We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of LIKHITHA INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED("The Company"), which comprises the balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the statement of profit and loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), the cash flow Statement and the statement of changes in equityfor the year ended on that date and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary ofmaterial accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidStandalone Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("The Act") in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the standalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Act, and the Rules there under, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the Standalone Financial Statements of the current financial year. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined matters described below tobe the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Revenue recognition - Accounting for Construction Contracts
Key auditmatterdescription
• There are significant accounting judgements in estimating revenue to be recognizedon contracts with customers, including estimation of costs to complete. The Companyrecognizes revenue on the basis of stage of completion in proportion of the contractcosts incurred at balance sheet date, relative to the total estimated costs of the contractat completion. The recognition of revenue is therefore dependent on estimates inrelation to total estimated costs of each such contract.
• Significant judgements are involved in determining the expected losses, when suchlosses become probable based on the expected total contract cost. Cost contingenciesare included in these estimates to take into account specific risks of uncertainties ordisputed claims against the Company, arising within each contract. These contingenciesare reviewed by the Management on a regular basis throughout the life of the contractand adjusted where appropriate. The revenue on contracts may also include variableconsideration (variations and claims). Variable consideration is recognized when therecovery of such consideration is highly probable.
Refer to Note No. [2](13) and 35 to the Standalone Financial Statements.
Principal AuditProcedures
Our audit procedures relates to the:
1. Identification of distinct performance obligations,
2. Evaluation of the process for estimation of costs to complete,
3. Evaluation of implications of change orders on costs estimates of costs to complete andrevenue and
4. Evaluation of any variable consideration included the following, amongst others:
• We tested the effectiveness of controls relating to the:
(a) evaluation of performance obligations and identification of those that are distinct;
(b) estimation of costs to complete each of the performance obligations including thecontingencies in respect thereof, as work progresses and the impact thereon asaconsequence of change orders;
(c) the impact of change orders on the transaction price of the related contracts; and
(d) evaluation of the impact of variable consideration on the transaction price.
• We selected a sample of contracts with customers and performed the followingprocedures:
(a) Obtained and read contract documents for each selection, change orders, andother documents that were part of the agreement.
(b) Identified significant terms and deliverables in the contract to assess management'sconclusions regarding the:
(i) identification of distinct performance obligations;
(ii) changes to costs to complete as work progresses and as a consequence ofchange orders;
(iii) the impact of change orders on the transaction price; and
(iv) the evaluation of the adjustment to the transaction price on account ofvariable consideration.
(c) Compared costs incurred with Company's estimates of costs incurred to date toidentify significant variations and evaluated whether those variations have beenconsidered appropriately in estimating the remaining costs to complete the contract.
(d) Tested the estimate for consistency with the status of delivery of milestones andcustomer acceptance to identify possible delays in achieving milestones, whichrequire changes in estimated costs or efforts to complete the remaining performanceobligation.
We read and verified the presentation and disclosure in the standalone financialstatements are in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
Information other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Reportthereon
• The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the annual report, for example, Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the Standalone FinancialStatements and our auditor's report thereon. The other information as stated above is expected to bemade available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.'
• In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read theother information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
• If based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and those Charged with Governance for the StandaloneFinancial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes inequity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including theIndian Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements thatgive a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless the management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan arise from fraud 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 basis of these StandaloneFinancial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in placeand the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use 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 the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's reportto the related disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial Statements,including the disclosures, and whether the Financial Statements represent the underlying transactionsand events in a manner that achieves fair presentation;
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control thatwe identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other mattersthat may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the Company so faras it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, TheCash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of accounts.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "AnnexureA". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Companyto its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in itsStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements.
ii. The Company does not have any derivatives contracts. Further there are no long-term contractsfor which provisions for any material foreseeable losses is required to be made.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no
funds(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by theCompany 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 persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b)above, contain any material misstatement.
v The amount of dividend is in accordance with the section 123 of the Act.
(a) The final dividend paid by the company during the year in respect of previous year is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act, to the extent it applies to payment of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2025,which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith and the audit trail has been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("The Order"), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give inthe "Annexure-B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
For NSVR & ASSOCIATES LLP
Chartered Accountants,
Firm Reg No: 008801S/S200060
Suresh Gannamani
Partner
Membership No: 226870
UDIN 25226870BMIIQV5542
Date : May 20, 2025
Place : Hyderabad