1. We were engaged to audit the accompanying standalonefinancial statements of A2Z Infra Engineering Limited ('theCompany'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31March 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statementand the Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and a summary of the significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information, in whichare included the returns for the year ended on that dateaudited by the branch auditors and management certifiedof the Company's branches located at Uganda, Tanzania& Nepal.
2. We do not express an opinion on the accompanyingstandalone financial statements of the Company. Becauseof the significance of the matters described in the Basis forDisclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we have notbeen able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidenceto provide a basis for an audit opinion on these standalonefinancial statements.
3. a. As stated in Note 31 to the accompanying standalone
financial statements, the Company has incurred a netloss after tax of Rs. 105.35 lakhs during the year ended31st March 2025, and as of that date, the Company'saccumulated losses amount to Rs. 1,07,569.40 lakhs,which have resulted in substantial erosion of its networth, and the current liabilities exceed current assetsby Rs. 7,183.45 lakhs. Also, certain lenders have filedapplications with the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) forrecovery of their dues as detailed in 31. The Companyhas also delayed in repayment of borrowings as furtherdetailed in Note 22.1.As confirmed by the management,the Company has been in discussions with the lendersregarding settlement of these borrowings/dues. Further,the expected realisation of the amounts outstanding fromcertain customers, within the next 12 months, with whomthe Company is in discussions is uncertain in the absenceof any confirmations from such customers. Such eventsand conditions and its possible impact of the associateduncertainties on management's assumptions, and othermatters as set forth in the note 31, cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.In the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence tosupport the management's assessment with respect torestructuring of borrowings/dues and availability of funds,we are unable to comment on the ability of the Companyto continue as a going concern. Further, as detailed inNote 12, Management indicates that a material uncertaintyexists that may cast significant doubt on the Tanzaniabranch's ability to continue as going concern.Our Auditreport on the standalone financial statements for the yearended 31st March 2024 also included a disclaimer ofopinion in respect of this matter.
3. b. As stated in Note 22.1 to the accompanying standalone
financial statement,the Company has borrowings frombanks which have been classified as non-performingassets ('NPA borrowings') (referred to as 'the Lenders').In respect of the aforementioned NPA borrowings, theCompany has not recognised interest for the year ended31st March 2025 aggregating to Rs. 1,339.08 lakhs(accumulated interest as at 31st March 2025 being Rs.3,788.34 lakhs) payable under the terms of the saidagreements, as estimated by the management on thebasis of expected re-negotiation with the Lenders.
Pending confirmations/ reconciliations from the Lendersand in the absence of sufficient appropriate evidence tosubstantiate management's assessment, we are unableto comment on the adjustments, if any, that may berequired to the carrying values of the aforesaid borrowingsand dues (including interest) payable to the Lendersin accordance with the terms of loan agreements andSettlement Agreement, and the consequential impactof such adjustments on the accompanying standalonefinancials statement. Our Audit report on the standalonefinancial statements for the year ended 31st March 2024also included a disclaimer of opinion in respect of thismatter.
4. We draw attention to:
a. Note 3.1 to the accompanying standalone financialstatement, which describes the uncertainties relatingto the outcome of the pending various litigations inrespect of the three cogeneration power plants of theCompany, for which the Company has filled petitionsand appeals at various forums. The final outcomeof these matters is presently unascertainable.Further, the said note also describes that these threecogeneration power plants fully impaired in its booksof accounts during the year ended 31 March 2023.Hence, the management has recorded an impairmentINR 35,665.04 lakhs in the present value of the powerplant as at March 31, 2025.
b. Note 40(a) to the accompanying standalone financialstatement, which describes the uncertainty relatingto the outcome of litigation pertaining to income-taxmatters pursuant to orders received by the Companyagainst which management and the assessingauthorities have filed appeals with relevant Income-tax Authorities. The final outcome of these matters ispresently unascertainable.
5. The accompanying standalone financial statements havebeen approved by the Company's Board of Directors.The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act,2013 ('the Act') with respect to the preparation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
6. In preparing the standalone financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
7. Those Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
8. Our responsibility is to conduct an audit of theaccompanying standalone financial statements inaccordance with Standards on Auditing specified undersection 143(10) of the Act, and to issue an auditor's report.However, because of the matters described in the Basisfor Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we werenot able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence toprovide a basis for an audit opinion on these standalonefinancial statements. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (‘ICAI’) togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the standalone financial statements under the provisionsof the Act and the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics.
