Your Directors present the Ninetieth Annual Report and Audited FinancialStatements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2026.
1. Financial Highlights:
("Amount in Lakhs)
Particulars
FY 2025-2026
FY 2024-2025
Revenue from Operations & Other Income
739.62
673.58
Total Expenses
454.31
409.96
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
285.31
263.62
Less: Tax Expenses
63.09
53.53
Profit/(Loss) for the year
222.22
210.09
Earnings Per Share - Basic & Diluted
918.26
868.14
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, 2026.
3. Transfer to Reserves:
The Board of Directors of the Company has not transferred any amount tothe General Reserves for the year under review.
4. Operations of the Company:
The Company is engaged in the business of providing administrative andallied services to Baja] Group Entities only.
5. Change in Nature of Business:
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.
6. Share Capital:
The paid up Equity Share Capital of the Company was Rs. 6.05 lakhs as on31st March, 2026. 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.
7. Annual Return:
Extracts of the Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section92 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act'), read with Companies(Management and administration) Rules, 2014, in the prescribed form, isplaced on the Company's website and can be accessed atwww .hhclbajaj. com.
8. Number of Meetings of the Board:
During the year, 4 (Four) meetings of the Board of the Directors of theCompany were convened and held on 23rd May 2025, 30th July, 2025,13thNovember, 2025 and 12th February, 2026.
9. Directors' Responsibility Statement:
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, 2026 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 prepared the annual accounts on a going concernbasis;
(e) the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followedby the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate andwere 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.
10. Details in respect of Frauds reported by Auditors under Section 1431121 ofthe Act:
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.
11. Declaration of Independence:
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 independent directorsof Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
Further, the Independent Directors have confirmed that they havecomplied with the Code for Independent Directors prescribed underSchedule IV to the Companies Act, 2013.
12. Remuneration Policy:
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, keymanagerial personnel and other employees. The detailed RemunerationPolicy is placed on the Company's website www.hhclbajaj.com.
13. Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments:
The Company has not given any loans/guarantees to any body corporateor persons or other entities during the financial year. The Company doesnot have any investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 is given in detail in the financial statementsannexed to this Report.
14. Related Party Transactions:
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 the related party transactions that wereentered into by the Company during the year were on an ami's length basisand were in the ordinary course of the Company's business. Hence thereare no transactions which are required to be disclosed in Form AOC-2.
15. Material Changes and Commitments:
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.
16. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption & Foreign ExchangeEarnings & Outgo:
The Company being a Service Company and not having carried out anymanufacturing activities during the year under review, the disclosurespertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreignexchange earnings and outgo, are not applicable to the Company duringthe year under review.
Further, there were no foreign exchange earnings or outgo during the yearunder review.
17. Deposits:
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.
18. Significant and Material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts:
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.
19. Risk Management Policy:
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.
20. Corporate Social Responsibility:
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 the Company.
21. Performance Evaluation of the Board, its Committees, the Chairman andIndividual Directors:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, theBoard has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its ownperformance, and that of its Committees and individual Directors. Themanner in which such formal annual evaluation was made by the Board isgiven 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 21st May, 2026.
The Independent Directors of the Company met separately on 26th March,2026. The Independent Directors discussed the following:
i) review the performance of non-independent directors and theBoard as a whole.
ii) review the performance of the Chairman of the Company, takinginto account the views of non-executive directors.
iii) assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of informationbetween the Company Management and the Board that is necessaryfor the Board to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.
22. Adequacy of Internal Financial Controls:
Internal financial controls with reference to the financial statementswere adequate and operating effectively.
23. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:1. Directors liable to retire by rotation:
Rakesh Gupta (DIN: 01827116), 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 Rakesh Gupta are given in the notice of the Annual GeneralMeeting.
2. Key Managerial Personnel:
In terms of provisions of the Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms.Johanna Louis, Company Secretary and Shri Vijay Kumar Bohra, ChiefFinancial Officer are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
24. Board of Directors: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, 2026, 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
Mahendra Gohel
Chairman & Independent
2
Rakesh Gupta
Non-Executive & Non-Independent
3
Minal Baiaj
Executive
4
Nikhil Tarkas
5
Jayavanth Mallya
Independent
25. Board Committees:i) Audit Committee
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 subsequently was reconstituted at the BoardMeetings held on 13th August, 2019,3rd February, 2020,12th February, 2021,13th May, 2022 and 29th January, 2025 with the following members:
a) Mahendra Gohel (Chairman)
b) Minal Bajaj (Member)
c) Jayavanth Mallya (Member)
Number of Meetings:
During the FY 2025-2026, the Committee met 4 (four) times, viz. 23rd May,2025, 30th July, 2025,13th November, 2025 and 12th February, 2026. The gapbetween any two meetings has not been more than one hundred andtwenty days.
ii) Nomination and Remuneration Committee
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 subsequently was reconstituted at theamendments made in constitution of Nomination and RemunerationCommittee at Board Meetings held on 13th August, 2019, 3rd February,2020,12th November, 2021,13th May, 2022 and 29th January, 2025 with thefollowing members:
a) Rakesh Gupta (Chairman)
b) Mahendra Gohel (Member)
d) Nikhil Tarkas (Member)
During the FY 2025-2026, the Committee met once i.e. on 23rd May, 2025.
