We have audited the accompanying standalone indAS financial statements of HBL Engineering Limited(formerly known as HBL Power Systems Limited)Hyderabad, ("the Company") which comprise theBalance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensiveincome), Statement of Changes in Equity andStatement of Cash Flows for the year then endedand notes to the financial statements includingmaterial accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation. (hereinafter referred to as "the financialstatements").
in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act')in the manner so req uired and give a true and fairview in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in india, of the state of affairs ofthe Company as at March 31,2025 and its profit, totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143 (10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for theAudit of the Financial Statements section of our report.
We are independent of the company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the institute ofChartered Accountants of india together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe financial statements under the provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, andwe have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our opinion on the standalone financialstatements.
Key audit matters are those matters that in ourprofessional judgment were of most significant inour audit of the financial statements of the currentperiod. These matters were addressed in the contextof our audit of the financial statements as a whole,and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined that there are no key audit matters tocommunicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsiblefor the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in Annual Reportbut does not include the financial statements andour auditor's report thereon. The annual report isexpected to be made available to us after the date ofthis auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalonefinancial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information identified above when it becomesavailable and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the annual report, if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, weare required to communicate the matter to thosecharged with governance and take necessary actions,as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
Responsibilities of management and thosecharged with governance for the standalonefinancial statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe matters stated in Section 134(5} of the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act"} with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, includingthe Accounting Standards (Ind AS} specified underSection 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the financial statements thatgive a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board ofDirectors is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unlessthe Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform auditprocedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error,as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal controlrelevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3}(i} of the
Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the companyhas adequate internal financial controls systemin place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made bymanagement.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management'suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whethera material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern.If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually orin aggregate, makes it probable that the economicdecisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of thestandalone financial statements may be influenced.We consider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii)evaluating the effect of any identified misstatementsin the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internalcontrol that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear onour independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the financialstatements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
(1) 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 Act, we give in the "AnnexureA" a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
(2) As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, wereport that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all theinformation and explanations which tothe best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of accountas required by law have been kept by thecompany so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss, Statement of Changes in Equityand the Cash Flow Statement dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the booksof account.
(d) in our opinion, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with theAccounting Standards prescribed underSection 133 of the Act, read with rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the Directors as on March31, 2025, taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the Directors is disqualifiedas on March 31, 2025 from being appointedas a Director in terms of Section 164(2) ofthe Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reporting ofthe company and the operating effectivenessof such controls, refer to our separate Reportin "Annexure B".
(g) With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us:
(i) The company has disclosed the impactof pending litigations on its financialposition in its financial statements- Refer Note 42.2 to the standalonefinancial statements.
(ii) The company did not have any long¬term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
(iii) There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, tothe investor Education and ProtectionFund by the company.
(iv) (a) The respective Managements of
the Company and its subsidiarieswhich are companies incorporatedin india, whose financial statementshave been audited under the Act,
have represented to us that, to thebest of their knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notesto accounts, no funds (which arematerial either individually or in theaggregate) have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind offunds) by the Company or anyof such subsidiaries to or in anyother person or entity, includingforeign entity ("intermediaries"),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the intermediary shall, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Company or anyof such subsidiaries ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The respective Managements ofthe Company and its subsidiarieswhich are companies incorporatedin india, whose financial statementshave been audited under the Act,have represented to us that, to thebest of their knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate)have been received by the Companyor any of such subsidiaries from anyperson or entity, including foreignentity ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theCompany or any of such subsidiariesshall, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide
any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries,
(c) Based on the audit proceduresthat have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances performed by us onthe Company and its subsidiarieswhich are companies incorporatedin India whose financial statementshave been audited under the Act,nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement,
(v) (a) The dividend declared and paid bythe Company during the year is inaccordance with Section 123 of theAct, as applicable,
(b) As stated in Note 42,3 to thestandalone financial statements, theBoard of Directors of the Companyhave proposed dividend for the yearwhich is subject to the approval ofthe members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting, The amount ofdividend proposed is in accordance
with section 123 of the Act, asapplicable,
(vi) Based on our examination, whichincluded test checks, we observed thatthe company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books ofaccount which has a feature of recordingan audit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recorded inthe software except that the process ofbinding the MAC address for the user'slogin is currently pending, Further,during the course of our audit, we didnot come across any instances wherethe audit trail feature was tampered withand the audit trail has been preservedby the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention,
(h) With respect to the other matters to beincluded in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith the requirements of section 197(16) ofthe Act, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors duringthe year is in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 of the Act,
For L N R Associates
Chartered AccountantsFRN 05381S
Raghuram Vedula Place: Hyderabad
Partner Date: May 24, 2025
M,No, 242883
UDIN: 25242883BMIRNE3619