9. We did not audit the financial statements of one branchincluded in the standalone financial statement of theCompany, whose financial statements reflects total assetsand net assets of Rs. 9.10 lakhs and Rs. (159.60) lakhsrespectively as at 31 March 2025, and total revenues ofRs. (200.97) lakhs, total net loss after tax of Rs. 526.24lakhs, and total comprehensive loss of Rs. 526.24 lakhs,and cash flows (net) of Rs. Nil for the year then ended, asconsidered in the standalone financial statements. Thesefinancial statements of the aforesaid branches have beenaudited by their respective branch auditors, whose reports
have been furnished to us by the management.
Further this one branch are located outside India whosefinancial statements and other financial information havebeen prepared in accordance with accounting principlesgenerally accepted in their respective countries and whichhave been audited by branch auditor under generallyaccepted auditing standards specified in Annexure 1, asapplicable in their respective countries. The Company'smanagement has converted the financial statementsof such branches from accounting principles generallyaccepted in their respective countries to accountingprinciples generally accepted in India. We have auditedthese conversion adjustments made by the Company'smanagement. This report, in so far as it relates to thebalances and affairs of this branch, is based on the auditreport of branch auditor, and the conversion adjustmentsprepared by the management of the Company and auditedby us.
The standalone financial statement includes the financialstatement and information of two branches, whichhas not been audited by branch auditors, and whosefinancial information reflects total revenues of Rs. 31.52lakhs, total net profit after tax of Rs. 13.78 lakhs andtotal comprehensive loss of Rs. 13.78 lakhs for the yearended 31st March 2025, as considered in the standalonefinancial statement. This report, in so far as it relates tothe balances and affairs of this branch, is based solely onsuch financial statement and information, as certified andprovided by the management. According to the informationand explanations given to us by the management, theirwould not be consequential material impact on the financialstatements of the Company.
10. Based on our audit, and on the consideration of the reportsof the branch auditors as referred to in paragraph 9 above,we report that the Company has not paid or provided forany managerial remuneration during the year. Accordingly,reporting under section 197(16) of the Act is not applicable.
11. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (‘the Order') issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give inthe Annexure A, a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
12. Further to our comments in Annexure A, as required bysection 143(3) of the Act, and on the consideration of thereports of the branch auditors as referred to in paragraph 9above, we report, to the extent applicable, that:
a) as described in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinionsection, we sought but were unable to obtain all theinformation and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposeof our audit;
b) due to the possible effects of the matters describedin the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section, we areunable to state whether proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Company so
far as it appears from our examination of those books.Proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audithave been received from the branches not visited byus;
c) the reports on the accounts of the branch offices ofthe Company audited under section 143(8) of the Actby the branch auditors have been sent to us and havebeen properly dealt with by us in preparing this report;
d) the standalone financial statements dealt with by thisreport are in agreement with the books of accountand with the returns received from the branches notvisited by us;
e) due to the possible effects of the matters describedin the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section, weare unable to state whether the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements comply with the Ind AS specifiedunder section 133 of the Act;
f) the matters described in Paragraph 3 and 4 in theBasis for Disclaimer of Opinion / Emphasis of Mattersection, in our opinion, may have an adverse effecton the functioning of the Company;
g) on the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors and taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of section 164(2) of the Act;
h) the reservations relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinionsection, read with paragraph 12(b) above;
i) we were also engaged to audit the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company as on 31 March 2025 inconjunction with our audit of the standalone financialstatements of the Company for the year ended onthat date and our report dated 28th May 2025 as perAnnexure B expressed disclaimer of opinion; and
j) with respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014(as amended), in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us, and based on the consideration of the reportsof the branch auditors as referred to in paragraph 9above,:
i. due to the possible effects of the mattersdescribed in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinionsection, we are unable to state whether theCompany has disclosed fully the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position as at31 March 2025;
ii. due to the possible effects of the mattersdescribed in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinionsection, we are unable to state whether theCompany has made adequate provision as at
31 March 2025, as required under the applicablelaw or Ind AS, for material foreseeable losses, ifany, on long-term contracts including derivativecontracts;
iii. there were no amounts which were required tobe transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company during the yearended 31 March 2025; and
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individuallyor in the aggregate) have been advancedor loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other person or entity, includingforeign entity (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individuallyor in the aggregate) have been receivedby the Company from any person or entity,including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared/paid dividendduring the year, accordingly compliance u/s 123of the Act is not applicable to the company.
vi. The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is applicablefrom 1st April, 2023. Based on our examination,which includes test checks, the company hasused the accounting software for maintainingits books of account which has a feature ofrecording audit trail / edit log facility and the
same has been operated throughout the yearfor all the relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware. Further, during the course of our auditwe did not come across any instance of audittrail feature being tampered.
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.: 023711N
Saurabh Kuchhal
Partner
Membership No.: 512362
UDIN: 25512362BMJGNB7661
Place: Gurugram
Date: 28.05.2025