We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of SPML Infra Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us and based on the consideration ofthe reports of other auditors in respect of certain joint operations,as referred to in the Other Matters section of our report below, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the informationrequired by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India includingthe Indian Accounting Standards (“Ind AS”) prescribed underSection 133 of the Act, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at 31st March, 2025, its profit including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year endedon that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (‘SAs') specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe standalone financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current year. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key auditmatter to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matters
Auditor’s Response
Correctness of Project Revenue Recognition and related costs
Our audit approach was a combination of test of internal controls and substantive
- Construction Contracts [refer Note nos. 2(xiv) and 22 to the
procedures which included the following:
standalone financial statements]
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Evaluating the appropriateness of the Companys accounting policy for
Revenue from construction contracts is recognized over a period of
revenue recognition;
time in accordance with the requirements of IND AS 115 - Revenuefrom Contracts with Customers. Revenue recognition involves
Obtaining an understanding of the Company’s processes and testing
usage of percentage of completion method which is determined
the design and operating effectiveness of key internal financial controls,
based on proportion of contract costs incurred to date compared
including those related to review and approval of contract estimates;
to estimated total contract costs, which involves significant
Testing the relevant information technology systems’ access and change
judgments, reliable estimation of total project cost, identification
management controls relating to contracts and related information used
of contractual obligations in respect of Company’s rights to receive
in recording and disclosing revenue in accordance with the revenue
payments for performance completed till date, estimation of periodof recovery of receivables, changes in scope and consequential
accounting standard;
revised contract price and recognition of liability for loss making
Testing a sample of contracts for appropriate identification of performance
contracts/onerous obligations, if any.
obligations and the appropriateness of contract revenue recognized byevaluating key management judgments inherent in the forecasted contract
Project revenue recognition is significant to the financialstatements based on the quantitative materiality and the degree
revenue and costs to complete;
of management judgment required to apply the percentage of
For costs incurred to date, testing samples to appropriate supporting
completion method. Changes in these judgements, and the related
documents and performing cut-off procedures;
estimates as contracts progress can result in material adjustments
Testing the forecasted cost by obtaining executed purchase orders/
to revenue and margins. As a result of the above judgments,
agreements and evaluating the reasonableness of managements
complexities involved and material impact on the related financialstatement elements, this area has been considered a key audit
judgments/estimates;
matter in the audit of the standalone financial statements.
Performing analytical procedures for reasonableness of revenue recognition;and
Evaluating the appropriateness and adequacy of the disclosures relatedto contract revenue and costs in the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the applicable accounting standards.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITORS’ REPORTTHEREON
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual Report, for example Board's Reportincluding various annexures thereto, but does not includethe standalone financial statements, consolidated financialstatements and our auditor's reports thereon. The Annual Reportis expected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we will not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information identified abovewhen it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether theother information is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the other information, if we conclude that there is amaterial misstatement therein, we are required to communicatethe matter to those charged with governance.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND BOARDOF DIRECTORS FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in Section 134(5) of the Act, with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including theIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015 as amended. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the standalone financial statement that give a true and fair
view and are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OF THESTANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, future eventsor conditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makesit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the standalone financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of most
significance in the audit of the financial statements of the currentperiod and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
a. We did not audit the financial statements / financialinformation of 12 (twelve) joint operations included inthe standalone financial statements, whose financialstatements / financial information reflect total assets ofRs.24,410.99 lakhs as at 31st March, 2025, total revenuesof Rs.43,167.40 lakhs and total net profit after tax of Rs.20.80 lakhs for the year ended on that date, as consideredin the standalone financial statements. These financialstatements / financial information have been audited byother auditors whose reports have been furnished to usby the Company's management and our opinion on thestandalone financial statements, in so far as it relates tothe amounts and disclosures included in respect of thesejoint operations, is based solely on the audit reports of suchother auditors and on the procedures performed by us asstated in the section Auditor's Responsibilities for the Auditof the Standalone Financial Statements hereinabove.
b. We did not audit the financial statements / financialinformation of 3 (three) joint operations included inthe standalone financial statements, whose financialstatements / financial information reflect total assets ofRs.1,751.40 lakhs as at 31st March, 2025, total revenuesof Rs. 1,831.09 lakhs and total net loss after tax of Rs.5.98lakhs for the year ended on that date, as consideredin the standalone financial statements. These financialstatements / financial information are unaudited and havebeen furnished to us by the Company's management andour opinion on the standalone financial statements, in sofar as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included inrespect of these joint operations, is based solely on suchun-audited financial statements/financial information.According to the information and explanations given to usby the Company's management, these financial statements/ financial information are not material to the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
c. Owing to non-availability of financial statements/financialinformation/financial results of 3 (three) joint operations,the same were not included in the standalone financialstatements. According to the information and explanationsgiven to us by the Company's management, such financialstatements/financial information/financial results are notmaterial to the Standalone Financial Statements.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theAct, we give in “Annexure - A” a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our auditwe report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b) I n our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books;
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowdealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, readwith Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure - B” ;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended,in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
I . The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer Note no. 30 to thestandalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required underthe applicable law or Ind AS, for material foreseeablelosses, if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts;
i ii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
i v. (a) The Management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person or entity, including a foreignentity (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the Company from any personor entity, including a foreign entity (“FundingParties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend
or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014, as amended, as provided under (a)and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the yearby the Company. Hence, compliance with Section 123of the Act is not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accounting softwaresfor maintaining its books of account for the financialyear ended 31st March, 2025 which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant
transactions recorded in the softwares. Further, duringthe course of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered withand the audit trail has been preserved by the Companyas per the statutory requirements for record retention.
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofSection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand according to the information and explanations given tous, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
For Maheshwari & Associates
Chartered Accountants
FRN:311008E
CA. Ambika Singh
Partner
Membership No. : 060869
UDIN: 25060869BMNSJX3097
Place: Kolkata
Date: 29th May, 2025