Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Valuation of inventories (as described in Notes 2.2(i) and 8 of the financial statements)
We have identified valuation of inventories as a keyaudit matter due to the critical judgement exercisedby the Company's Management in identifying theobsolete and slow-moving/ non-moving items ofinventories and assessing the amount of allowancefor inventories.
The balance of inventories as at March 31, 2025 is INR2,575.90 million, net of provision amounting to INR391.81 million. Inventories comprise raw material, workin progress, finished products and stores and spares.
Our audit procedures included the followingamongst others:
• We understood and evaluated Company'sinternal control environment over receipts,consumption and dispatch of inventoriesand controls over valuation of inventories anddetermination of provision required for slow andnon-moving inventories.
The determination of provision in respect ofinventories requires Management to exercisesignificant judgement in identifying the obsoleteand slow-moving/ non-moving inventories andmake estimates of the appropriate level of provisionrequired.
• We understood and evaluated the basis ofidentification of the obsolete and slow-moving /non-moving inventories.
• We tested the accuracy of the report on agedinventories on a sample basis.
• We evaluated the historical accuracy ofallowance for inventories by comparing theactual loss on account of write off of obsoleteand slow-moving/ non-moving inventories tothe historical allowance recognized.
• We assessed the realizable value, on a samplebasis, by comparing the inventory value with theexpected sales prices of the finished goods.
We have audited the financial statements of AjaxEngineering Limited (formerly Ajax EngineeringPrivate Limited) ("the Company”), which comprisethe Balance sheet as at March 31 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss, including the statement ofOther Comprehensive Income/(Loss), the CashFlow Statement and the Statement of Changesin Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe financial statements, including a summary ofmaterial accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
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, as amended("the Act”) in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profitincluding other comprehensive loss, its cash flowsand the changes in equity for the year ended on thatdate.
We conducted our audit of the financial statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs),as specified under section 143(10) of the Act. 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 inaccordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant toour audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act 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 provide abasis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the financial statements for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. For each matter below, our descriptionof how our audit addressed the matter is provided inthat context.
We have determined the matters described below tobe the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport. We have fulfilled the responsibilities describedin the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of thefinancial statements section of our report, includingin relation to these matters. Accordingly, our auditincluded the performance of procedures designedto respond to our assessment of the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements. The resultsof our audit procedures, including the proceduresperformed to address the matters below, providethe basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingfinancial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsiblefor the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Annualreport, but does not include the financial statementsand our 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 financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether suchother information is materially inconsistent with thefinancial statements or our knowledge obtainedin the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsiblefor the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these financialstatements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income/(loss), cash flows andchanges in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)
Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility alsoincludes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the financial statements, managementis responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Charged with Governance are also responsiblefor overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due
to fraud 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 detect amaterial 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,whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to thoserisks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• 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 theAct, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference tofinancial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness ofmanagement's use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude thata material uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the financial statements or,if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our
opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as agoing 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.
We communicate with those charged withgovernance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significantaudit findings, including any significant deficienciesin internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, andto communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31,2025and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicatedin our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweighthe public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor'sReport) Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub¬section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give inthe "Annexure 1” a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report,to the extent applicable, 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 except as statedin Note 42 to the financial statements, theback-up of books of account and otherbooks and papers maintained in electronicmode was not kept in servers physicallylocated in India on a daily basis in respectof one accounting software and for thematters stated in the paragraph (h) and (i)(vii) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, as amended;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including the Statement of OtherComprehensive Income/(loss), the CashFlow Statement and Statement of Changesin Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financialstatements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended;
(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) of theAct;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to financialstatements and the operating effectivenessof such controls, refer to our separate Reportin "Annexure 2” to this report;
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remunerationfor the year ended March 31, 2025 has beenpaid / provided by the Company to itsdirectors in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 read with Schedule V to theAct;
(h) The modification relating to the maintenanceof accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in the paragraph
(b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i)(vii) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended;
(i) With respect to the other matters tobe included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impactof pending litigations on its financialposition in its financial statements- Refer Note 33 to the financialstatements;
ii. The Company did not have any long¬term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which wererequired to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the Note41 to the financial statements,no funds have been advanced orloaned 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”),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) The management has representedthat, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the Note41 to the financial statements,no funds have been received bythe Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directlyor indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
c) Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have beenconsidered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub¬clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The final and special dividend paid bythe Company during the year in respectof the same declared for the previousyear is in accordance with section 123of the Act to the extent it applies topayment of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination whichincluded test checks, as described inNote 42 to the financial statements, theCompany has used three accountingsoftwares for maintaining its books ofaccount which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility which wasnot enabled throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded inthe software except for one accountingsoftware for which such feature wasenabled at application level from March20, 2025. Accordingly, we are unable tocomment upon whether during theyear there was any instance of audittrail feature being tampered with inrespect of the accounting software.Additionally, the audit trail in respect ofthe prior year has not been preservedby the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
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Place: BengaluruDate: May 27, 2025