1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial
statements of Antony Waste Handling Cell Limited (the
‘Company’), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet
as at 31 March 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit
and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the
Standalone Statement of Cash Flow and the Standalone
Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended,
and notes to the standalone financial statements,
including material accounting policy information and other
explanatory information.

2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
standalone financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the ‘Act’) in
the manner so required and give a true and fair view in
conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind
AS’) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
(as amended) and other accounting principles generally
accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company
as at 31 March 2025, and its profit (including other
comprehensive income - gain), its cash flows and the
changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards
on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act.
Our responsibilities under those standards are further
described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities 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 of India (the ‘ICAI’) together with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone
financial statements under the provisions of the Act and
the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements
and the Code of Ethics issued by the ICAI. We believe
that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter - Search operation by Income
Tax department

4. We draw attention to note 34(A)(2) to the accompanying
standalone financial statements regarding the search
operation carried out by the Income Tax Department in
October 2021 and demand orders received by the Company
thereafter. Given the uncertainty and pending outcome of the
assessment proceedings, the adjustments, if any, required to
these standalone financial statements owing to the impact
of the aforesaid matter, is presently not ascertainable. Our
opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Key Audit Matter

5. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements of the current period.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit
of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and
in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a
separate opinion on these matters.

6. We have determined the matter described below to be the
key audit matter to be communicated in our report.

Information other than the Standalone Financial
Statements and Auditor’s Report thereon

7. The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for
the other information. The other information comprises
the information included in the Annual Report but
does not include the standalone financial statements
and our auditor’s report thereon. The Annual Report is
expected to be made available to us after the date of this
auditor’s report.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does
not cover the other information and we do not express any
form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial
statements, our responsibility is to read the other
information identified above when it becomes available
and, in doing so, consider whether the other information
is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial
statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude
that there is a material misstatement therein, we are
required to communicate the matter to those charged
with governance.

Responsibilities of Management and Those
Charged with Governance for the Standalone
Financial Statements

8. The accompanying standalone financial statements have
been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
The Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the
matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect
to the preparation and presentation of these standalone
financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
financial position, financial performance including other
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows
of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified
under section 133 of the Act and other accounting
principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility
also includes maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act
for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;
selection and application of appropriate accounting
policies; making judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and
maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that
were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the
preparation and presentation of the standalone financial
statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

9. In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board
of Directors is responsible for assessing 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 the Board
of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to
cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

10. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing
the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements

11. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the standalone financial statements as a whole
are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our
opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance
but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance
with Standards on Auditing will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise 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 taken on the
basis of these standalone financial statements.

12. As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on
Auditing, specified under section 143(10) of the Act we
exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
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 those risks, and obtain
audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate
to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not
detecting a material misstatement resulting from
fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as
fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of
internal control;

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant
to the audit in order to design audit 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
adequate internal financial controls with reference
to standalone financial statements in place and the
operating effectiveness of such controls;

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management;

• Conclude on the appropriateness of Board of
Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether

a material uncertainty exists related to events or
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we
are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report
to the related disclosures in the standalone financial
statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,
to modify our opinion. Our conclusions 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
going concern; and

• 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 achieves
fair presentation.

13. We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including
any significant deficiencies in internal control that we
identify during our audit.

14. We also provide those charged with governance with
a statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and to
communicate with them all relationships and other
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our
independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

15. From the matters communicated with those charged with
governance, we determine those matters that were of
most significance in the audit of the standalone financial
statements of the current period and are therefore the key
audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s
report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure
about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,
we determine that a matter should not be communicated
in our report because the adverse consequences of doing
so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public
interest benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements

16. As required by section 197(16) of the Act, based on our
audit, we report that the Company has paid remuneration
to its directors during the year in accordance with the
provisions of and limits laid down under section 197 read
with Schedule V to the Act.

17. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,
2020 (‘the Order’) issued by the Central Government of
India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act we give in
the Annexure - I, a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.

18. Further to our comments in Annexure - I, as required by

section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, we report, to

the extent applicable, that:

a) We have sought and obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our knowledge and
belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit of
the accompanying standalone financial statements;

b) Except for the matters stated in paragraph 18(i)(vi)
below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our
opinion, proper books of account as required by law
have been kept by the Company so far as it appears
from our examination of those books;

c) The standalone financial statements dealt with by this
report are in agreement with the books of account;

d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements comply with Ind AS specified under
section 133 of the Act;

e) The matter described in paragraphs 4 and 6 under the
Emphasis of Matter and Key Audit Matter sections,
respectively, in our opinion, may have an adverse
effect on the functioning of the Company;

f) On the basis of the written representations received
from the directors and taken on record by the
Board of Directors of the Company, none of the
directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from
being appointed as a director in terms of section
164(2) of the Act;

g) The reservation relating to the maintenance of
accounts and other matters connected therewith are
as stated in paragraph 18(b) above on reporting under
section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 18(i)(vi)
below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);

h) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial
controls with reference to standalone financial
statements of the Company as on 31 March 2025
and the operating effectiveness of such controls,
refer to our separate report in Annexure - II, wherein
we have expressed an unmodified opinion; and

i) 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 (as amended), in our opinion and to the
best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:

i. The Company, as detailed in note 34(A) to the
standalone financial statements, has disclosed
the impact of pending litigations on its financial
position as at 31 March 2025;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses as at 31 March 2025;

iii. There were no amounts which were required
to be transferred to the Investor Education and
Protection Fund by the Company during the
year ended 31 March 2025;

iv. a. The management has represented that,

to the best of its knowledge and belief,
other than as disclosed in note 44(f) to the
standalone financial statements, no funds
have been advanced or loaned or invested
(either from borrowed funds or securities
premium or any other sources or kind of
funds) by the Company to or in any persons
or entities, including foreign entities (the
‘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 any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the
Company (the ‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or
provide any guarantee, security or the like
on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;

b. The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, as
disclosed in note 44(f) to the standalone
financial statements, no funds have
been received by the Company from
any persons or entities, including foreign
entities (the ‘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 entities
identified in any manner whatsoever by or
on behalf of the Funding Party (‘Ultimate
Beneficiaries’) or provide any guarantee,
security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries; and

c. Based on such audit procedures performed
as considered reasonable and appropriate
in the circumstances, nothing has come to
our notice that has caused us to believe
that the management representations
under sub-clauses (a) and (b) above
contain any material misstatement.

v. The Company has not declared or paid any
dividend during the year ended 31 March 2025.

vi. As stated in note 33 to the standalone financial statements and based on our examination which included test
checks, except for instance mentioned below, the Company in respect of financial year commencing on 01 April
2024, has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit
trail (edit log) facility and the same has been 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 audit trail feature
being tampered with other than the consequential impact of the exception given below. Furthermore, other than
the consequential impact of the exceptions below, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the
statutory requirements for record retention where such feature was enabled.

For Walker Chandiok & Co LLP

Chartered Accountants

Firm’s Registration No.: 001076N/N500013

Vijay D. Jain

Partner

Membership No.: 117961
UDIN: 25117961BMOMZV8542

Place: Mumbai
Date: 29 May 2025