1. We have audited the accompanying StandaloneFinancial Statements of Allied Digital ServicesLimited (hereinafter referred as "the Company”),which comprise the Standalone Balance sheet asat March 31, 2025, the Standalone Statement ofProfit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), Standalone Statement of Changes inEquity and the Standalone Statement of CashFlows for the year then ended, and notes to theStandalone Financial Statements, including asummary of material accounting policies andother explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as " Standalone Financial Statement”).
2. In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us,except for the possible effects of the matterdescribed in the Basis for Qualified Opinionsection of our report, the aforesaid StandaloneFinancial Statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013, asamended ("Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards prescribed underSection 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015as amended ("Ind AS”) and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, its profit including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows forthe year ended on that date.
3. We draw attention to:
a. Note no. 42 to the Standalone FinancialStatements, which explains the non -compliance with the requirements of theInd - AS 8, "Accounting Policies, Changes
in Accounting Estimates and Errors”, for thematters described therein.
b. Note No. 10(a) to the Standalone FinancialStatements, which explains that theCompany is in process of reconciling adifference of approximately A 610 lakhsbetween Input Tax Credit (ITC) under Goodsand Services Tax (GST) and the recordsavailable on GST portal. In the absence ofa reconciliation statement and supportingdocumentation, we were unable to verifythe correctness and recoverability of the ITCrecognised.
c. Note No. 8(d) to the Standalone FinancialStatements, which explains that theCompany has given interest free loansto certain companies, which is in non -Compliance of Section 186(7) of CompaniesAct, 2013. The amount outstanding as onMarch 31, 2025 is A 11,625 lakhs.
We conducted our audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements in accordance with theStandards on Auditing ("SAs”), as specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those SAs are further described in the"Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements” section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia ("ICAI”)together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements under the provisions of the Act, andthe rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence obtained by usis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our qualified opinion on the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
5. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in ourreport.
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Key Audit Matter
How the Key Audit Matter was addressed inour audit
1.
Revenue recognition
Our Audit Approach:
The Company undertakes fixed price contracts,
Our audit procedures included:
including those with multiple performance
• Gaining an understanding of systems,
obligations. Revenue recognition for these
processes, and internal controls relevant
contracts requires judgment in identifying
to the evaluation of fixed price contracts,
distinct performance obligations, determining
identification of performance obligations,
the transaction price, and selecting an
determination and allocation of transaction
appropriate method to measure revenue over
price, measurement of efforts incurred, and
time.
For contracts where performance obligations
estimation of total efforts to determine theappropriate revenue recognition method.
are met over time, revenue is recognized using
• For a sample of contracts, we assessed
the percentage-of-completion method, based
compliance with applicable revenue
on management’s estimate of total contract
recognition standards by:
efforts. These estimates involve significant
• Evaluating identification of
judgment and are regularly updated to reflect
performance obligations and contract
the most current information. Such contracts
terms to determine the transaction
may also involve recognition of onerousobligations, requiring critical management
price;
estimates.
• Assessing the appropriateness of therevenue recognition method applied;
In the case of fixed price maintenance
• Testing calculations of actual and
contracts, revenue is recognized either on a
estimated efforts, including a
straight-line basis, using the percentage-of-
retrospective review and evaluation of
completion method, or based on amountsbilled—whichever best reflects the value of
any onerous obligations;
services delivered.
• Reviewing supporting documentationfor contract assets/unbilled revenue as
We identified revenue recognition as a key
of the balance sheet date.
audit matter because it involves significant
• Examined aged contract assets to
judgment in identifying performance
identify potential delays impacting effort
obligations, determining transaction prices,estimating total contract efforts for percentage-
estimations and milestone achievement.
of-completion measurement, and assessing
• Performed analytical procedures on
onerous obligations.
revenue and receivables to identify anyunusual trends or inconsistencies.
6. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual Report but does notinclude the Standalone Financial Statementsand our auditor’s report thereon. These AnnualReport is expected to be made available to usafter the date of our auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the Standalone FinancialStatements does not cover the other informationand we will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information identified above whenit becomes available and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone FinancialStatements, or our knowledge obtained during
the course of our audit, or otherwise appears tobe materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we concludethat there is material misstatement therein, weare required to communicate the matter to thosecharged with governance and take appropriateactions necessitated by the circumstance andthe applicable laws and regulation.
