We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statementsof Ashiana Housing Limited ('the Company’), which comprise theBalance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the Statement of Profitand Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement ofChanges in Equity and Statement of Cash Flow for the year thenended, and Notes to the financial statements, including a summaryof significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements givethe information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act’) in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India including IndianAccounting Standards ('Ind AS’) specified under section 133 of theAct, of the state of affairs (financial position) of the Company as atMarch 31, 2025, and profit (financial performance including othercomprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity forthe year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India ('ICAI’) together with the ethical requirements that are
relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements underthe provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe thatthe audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matteris provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the keyaudit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilledthe responsibilities described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for theaudit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements section of ourreport, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our auditincluded the performance of procedures designed to respond to ourassessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standaloneInd AS financial statements.
The results of our audit procedures, including the proceduresperformed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our auditopinion on the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Assessing the recoverability of carrying value of Inventory (refer note 4.1 to the standalone financial statements)
Key Audit Matter
How the matter was addressed in our audit
As at March 31, 2025, the carrying value of inventory comprising ofWork in progress and completed units and stock for future projectsis H 2284.21 Crores. The inventory is valued at the lower of the costand net recognised value ("NRV”) in accordance with the applicableaccounting standards.
The determination of the NRV involves estimates based on prevailingmarket conditions and taking into account the estimated future sellingprice, cost to complete projects and selling costs.
We identified the assessment of the carrying value of inventory as a keyaudit matter due to the significance of the balance to the standalonefinancial statements as a whole and the involvement of estimates andjudgement in the assessment.
Our procedures in assessing the carrying value of the inventory
included, but were not limited to the following:
• Evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies withrespect to inventory in terms of principles enunciated underapplicable accounting standards
• We assessed the Company’s methodology based on currenteconomic and market conditions, applied in assessing thecarrying value.
• We obtained and tested the computation involved inassessment of carrying value including the NRV.
• We made inquiries with management to understand keyassumptions used in determination of the NRV.
• We compared the total projected budgeted cost to the totalbudgeted sale value from the project.
• We compared the NRV to recent sales in the project or to theestimated selling price, applied in assessing the NRV.
• We compared the NRV to the carrying value in books to identifyany potential impairments.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover theother information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in theaudit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based onthe work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information we are required to reportthat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of
these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the stateof affairs (financial position), profit or loss (financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India including the Ind AS specified undersection 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate implementation and maintenanceof accounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors isresponsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessthe Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Revenue recognition (refer note 8.1 to the standalone financial statements)
Revenue from sale of residential units represents 96.80% of the total
Our audit procedures on Revenue recognition included the following:
revenue from operations of the Company.
• Evaluating that the Company’s revenue recognition accounting
Revenue is recognised upon transfer of control of residential units to
policies are in line with the applicable accounting standards
customers for an amount that reflects the consideration which the
and their application to the key customer contracts including
Company expects to receive in exchange for those units. The trigger
consistent application;
for revenue recognition is normally upon satisfaction of performance
• Sales cut-off procedures for determination of revenue in the
obligation and the control thereof is transferred from the companyto the buyer upon possession or upon issuance of letter for offer of
correct reporting period;
• Scrutinising all the revenue journal entries raised throughout
possession ( deemed date of possession ).
the reporting period and comparing details of a sample of these
Revenue recognition prior to completion of the project
journals, which met certain risk-based criteria, with relevant
Due to the Company’s projects being spread across different regions
underlying documentation;
within the country and the competitive business environment, there is a
• Conducting site visits during the year for selected projects to
risk that revenue could be overstated (for example, through premature
understand the scope and nature of the projects and to assess
revenue recognition i.e. recording revenue without receipt of approvalfrom authorities or its intimation to the customers) or understated (forexample, through improperly shifting revenues to a later period) in orderto present consistent financial results. Since revenue recognition hasdirect impact on the Company’s profitability, the element of management
the progress of the projects; and
• Considered the adequacy of the disclosures in note 2.3 to thestandalone financial statements in respect of the judgmentstaken in recognising revenue for residential units.
bias is likely to be involved.
In addition, we have the performed the following procedures:
• Discussing and challenging key management judgments ininterpreting contractual terms including obtaining inhouse legalinterpretations;
• Testing sample sales of units for projects with the underlyingcontracts, completion status and proceeds receivedfrom customers; and
• Identified and tested operating effectiveness of key controlsaround approvals of contracts, milestone billing, intimationof possession letters / intimation of receipt of occupationcertificate and controls over collection from customers;
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing thecompany’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issuean auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, weexercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the auditin order to design audit procedures that are appropriate inthe circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the company has internal financial controls withreference to Financial Statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor’s report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thefinancial statements, including the disclosures, and whetherthe financial statements represent the underlying transactionsand events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeableuser of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning thescope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work;and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in thefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where 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 statements of thecurrent period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 ("theOrder") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub¬section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A", astatement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of theOrder to the extent applicable.
(A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement ofchange in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Indian Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 31 March 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from being appointedas 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 and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate report in "Annexure B”. Our report expressesan unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controlsover financial reporting.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has, to the extent ascertainable, disclosedthe impact of pending litigations on its financial position inits financial statements - Refer clause (d) and (e) of Note12 to the financial statements;
ii. The Company does not have any material foreseeablelosses on long term contracts including derivativecontracts which would impact its financial position;
iii. there has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the company to or in any other personor entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from any person or entity,including foreign entity ("Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing
or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The Company has complied with section 123 of theCompanies Act, 2013 in respect to declaration andpayment of dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks,the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course ofour audit we did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audittrail has been preserved by the company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
(C) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No. 305123E
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Place: New Delhi Membership No. 529082
Date: 30th May, 2025 UDIN-25529082BMIZZL9032