We have audited the standalone financial statements of SOUTHERN INFOSYS LIMTED ("theCompany"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit andLoss, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then endedand notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of material accountingpolicies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the "standalone financialstatements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinionparagraph and Emphasis of Matter paragraph, the aforesaid standalone financial statementsgive the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribedunder 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 thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024 and its profit and total comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
The company is required to make provision for Gratuity in respect of its employees as requiredunder Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 by following accrual basis and conducting the valuationby following independent actuarial valuations as at the balance sheet date by using the projectunit cost method as mandated by Indian Accounting Standard-19 (Ind AS 19) on EmployeeBenefits prescribed in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015, as amended.The company has not made any provision for Gratuity and the said non-provision iscontravention of Ind AS 19. We are unable to ascertain the financial implication of the same. Thenet profit for the year and cumulative net profits are overstated and provisions are understatedto that extent.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone financialstatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together withthe ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statementsunder the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have
fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI'sCode of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
We draw your attention to the responsibility of the Company to arrange balance confirmationsin respect of trade receivables, trade payables, inter-corporate deposits provided and other loansand advances. The letters of confirmation have been sent by the management to said parties toconfirm their balances as on 31st March, 2024. Balance confirmations have not been receivedfrom the parties up to the date of signing of financial statements. The balances of such partieshave been incorporated in the standalone financial statements at the value as per the books ofaccount. As explained to us, the company, to the extent stated, has considered them as good andno balances are required to be written off/ written back against receivables/payables, exceptthose already provided for in the books of accounts. Accordingly, all the said account balancesare subject to confirmation and reconciliation. To that extent, we are unable to ascertainfinancial implication of same in the standalone financial statements. Our opinion is not modifiedin respect of this matter (Refer Note 31).
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters. We have determined that there are no key matters to be communicated in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information.The other information comprises Board's Report including Annexure to Board's Report, butdoes not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and wedo not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement ofthis other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 ofthe Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible forassessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless theBoard of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the 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 thoserisks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act,we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work andin evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit 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 statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
(1) As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued bythe Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theCompanies Act, 2013, we give in the Annexure A, a statement on the matters specifiedin paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
(2) As required by section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for QualifiedOpinion paragraph and Emphasis of Matter Paragraph, we have sought andobtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for QualifiedOpinion paragraph and Emphasis of Matter Paragraph along with the matterstated in paragraph 2(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion, proper books ofaccount as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appearsfrom our examination of those books;
c. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for QualifiedOpinion paragraph and Emphasis of Matter Paragraph, the Balance Sheet, th eStatement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and th e Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the books of account;
d. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for QualifiedOpinion paragraph and Emphasis of Matter Paragraph, in our opinion, theaforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rule 2015, as amended.
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as onMarch 31, 2024, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors are disqualified as on March 31, 2024, from being appointed as adirector in terms of section 164(2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure B".
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directorduring the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act readwith Schedule V to the Act.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations in itsfinancial statements ( refer note 33).
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreignentity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity,including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonableand appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and(ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the yearending March 31, 2024. Also, no dividend has been proposed by theBoard for the year ending March 31, 2024. Accordingly, reporting underRule 11(f) is not applicable.
vi. The reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014 is applicable from 1 April 2023.
Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company hasused accounting software for maintaining its books of account, whichhave a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility. The audit trailfacility has been in operation from 15th April 2023 and the same has
operated throughout the remaining year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software.
Further, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail featurebeing tampered with.
Chartered AccountantsFRN -000262N
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Place: New DelhiDate: 29th May, 2024