We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of G. G. Dandekar Properties Limited (“the Company”),which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (includingOther Comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the yearthen ended and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2025, the loss and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143 (10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the 'Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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The key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matters
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Contingent liabilities / provisions inrelation to direct tax litigations:
There are some direct tax litigations
• Obtained an understanding, assessed, and tested the internalcontrol environment relating to the identification, recognition,and measurement of provisions for disputes and disclosures ofcontingent liabilities in relation to tax litigations
pending before various direct tax forumsby and against the Company. TheCompany has received certain demandorders and notices under direct tax laws
• Obtained updated details from the management of ongoing andcompleted tax assessments, demands and other litigationsissued by tax authorities, from the management.
which the Company is contesting.
We identified this as a key matter as theestimate of these amounts involve asignificant degree of managementjudgement and high estimation uncertainty
• Reviewed the orders/notices received from tax authorities,appeals/ replies/applications filed by the Company and helddiscussion with management to understand management'sassessment of the quantification and likelihood of significantexposures and the provision required for specific cases.
• Analysed the management's estimates related to therecognized provisions for disputes and disclosures of contingentliabilities in relation to tax litigations and uncertain tax positionsin the financial statements.
The Company's management and Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Company's annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements, consolidatedfinancial statements and our auditors report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do 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 identifiedabove when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Ind AS.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether thecompany has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions 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 drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors'report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure, and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may beinfluenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors (i) in planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditors' report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
We draw your attention to Note no. 60(ix) regarding the disclosure of title deeds of certain immovable properties not held by theCompany in its name. The note gives information on certain immovable properties which are owned by and are in the possessionof the Company and the title of the same is also in the name of the Company. However, the name of the Company is yet toincorporated in the Property Tax records. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors' Report) Order. 2020 ('the Order'), issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of section 143(11) of the Act, we enclose in “Annexure-A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit of the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books.
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the Directors as on 31 March, 2025, and taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the Directors are disqualified as on 31 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 financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure-B” to this report. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the company's internal financial controls withreference to the Standalone Financial Statements.
g) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under section 197(16): In our opinion and according tothe information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the currentyear is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements in Note No. 38 to the Standalone Financial Statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts, including derivative contracts, for which there were any materialforeseeable losses; and
(iii) There were no amounts, which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
(iv) With respect to clause (e) of Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended
a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (Intermediaries),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entity (Funding Parties), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (UltimateBeneficiaries) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and(ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided above, contain any material misstatement.
(i) The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
(ii) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintainingits books of account for the financial year ended 31 March, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further,during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with andthe audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements of record retention. .
For C N K J B M S & Associates,Chartered Accountants,[F.R. No. 139786 - W
Swanand KulkarniPartner
Date : 28.05.2025 M. N.: 144182
Place : Pune UDIN: 25144182BMMBYS8065