We have audited the Standalone financial statements of Sayaji Hotels (Pune) Limited ("theCompany"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31stMarch 2025, and the Statement ofProfit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of changes in equityand Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financialstatements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements give the information requiredby 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 section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, the profit and total comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance 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 thefinancial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financialstatements.
Key Audit Matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of thecurrent period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below tobe the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
Revenue Recognition
Principal Audit Procedures
We conducted an evaluation of the Company's
Refer Notes 1(C)(11) to the
internal controls pertaining to its revenue
Standalone Financial
transactions. This assessment involved testing of the
Statements.
key controls that were identified during the auditprocess.
We have performed substantive detail testing byselecting a sample of revenue transactions, that weconsidered appropriate to test the evidence ofeffectiveness of the internal controls and adherenceto accounting policies in recognizing the revenue,and the rebates and discounts there against.
Inventory
The Company operates in
Our Audit procedure included both test of internal
Hotels, Restaurants and
controls and substantive procedures.
Banqueting business, whereInventory forms a major part of
Evaluated the design of internal controls relating
expense. Looking to the natureof business and type ofinventory involved andsignificant inventory in
to recording of transactions involving inventory ateach step such as purchase, issue, use andconsumption.
circulation, there is an inherentrisk in control and managementof inventory.
Full chain of transaction was tested on samplingbasis including physical verification of inventoryin circulation.
Refer Notes 1(C)(6) & 9 to theStandalone FinancialStatements.
Evaluated the process of taking physical stock ofinventory in circulation and matching the samewith those showing System Records.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in theManagement Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder'sInformation, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the courseof our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to thepreparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theInd AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless
management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financialreporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls systemin place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concernbasis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements 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 Companyto cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedall relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters inour auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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, to the extent applicable.
As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statementdealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on31stMarch, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on 31 March, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 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 directorsduring the year 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 inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, inour 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 financialposition in its financial statements - Refer NoteNo.40 (1) to the financialstatements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, tothe Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other personor entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries")or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) havebeen received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreignentity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing
or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") 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 andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e),as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company, has usedaccounting software systems for maintaining its books of account for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025 which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software systems, except in respect of maintenanceof accounting records of capital work in progress of Amber Project, which wasmaintained in an accounting software system in which the audit trail feature didnot operate throughout the year.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with, in respect of accounting software's forthe period for which the audit trail feature was operating.
Chartered Accountants,
FRN: 003289C
Place of Signature: IndoreDate :23rd May, 2025
Sd/-
(Himanshu Sharma)
Partner
M. No. 402560
UDIN: 25402560BMKQTN 3212