26. Vigil Mechanism/Whistle - Blower Policy
Pursuant to the Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 7of 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.hhclbajaj.com.
27. Presentation of Financial Statements:
The financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31stMarch, 2026 have been disclosed as per Division II of Schedule III to theCompanies Act, 2013.
28. Indian Accounting Standards, 2015:
The annexed financial statements comply in all material aspects with IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and otherrelevant provisions of the Act.
29. Statutory Disclosures:
1) 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 for
attending any of the meetings of the Board of Directors and itsCommittees as a member thereof.
(b) 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.
(c) The details of the remuneration paid by the Company to theemployees during the financial year as required to he 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.
2) A Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the Financial Year 2025-2026is attached to the Balance Sheet.
30. Details of application made or proceedings pending under the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code, 2016:
During the financial year under review, no application was made and noproceeding was pending against the Company under the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016.
31. Disclosure under Rule 8(5)(xii) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014:
The Company has not availed any loans from banks or financial institutionsduring the financial year. Accordingly, the disclosure required under Rule8(5)(xii) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, relating to one-timesettlements and differences in asset valuations, is not applicable to theCompany.
32. Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures:
The Company does not have any subsidiaries, associates or joint venturecompanies.
33. Corporate Governance:
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 up equity
share capital of the Company did not exceed Rs.10 crores and the Net Worthof the Company did not exceed Rs. 25 crores as on 31st March, 2026.
34. Prevention. Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Womenat Workplace (POSH Act):
The Company has adopted a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressalof sexual harassment at the workplace, which applies to all employees of theCompany. The Company has complied with the provisions relating to theconstitution of the Internal Complaints Committee under the SexualHarassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition andRedressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") and rules made thereunder. The policyis placed on the website of the Company www.hhclbajaj.com.
The following is a summary of sexual harassment complaints during thefinancial year:
Number
Number of complaints received during the financial year
Nil
Number of complaints disposed of during the financial year
Number of complaints pending as on the end of the financialyear
35. Compliance relating to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961:
The Company has complied with the applicable provisions of the MaternityBenefit Act, 1961, as amended from time to time. The Company iscommitted to providing maternity benefits and ensuring a supportive andinclusive work environment for eligible employees in accordance with theapplicable laws.
36. Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)A. Details of the transfer/s to the IEPF, if any, made during the year as
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/unc laimed dividend lying in theunpaid account upto the Year and the corresponding shares, which
are 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,2026. 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 hable 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
B. Details of the Nodal Officer
Pursuant to Rule 7(2A) of the Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016, theBoard appointed Vijay Bohra, CFO as the Nodal Officer with effect from1st 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.
37. Transfer of Shares to Unclaimed Suspense Account:
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 Account withStock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. in November, 2018.
Since then and during the year under review i.e. FY 2025-2026, noshareholders have approached the Company for transfer of shares from theaforesaid suspense account.
Hence the aggregate number of shareholders and the outstanding shares inthe 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.
38. Secretarial Standards of ICSI:
The Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions of SecretarialStandard-1 on Meetings of the Board of Directors and Secretarial Standard-2 on General Meetings, as issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries ofIndia (ICSI) and approved by the Central Government.
39. Auditors:(a) Statutory Auditors:
The current auditors, viz. M/s M M NISSIM & CO LLP, CharteredAccountants (Firm Registration No: FRN 107122W/W100672) wereappointed for a first term by the members at the 85th (Eighty-Fifth) AnnualGeneral Meeting held on 30th September, 2021 to hold office for a period of5 consecutive years until the conclusion of this 90th (Ninetieth) AnnualGeneral Meeting.
M/s M M NISSIM & CO LLP, Chartered Accountants are eligible to bereappointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for a second term of fiveyears.
The Board of Directors at its meeting held on 21st May, 2026, based on therecommendation of the Audit Committee has recommended theappointment of M/s M M NISSIM & CO LLP, Chartered Accountants (FirmRegistration No: FRN 107122W/W100672) as the statutory auditors of theCompany subject to the approval by the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 M/ sM M NISSIM & CO LLP have consented to the said appointment andconfirmed that their appointment, if made, would be in accordance with theprovisions of the Act and the Rules framed thereunder and that they satisfythe criteria provided in Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Members are requested to re-appoint M/s M M NISSIM & CO LLP,Chartered Accountants as the statutory auditors of the Company for a
second term of five consecutive years from the conclusion of ensuingAnnual General Meeting till the conclusion of 95th (Ninety-Fifth) AnnualGeneral Meeting, on such remuneration as may he decided by the Board ofDirectors in consultation with the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
The Statutory Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservationor adverse remark or disclaimer made by the Statutory Auditor.
(b) Secretarial 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) to undertakethe Secretarial Audit of the Company. Secretarial Audit Report for the FY2025-2026 issued by them in the prescribed form MR-3 is annexed to thisReport as Annexure-C.
The Company is reviewing and updating its internal policies and the Codeof Conduct to ensure compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBIRegulations and the Companies Act, 2013.
Annual Secretarial Compliance Report:
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 of theSEBI Listing Regulations are not applicable to the Company.
(c) Cost Audit:
The requirement of maintenance of Cost Records as specified by the CentralGovernment under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013is not applicable to the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of DirectorsThe Hindustan Housing Company Ltd.
(Mahendra Gohel)
Chairman(DIN: 09425947)
Mumbai: 21st May, 2026