Your Directors present the Eighty-Eighth Annual Report and Audited FinancialStatements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024.
(Amount in Lakhs)
Particulars
FY 2023-2024
FY 2022-2023
Revenue from Operations & Other Income
722.62
717.71
Total Expenses
422.81
466.85
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
299.81
250.86
Less: Tax Expenses
63.58
58.41
Profit/ (Loss) for the year
236.23
192.45
Earnings Per Share - Basic & Diluted
976.16
795.25
2. Dividend:
The Board of Directors of the Company do not recommend payment of anydividend on Equity Shares of the Company for the Financial Year endedon 31st March, 2024.
The Board of Directors of the Company has not transferred any amount tothe General Reserves for the year under review.
The Company is engaged in the business of providing administrative andallied services to Bajaj Group Entities only.
There was no change in the nature of business of the Company during theyear.
Detailed information on Company's operations and state of affairs iscovered in the report on Management Discussion and Analysis annexed tothe Directors' Report as Annexure-B.
The paid up Equity Share Capital of the Company was Rs. 6,08,645/- as on31st March, 2024. There was no public issue, rights issue, bonus issue orpreferential issue etc. during the year. The Company has not issued anyshares with differential voting rights, sweat equity shares nor has itgranted any stock options during the year.
A copy of the Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section92 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act'), in the prescribed form, is placedon the Company's website and can be accessed at www.hhclbajaj.com.
During the year, 4 (Four) meetings of the Board of the Directors of theCompany were convened and held on 29th May, 2023, 4th August, 2023,3rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024.
Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company hereby state and confirmthat:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accountingstandards have been followed and no material departures have beenmade therefrom;
(b) the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied themconsistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs ofthe Company for the financial year ended as at 31st March, 2024 and ofthe profit of the Company for the said period;
(c) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) the Directors have overseen that the annual accounts have beenprepared on a going concern basis;
(e) the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followedby the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequateand were operating effectively and
(f) the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance withthe provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems areadequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, there were no frauds reported by theStatutory Auditors or Secretarial Auditor to the Audit Committee or theBoard of Directors under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The independent directors have submitted their declaration ofindependence, as required under Section 149(7) of the Act stating that theymeet the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of the Act,as amended and Regulation 16 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('the SEBI ListingRegulations, 2015'), as amended.
The independent directors have also confirmed compliance with Section150 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of Companies(Appointment and Qualifications of Directors) Rules, 2014, as amended,relating to inclusion of their name in the databank of independentdirectors.
Pursuant to the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; the independent directors'meeting was held once during the year under review on 15th March, 2024.
The Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and RemunerationCommittee had framed a Remuneration Policy which includes (a) criteriafor determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence ofa director and (b) matters relating to the remuneration for directors, key
managerial personnel and other employees. The detailed RemunerationPolicy is placed on the Company's website www.hhclbajaj.com.
The Company has not given any loans/guarantees to any Body corporateor persons or other entities during the financial year. Informationregarding Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of theCompanies Act, 2013 is given in detail in the financial statements annexedto this Report.
There were no related party transactions entered into by the Companyduring the financial year which attracted the provisions of Section 188 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 as all related party transactions that were enteredinto by the Company during the year were on an arm's length basis andwere in the ordinary course of the Company's business. Hence there are notransactions which are required to be disclosed in Form AOC-2.
There have been no material changes and commitments, affecting thefinancial position of the Company, which have occurred between the endof the financial year of the Company and the date of this Report.
The Company being a Service Company and not having carried out anymanufacturing activities during the year under review, and hence theDirectors have nothing to report on 'Conservation of Energy' 'Research &Development' and 'Technology Absorption' as required to be given underthe provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
Further, there were no foreign exchange earnings and/or outgo during theyear under review.
Hence, Disclosures pertaining to conservation of energy, technologyabsorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, are not applicable to thecompany during the year under review.
The Company has not invited, accepted or renewed any deposits withinthe meaning of the provisions of Sections 2(31) and 73 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014,during the year under review.
There were no significant and material orders passed by the Regulatorsand Courts or Tribunals during the year under review which wouldimpact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
The Board has laid down procedures for assessing the risk and procedureto be followed for risk minimization, including identification therein ofelements of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company. Theseare periodically reviewed to ensure that Management identifies andcontrols risk through a properly defined framework.
The Company has not crossed the threshold limits as specified in Section135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Hence, the provisions of Section 135 of theCompanies Act, 2013 relating to CSR activities which need to beundertaken by a Company are not applicable to this Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board hascarried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, andthat of its Committees and individual Directors. The manner in which suchformal annual evaluation was made by the Board is given below:
• Performance Evaluation Criteria for Board, Committees of the Boardand Directors were approved by the Board at its meeting held on 27thMarch, 2015.