7. The accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements has been approved by theCompany’s Board of Directors. The Company’sBoard of Directors are responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act, with respectto the preparation of these Standalone FinancialStatements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, changesin equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) specified undersection 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the Standalone FinancialStatements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether dueto fraud or error.
8. In preparing the Standalone FinancialStatements, management is responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unlessthe management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
9. The Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
10. Our objectives are to obtain reasonableassurance about whether the StandaloneFinancial Statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor’s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance isa high level of assurance but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud orerror and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to influence the economic decisionsof users taken on the basis of these StandaloneFinancial Statements.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, weexercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit.We also:
11.1. Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The riskof not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
11.2. Obtain an understanding of internal controlrelevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) theAct, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls inplace and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
11.3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
11.4. Conclude on the appropriateness of themanagement’s use of the going concernbasis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubton the Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor’s report tothe related disclosures in the StandaloneFinancial Statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future eventsor conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
11.5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structureand content of the Standalone FinancialStatements, including the disclosures,and whether the Standalone FinancialStatements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatementsin the Standalone Financial Statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the Standalone FinancialStatements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factorsin (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the Standalone FinancialStatements.
12. We communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control thatwe identify during our audit.
13. We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate withthem all relationships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
14. From the matters communicated with thosecharged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in theaudit of the Standalone Financial Statementsfor the financial year ended March 31, 2025 andare therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unlesslaw or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report
because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh thepublic interest benefits of such communication.
15. The standalone financial statements of theCompany for the year ended March 31, 2024were audited by the predecessor auditor, whohave expressed an unmodified opinion on thosestandalone financial statements vide their auditreport dated May 23, 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of thismatter.
16. 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 and on the basis of suchchecks of the books and records of the Companyas we considered appropriate and according tothe information and explanations given to us, wegive in the “Annexure A”, a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
17. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, wereport that:
a. We have sought and except for the mattersdescribed in the Basis for Qualified OpinionSection, obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes 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 except for thematters described in the Basis of QualifiedOpinion above and except for the mattersstated in the paragraph 18(f) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Statement of Changes in Equityand the Statement of Cash Flow dealt withby this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account.
d. Except for the possible effects of the mattersdescribed in the Basis for Qualified Opinionsection, in our opinion, the aforesaidStandalone Financial Statements comply
with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended.
e. The matters described in paragraph 3 underthe Basis for Qualified Opinion section,in our opinion, may have an effect on thefunctioning of the Company.
f. 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.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to theseFinancial Statements of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate Report in "AnnexureB”, wherein we have expressed a modifiedopinion.
h. In our opinion, the managerial remunerationfor the year ended March 31, 2025 hasbeen paid/provided by the Company to itsdirectors in excess of the limit prescribedin provisions of Section 197 read withSchedule V to the Act. We understand thatthe excess amount paid/provided shall beplaced for approval of the Board of Directorsand shareholders in due course.
18. With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, as amended in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, we report as under:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations as at March 31, 2025on its financial position in its FinancialStatements - Refer Note 35 to theStandalone Financial Statements;
b. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses;
c. There has been delays in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by
the company during the year. Refer Note 47to the Standalone Financial Statements;
d. (a) The management has represented to
us that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries”), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend to or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries. (Refer note 41(k)).
(b) The management has representedthat, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; (Refernote 41(k)); and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that weconsidered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) containany material misstatement.
e. The Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members atthe ensuing Annual General Meeting.
f. Based on our examination, which includedtest checks, the Company has used 2accounting software(s) for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility but
was not enabled throughout the year in respect these accounting software(s). Hence, the requiredprovisions of the Act regarding audit trail for these software(s) have not been complied with in allaspects.
Further, we are unable to comment if there are any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with,since such feature was not enabled.
Since the audit trail functionality was not enabled during the year, the question of its retention does notarise, and accordingly, we are unable to comment thereon.
For Singhi & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration Number: 302049E
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