1. We have audited the accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements of Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (‘theCompany’), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet asat 31 March 2025, and the Standalone Statement of Profit AndLoss (including Other Comprehensive Income), StandaloneStatement of Changes in Equity and Standalone Statementof Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notes tothe Standalone Financial Statements, including a summary ofmaterial accounting policy information and other explanatoryinformation (‘the Standalone Financial Statements’).
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid StandaloneFinancial Statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (‘Act’) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the 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, and its Profit and OtherComprehensive Income, Changes in Equity and its Cash Flowsfor the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (‘SAs’) specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described inthe Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (‘ICAI’)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant toour audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under theprovisions of the Act, and the rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion on the Standalone FinancialStatements.
Key Audit Matters
4. A Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current year. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters tocommunicate in our report.
Other Information
5. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Company’s annual report butdoes not include the Standalone Financial Statements and ourauditors’ report thereon. The Other Information is expected tobe made available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.
6. Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
7. In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements, or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed,we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact.
8. When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance andtake appropriate action as applicable under the relevant lawsand regulations.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with
Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
9. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act, with respect tothe preparation of these Standalone Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view of the State of Affairs, profitand Other Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity andCash Flows of the Company in) conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection of the appropriate accounting softwarefor ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulationsincluding those related to retention of audit logs; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, 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 StandaloneFinancial Statements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
10. In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the Board ofDirectors is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basisof accounting unless the Board of Directors either intendsto liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
11. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Standalone
Financial Statements
12. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe Standalone 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 guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese Standalone Financial Statements.
13. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
13.1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Standalone Financial Statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
13.2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to Standalone FinancialStatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
13.3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the Management.
13.4. Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management’suse of the Going Concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attentionin our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in theStandalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor’s report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
13.5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the Standalone Financial Statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone FinancialStatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
14. We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
15. We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
16. From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statementsof the current year and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
17. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020(‘the Order’), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we givein the ‘Annexure A’ a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
18. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
18.1. We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
18.2. In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
18.3. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement ofprofit and loss including Other Comprehensive Income,the Statement of Changes in Equity and the StandaloneCash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in
agreement with the books of account.
18.4. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act read with the relevant rulesthereunder.
18.5. On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on 31 March 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualifiedas on 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
18.6. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to Standalone Financial Statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in ‘Annexure B’.
18.7. In our opinion and according to the information andexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the current year is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess ofthe limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act.
19. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’sReport in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
19.1. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financial positionin its Standalone Financial Statements - Refer Note 43 tothe Standalone Financial Statements.
19.2. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
19.3. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, requiredto be transferred, to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company
19.4. The Management has represented, to best of theirknowledge and belief, that no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities (‘Intermediaries’),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company (‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
19.5. The Management has represented, to best of theirknowledge and belief, that no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities (‘Funding Parties’), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
19.6. Based on such audit procedures, that have been considered
reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,performed by us, nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that the representation underpara 19.4 and 19.5 contain any material misstatement.
19.7. In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the dividend declared and paidduring the year by the Company is in compliance withSection 123 of the Act.
19.8. Based on our examination which included test checks,
the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility, and thesame has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, duringthe course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
For KKC & Associates LLP
Chartered Accountants(formerly Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP)Firm Registration Number: 105146W/W100621
Praveen Kumar Daga
Partner
Place: Bengaluru ICAI Membership No: 143762
Date: 13 May, 2025 UDIN: 25143762BMKVLB6959