We have audited the accompanying standalone financialstatements of Tamilnadu Telecommunications Limited, (the“Company”) which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including theStatement of Other Comprehensive Income) for the year thenended, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended,the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended,and a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, because of the significance ofthe matter discussed in the Basis for Adverse Opinion sectionof our report, the aforesaid standalone financial statementsdo not give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at 31 March 2025, the Loss and totalcomprehensive loss, its cash flows and the changes in equityfor the year ended on that date.
1) We draw attention to Note 1(II)(a) SignificantAccounting Policies & 31 which describes that theCompany's financial statements have been preparedusing the going concern assumption of accounting.However, the Company's accumulated losses ofRs.2,35,78,744 hundreds (including otherComprehensive Income) (Previous year Rs. 2,20,02,137hundreds) has eroded the Net Worth of the Company,indicating the existence of material uncertainty thatcast doubt about the Company's ability to continue asa Going Concern. The Company has not operated itsfactory since 2017, and no sales effected for more thanfive years. Further, as represented by the company,the machinery would involve major overhauling cost toresume operations, and the company is also unable toobtain support for supply of major raw material requiredfor manufacture from its supplier. Also, the companyhas not bagged any new orders to substantiate thegoing concern assumption. Though the company hadreceived a bid for granting of lease of the manufacturingfacilities and factory premises, and issued Letter ofAward to the lessee, the lessee had not taken over thepremises and the lease income has not generated yet.
Hence, considering the cumulative effect of the factorsdetailed above, we conclude that the Going Concernassumption of the management in preparation offinancial statements is not appropriate.
2) In the view of the significant losses, which have beenincurred by the company during the previous financialyears, the carrying amount of fixed assets needs to betested for impairment. The management has not doneimpairment testing and in absence of any informationwe are unable to comment as to whether any provisionfor impairment is required or not.
3) The following financial liability / assets referred to in therespective note of standalone financial statements, hasbeen stated at historical cost only, irrespective of the fairvalue of the same, which is departure from requirementof Ind AS 113 (Fair Value Measurement) and Ind AS 109(Financial Instruments).
a. Amounts due to M/s. Fujikura Limited amounting
to Rs.2,10,061 hundreds (Previous Year
Rs.2,07,991) (In hundreds) (Note No 16)
b. Trade Receivables (considered good) amounting
to Rs.4,67,708 hundreds (Previous Year
Rs.4,67,200) (In hundreds) (Note No 5)
c. Unsecured Trade payables amounting
to Rs.3,67,050 hundreds (Previous Year
Rs.3,60,457) (In hundreds) (Note No 15)
d. Short Term and Long-Term Borrowings dueto Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd(Parent Company) of Rs.33,90,692 hundreds(Previous Year Rs.32,51,640 hundreds) (Note No12 & 14)
1) We draw attention to Note No. 48 of the other
explanatory notes to the financial statements whichstates the reason for non-recognition of amounts dueto the holding Company viz., TelecommunicationsConsultants India Limited amounting to Rs. 1,70,22,370hundreds (Previous Year - Rs. 1,57,85,738 hundreds) atFair Value in accordance with Ind AS 109. Our opinion isnot modified in respect of this matter.
2) Attention is invited to Note Nos. 5, 7, 9, 15, 16 & 17 ofthe notes to financial statements, where the balancescarried in the Trade receivables, Other FinancialAssets, Other Current assets, Trade payables, OtherFinancial liabilities, and Other Current Liabilities aresubject to confirmation from all parties (other thanTelecommunications Consultants India Limited) asstated in Note No. 29. Our opinion is not modified inrespect of this matter.
3) Attention is invited to Note No. 45 of the otherexplanatory notes to the financial statements whichstates that the Company has not received informationfrom vendors regarding their status under the Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006.Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of financialstatements of the current period. Those matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. Except for thematters described in the Basis for Adverse opinion section, wehave determined that there are no other key audit matters tocommunicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Management Discussion and Analysis,Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report,Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, CorporateGovernance and Shareholder's Information but does notinclude the standalone financial statements and our auditor'sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the standalone financial statementsor our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears tobe materially misstated.