• Based on the said criteria, Annual Rating sheets were filled by each ofthe Directors with regard to evaluation of performance of the Board,its Committees and Directors (except for the Director being evaluated)for the year under review.
• A consolidated summary of the Ratings given by each of the Directorswas then prepared, based on which a Report of performanceevaluation was prepared by the Chairman of the Nomination &Remuneration Committee in respect of the performance of the Board,its Committees and Directors during the year under review.
• The Report of performance evaluation so arrived at was then notedand discussed by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee andBoard at their respective meetings held on 29th May, 2024.
Internal financial controls with reference to the financial statementswere adequate and operating effectively.
Upon the recommendation of the Nomination and RemunerationCommittee, the Board at its meeting held on 12th February, 2024 approvedthe reappointment of Minal Bajaj (DIN: 00222469) as the Whole-TimeDirector designated as Executive Director of the Company for a furtherperiod of five years with effect from 1st June, 2024 till 31st May, 2029.
The same has been approved by the members vide special resolutionpassed through postal ballot on 24th March, 2024.
Nikhil Tarkas (DIN: 00338087), Non-Executive & Non-IndependentDirector of the Company, retires by rotation and being eligible offershimself for re-appointment. The Board of Directors of the Companyrecommends his reappointment.
Brief details of Nikhil Tarkas are given in the notice of the Annual GeneralMeeting.
In terms of provisions of the Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms.Meeta Khalsa, Company Secretary and Shri Vijay Kumar Bohra, ChiefFinancial Officer are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
Composition:
As per the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 read withthe Rules made thereunder, the Company is required to have at least onethird of the total number of Directors as Independent Directors and at leastone Woman Director on its Board.
As on 31st March, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company consisted ofFive Directors, out of which two were Independent Director, one ExecutiveWoman Director and two Non-Executive Non-Independent Directors asper details given in the table below. The Board has no InstitutionalNominee Directors. The Company has a Non-Executive Chairman.
Sr. No.
Name of the Director
Category
1
Vinod Nevatia
Chairman & Independent
2
Rakesh Gupta
Non-Executive & Non-Independent
3
Minal Bajaj
Executive
4
Nikhil Tarkas
5
Jayavanth Mallya
Independent
Pursuant to the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013, an AuditCommittee was constituted by the Board of Directors at its meeting heldon 5th February, 2015 and subsequent amendments made in theconstitution of the Audit Committee at Board Meetings held on 13thAugust, 2019, 3rd February, 2020, 12th February, 2021 and 13th May, 2022with the following members:
a) Vinod Nevatia (Chairman)
b) Minal Bajaj (Member)
c) Jayavanth Mallya (Member)
Number of Meetings:
During the FY 2023-2024, the Committee met 4 (four) times, viz. 29th May,2023, 4th August, 2023, 3rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024. Thegap between any two meetings has been less than one hundred and twentydays.
Pursuant to the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, a Nomination andRemuneration Committee was constituted by the Board at its meeting heldon 5th February, 2015 and subsequent amendments made in constitution ofNomination and Remuneration Committee at Board Meetings held on 13thAugust, 2019, 3rd February, 2020, 12th November, 2021 and 13th May, 2022with the following members:
a) Rakesh Gupta (Chairman)
b) Vinod Nevatia (Member)
d) Nikhil Tarkas (Member)
During the FY 2023-2024, the Committee met thrice i.e. on 29th May, 20233rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024.
Pursuant to the Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 a VigilMechanism Policy had been framed. The policy is placed on the website ofthe Company www.hhdbajaj.com.
The financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on31st March, 2024 have been disclosed as per Division II of Schedule III tothe Companies Act, 2013.
The annexed financial statements comply in all material aspects withIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the
Companies Act, 2013, Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015 and other relevant provisions of the Act.
Disclosure of Particulars as required to be given under Section 197 of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment &Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are as follows:
(a) The Company pays remuneration to its Executive Director. TheCompany does not pay any remuneration to its Directors exceptpayment of sitting fees for attending meetings of the Board ofDirectors and its Committees as a member thereof. However, theExecutive Director is not entitled to payment of any sitting fees forattending any of the meetings of the Board of Directors and itsCommittees as a member thereof.
(b) The Company does not pay any remuneration to its CS & CFO as theyhave been taken on deputation from a Group Company.
(c) The Company did not have any employee whose particulars arerequired to be given by it under Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the aforesaidRules.
