note 27 (d) of the RevisedFinancial Statement, in relation to the intention toexit one of the hydro power projects at HimachalPradesh and seeking a claim of an amount againstthe amount spent on the Project. The Company'ssubsidiary has cited reasons for non-continuanceon account of reasons beyond its control. Pursuantto the completion of Arbitration vide order dated23rd January 2023, the SPV's share of the arbitrationproceeds is adequate to cover the exposure andtherefore no adjustments are required towards theexposure of ' 7,120.20 lacs.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the Revised Standalone financial statements ofthe current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the Revised Standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters.
Apart from what is mentioned in our paragraph titledBasis of Qualified Opinion, paragraph titled Material
Uncertainty related to Going Concern and Emphasis ofMatter there are no other matters described to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Information Other than the Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements and Revised Auditor'sReport thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe Other Information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Company's AnnualReport but does not include the Revised Standaloneand Revised Consolidated Financial Statements and ourIndependent Auditors' Report thereon. The Annual reportis expected to be made available to us after the date ofthis report.
Our opinion on the Revised Standalone FinancialStatements does not cover the Other Information andwe do not and will not express any form of assurance orconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements, our responsibility is to read theOther Information identified above and, in doing so,consider whether the Other Information is materiallyinconsistent with the Revised Standalone FinancialStatements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit, orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
The Other Information has not been made available tous till the date of this report. We will read the OtherInformation as and when it is made available to us and ifconclude that there is a material misstatement, we arerequired to communicate the matter with those chargedwith governance and take necessary steps as may berequired thereafter.
Responsibilities of Management and thoseCharged with Governance for the RevisedStandalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparationof these Revised Standalone Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance, changes in equity and cash flowsof the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including theaccounting Standards specified under section 133 ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the revised standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the revised standalone financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but todo so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theRevised Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Revised Standalone Financial Statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonablybe expected to influence the economic decisions ofusers taken on the basis of these Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the revised standalone financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and performaudit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevantto the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made bymanagement.
4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management'suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether
a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern.
If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's reportto the related disclosures in the revised financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structureand content of the revised standalone financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whetherthe revised standalone financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements inthe revised standalone financial statements that,individually or in aggregate, make it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the revised standalonefinancial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in
(i) planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in therevised standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonablybe thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the revisedfinancial statements of the current period andare therefore the Key Audit Matters. We describethese matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) ofsection 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we givein the attached Annexure "A" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we reportthat:
a. We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations, which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, except for the possible impact arisingout of matters described in our Basis of QualifiedOpinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), the CashFlow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equitydealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account.
d. In our opinion, except for the possible effects ofthe matter described in Basis of Qualified Opinionparagraph, the aforesaid Revised StandaloneFinancial Statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act,read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014.
e. The matters described in paragraphs under the Basisfor Qualified Opinion and the Material Uncertaintyrelated to Going Concern paragraph, in our opinion,may have an adverse effect on the functioning of theCompany
f. On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2024 taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial with reference to revised financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in "Annexure B". Our report expresses
an unmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls with reference to revised financialstatements.
h. 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 directors
is in accordance to section 197(16) of the Act.
i. 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, inour opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its RevisedStandalone Financial Statements - Refer Note 26 tothe Revised Standalone Financial Statements,
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there werematerial foreseeable losses,
iii. There are no amounts required to be transferred tothe Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. a. The management has represented that, to
the best of their knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the company to or in any otherperson or entity(ies), including foreign entities("intermediaries") with the understandingwhether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the intermediary shall, whether directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security, or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries except disclosure made in note3.4 (c) of notes to revised financial statements.
b. The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, other thanas disclosed in the notes to the accounts, nofunds have been received by the companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies) includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding
Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries,
c. Based on such audit procedures consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (iv)(a) and (iv)(b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid anydividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination of the feature of the audittrail in the Accounting Software which includedtest checks, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software.Attention is invited to Note 40 detailing the directaccess to tally data which is in encrypted form.
Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 01,2023,reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules,2014 on preservation of audittrail as per the statutory requirements for recordretention is not applicable for the financial yearended March 31,2024.
For Natvarlal Vepari & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No- 106971WNuzhat Khan
PartnerM. No. - 124960
Mumbai,
Dated: August 14, 2024
UDIN: 24124960BKCZPB3120