The Annual Report is not made available to us at the date ofthis auditor's report. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give atrue and fair view of the state of affairs (financial position), profitor loss (financial performance including other comprehensiveincome), cash flows and changes in equity of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding ofthe assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of
appropriate accounting policies; making judgements andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, Management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue asa 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 overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the 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 guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with Standards ofAuditing will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards of Auditing,we exercise professional judgement and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevantto the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether thecompany has adequate internal financial controls systemin place and the 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 as agoing 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 48opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as 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 achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatement in the financialStatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeableuser of the financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in(i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluatingthe results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatement in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with the relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safe guards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of thecurrent period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
The financial statements of the Company for the year endedMarch 31, 2024, included in these financial statements,have been audited by the V. Narayanan & Co. Chartered
Accountants who expressed an adverse opinion on thosestatements vide their report dated May 21,2024. Our opinionis not modified in respect of this matter.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Companies Act, 2013, we give in “Annexure A” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit, except for the mattersspecified in the emphasis of matters paragraph.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination of thosebooks except for the matters specified in thebasis of adverse opinion paragraph, emphasis ofmatters paragraph.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the CashFlow Statement dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, exceptfor the matters specified in the basis of adverseopinion paragraph and emphasis of mattersparagraph.
e) Our observations in “The Basis for Adverse”Paragraph here-in-above regarding theassumption of Going Concern, in our Opinion,may have adverse effect on the functioning of theCompany.
f) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the company that the directors ason March 31,2025 taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualifiedas on March 31,2025 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls, refer to our separate Report in“Annexure B” which expressed a adverse opinion.
h) 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,in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i) The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigation on its financial positionin its financial statements - Refer NoteNo. 30, 38, 39, 42 & 44 to the financialstatements;
ii) The Company has made provision, asrequired under the applicable law orIndian accounting standards, for materialforeseeable losses, if any, on long-termcontracts.
iii) According to the information andexplanations given to us and based on ourexamination of the records, there were noamounts required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
iv) (a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in theNote No.51.16(a) to the financialstatement, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in anyother persons or entities, includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) by or on behalf of theCompany, or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management has represented,that, to the best of it's knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in theNote No.51.16(b) to the financialstatement, no funds have beenreceived by the Company fromany persons or entities, includingforeign entities (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise,that the company shall, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other
persons 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.
(c) Based on audit procedures that have
been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that therepresentations under clause (iv)(a) and (iv) (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v) The Company has neither declared norpaid any dividend during the year.
vi) During the financial year 2024-25, theCompany uses an accounting softwarefor maintaining books of accounts, whichdoes not have the feature of recordingaudit trail of each and every transaction,and does not have the feature of creatingan edit log of each changes made in booksof accounts along with the date when suchchanges were made, as required underRule 3(1) of Companies (Accounts) Rules,2004. Additionally, the audit trail has notbeen preserved by the company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
3) We draw attention to the Note No 47 to the financialstatements, explaining the reasons for non-applicabilityof section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly,reporting under 197(16) of the section is not applicable.
4) Report on the Directions issued by the Comptroller andAuditor General of India, under Section 143(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 for conducting audit of accountsfor the year 2024-25 is given below:-
1
Whether the Company
The Company maintains Tally
has system in place to
Prime as the accounting program
process all the accounting
for maintenance of books of
transactions through
accounts. Tally being the only IT
IT system? If yes, the
system used by the Company,
implications of processing
not all transactions (including
of accounting transactions
payroll processing, stock
outside IT system on the
procurement, stock dispatch
integrity of the accounts
etc.,) are computerized thereby
along with the financial
resulting in involvement of human
implications, if any, may be
intervention. There is no financial
stated.
implication.
2
Whether there is anyrestructuring of an existingloan or cases of waiver/write off of debts/loans/interest etc. made by alender to the Company dueto the company’s inability torepay the loan? If yes, thefinancial impact may bestated.
In the current period underreview (FY 2024-25), there is norestructuring of an existing loanor cases of waiver/write off ofdebts/loans/interest etc. made bya lender to the Company, eventhough the Company is not regularin repayment of its dues (Principaland Interest) with respectto the borrowings from M/s.Telecommunications ConsultantsIndia Limited being one of thepromoters of Company.
3
Whether funds received
The Company did not receive any
/ receivable for specific
funds for specific schemes from
schemes from Central/
Central/State agencies during the
State agencies wereproperly accountedfor/ utilized as per itsterms and conditions?List the cases of deviation.
Financial Year 2024-25.
For Sundaram and SrinivasanChartered AccountantsFRN: 004207S
-Sd/-
UDIN : 25217914BMKYNA7240 P Menakshi SundaramDate : May 28, 2025 Partner
Place : Chennai MRN: 217914