1) We have audited the accompanying financial statements of THE HINDUSTANHOUSING COMPANY LIMITED ("the Company") which comprise the Balance Sheetas at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year endedMarch 31, 2025 and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "thefinancial statements").
2) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the aforesaid Financial Statements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended,("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025 and its profit and total ComprehensiveIncome, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
3) We conducted our audit of the Financial Statements in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities underthose Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia (ICAI) together with the independence requirements that are relevant to our auditof the Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules madethereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion onthe Financial Statements.
4) Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the Financial Statements of the current period. We havedetermined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
5) The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Annual report but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Company'sAnnual report is expected to be made available to us after date of this auditor's report.
6) Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we donot express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
7) In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
8) When we read the Company's Annual report, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement therein, we are required to report that fact to those charged withgovernance and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws andregulations.
9) The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5)of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these FinancialStatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, the financialperformance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Ind AS prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
10) This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation ofthe Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
11) In preparing the Financial Statements, management and Board of Directors areresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
12) Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the FinancialStatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or errorand to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basisof these Financial Statements.
13) As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Financial Statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in orderto design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the Financial Statements or if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained upto the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial Statements,including the disclosures and whether the Financial Statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
14) We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
15) We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence and to communicate withthem all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence and where applicable, related safeguards.
16) From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the Financial Statements ofthe current year and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters inour auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.We conclude that there are no key audit matters that need to be communicated.
17) As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued bythe Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A"a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
18) (A) As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the bestof our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books except for certainmatters in respect of audit trail as stated in paragraph 18(B)(vi) below.
(c) The Balance sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt withby this report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of theAct; and
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference toFinancial Statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate report in "Annexure B".
(B) In accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. There are no pending litigations against the company except those disclosed inNote no. 35;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There is no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
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a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall:
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of theCompany or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities,including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of theFunding Party or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under clause (iv) (a) and (iv) (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The Company has not paid or declared dividend during the year.
vi. The reporting under rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 is applicable from 1st April 2023.
Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedvarious accounting software for maintaining its books of account which have
a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility, which have operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software,except in respect of one accounting software where the audit trail feature wasenabled on 1st July 2024. Based on our procedures performed, we did notnotice any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention wherever such audit trail havebeen maintained.
(C) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report as persection 197 (16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its director during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
For M M Nissim & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 107122W/W100672
Saomil R VoraPartner
Membership. No. 135247UDIN: 25135247BMMILI6097
Place: MumbaiDated: May 23, 2025