(d) The details of the remuneration paid by the Company to theemployees during the financial year as required to be given under theprovisions of Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read withRule 5 (1) of the Companies (Appointment & Remuneration ofManagerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are annexed to this Report asAnnexure-A.
A Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the Financial Year 2023-2024is attached to the Balance Sheet.
The Company does not have any subsidiaries, associates or joint venturecompanies.
Pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 34 and Schedule V of the SEBIListing Regulations, a Report on Management Discussion and Analysis isannexed to this Report as Annexure-B.
As per Regulation 15 under Chapter IV of the SEBI Listing Regulations,provisions relating to Corporate Governance as specified in Regulations 17to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 46 and ParasC, D and E of Schedule V do not apply to the Company as the paid upequity share capital of the Company did not exceed Rs.10 crores and theNet Worth of the Company did not exceed Rs. 25 crores as on 31st March,2024.
The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitutionof the Internal Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The policy isplaced on the website of the Company www.hhclbajaj.com.
There was no complaint reported during the year under review.
mentioned below:
i) amount of unclaimed/unpaid dividend and the correspondingshares: Not Applicable;
ii) details of the resultant benefits arising out of shares alreadytransferred to the IEPF: Not Applicable;
iii) year wise amount of unpaid/unclaimed dividend lying in theunpaid account upto the Year and the corresponding shares, whichare liable to be transferred to the IEPF, and the due dates for suchtransfer: There were no unpaid/unclaimed dividend lying in theunpaid account upto the end of the financial year on 31st March,2024. However, the following equity shares corresponding to theunpaid/unclaimed dividends which have been already transferredby the Company to the IEPF in the previous years, are liable to betransferred by the Company to the IEPF:
Sr.
No.
Financial Year
No. of Equity Shares corresponding tothe Unclaimed/Unpaid Dividends whichhave already been transferred to the IEPF
FY 2001-2002
351
FY 2002-2003
559
FY 2003-2004
253
FY 2004-2005
100
FY 2006-2007
40
Total
1,303
The Board appointed Vijay Bohra, CFO as the Nodal Officer with effectfrom 1st October, 2019 for verification of claims and coordination with theInvestor Education and Protection Fund Authority.
The details of the Nodal Officer are available on the Company's websitewww.hhclbajaj.com.
Pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 39(4) of the SEBI ListingRegulations, 2015 read with Schedule VI thereto, the Company hadtransferred 717 Unclaimed Bonus Equity Shares of 23 shareholders of theCompany, in electronic form to the beneficiary account titled "TheHindustan Housing Company Limited - Unclaimed Suspense Accountwith Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. in November, 2018.
Since then and during the year under review i.e. FY 2023-2024, noshareholders have approached the Company for transfer of shares fromthe aforesaid suspense account.
Hence the aggregate number of shareholders and the outstanding sharesin the suspense account at the end of the year remain the same as statedhereinabove.
The voting rights on these shares shall remain frozen till the rightful ownerof such shares claims the shares.
The Company is in compliance with the Secretarial Standards specified bythe Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and approved by theCentral Government.
35. Auditors:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 andthe Rules made thereunder, the Members of the Company at the 85thAnnual General Meeting of the Company held on 30th September, 2021appointed M/s M. M. Nissim & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (FirmRegistration No: FRN 107122W/ W100672) as Statutory Auditors of theCompany from the conclusion of the 85thAnnual General Meeting till theconclusion of the 90th Annual General Meeting.
The Statutory Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservationor adverse remark or disclaimer made by the Statutory Auditor.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 andthe Rules made thereunder, the Company has appointed M/s KPUB & Co.,Company Secretaries (Firm Registration No. P2015MH069000) toundertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. Secretarial Audit Reportfor the FY 2023-2024 issued by them in the prescribed form MR-3 isannexed to this Report.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the year under review does not containany qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by theSecretarial Auditor. However, the Secretarial Auditor observed that, theCompany has adopted a Structural Digital Database (SDD) w.e.f. 01stSeptember, 2023.
The Secretarial Audit Report in Form MR-3 for the FY 2023-2024 is annexedto this Report as Annexure-C.
The Company is not required to submit the Annual Secretarial ComplianceReport to BSE Ltd. as prescribed pursuant to SEBI Circular dated 8thFebruary, 2019 as the provisions relating to the Corporate Governance ofthe SEBI Listing Regulations are not applicable to the Company.
The requirement of maintenance of Cost Records as specified by theCentral Government under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 is not applicable to the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of DirectorsThe Hindustan Housing Company Ltd.
Chairman(DIN: 00059194)
Mumbai: 29th May, 2024