Mar 31, 2025
We have audited the Standalone financial statements of Sayaji Hotels (Pune) Limited ("the
Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31stMarch 2025, and the Statement of
Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of changes in equity
and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial
statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the financial statements").
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 prescribed under 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 the
state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, the profit and total comprehensive
income, 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) specified
under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those
Standards are further described in the Auditor''s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the
financial statements under 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 Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have
obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financial
statements.
Key Audit Matters Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional
judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the
current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a
separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to
be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Revenue Recognition |
Principal Audit Procedures We conducted an evaluation of the Company''s |
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internal controls pertaining to its revenue |
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Standalone Financial |
transactions. This assessment involved testing of the |
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Statements. |
key controls that were identified during the audit We have performed substantive detail testing by |
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Inventory |
Principal Audit Procedures |
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The Company operates in |
Our Audit procedure included both test of internal |
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Hotels, Restaurants and |
controls and substantive procedures. |
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Banqueting business, where |
Evaluated the design of internal controls relating |
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expense. Looking to the nature |
to recording of transactions involving inventory at |
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circulation, there is an inherent |
Full chain of transaction was tested on sampling |
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Evaluated the process of taking physical stock of |
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other
information. The other information comprises the information included in the
Management Discussion and Analysis, Board''s Report including Annexures to Board''s
Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder''s
Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor''s report
thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the
other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially
inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course
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 of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have
nothing to report in this regard.
The Company''s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters
stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the
preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the
Ind AS 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view
and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management 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
management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no
realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company''s financial
reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 SAs 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and
maintain 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 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 Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our
opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system
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 management''s 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 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.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial
statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements
represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair
presentation.
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.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied
all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our
independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine
those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the 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.
As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by
the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the
Companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure-A" a statement on the matters specified
in 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 the
best 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 the
Company 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 Statement
dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on
31stMarch, 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 of
Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial
reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer
to our separate Report in "Annexure B".
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in
accordance 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 the
explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors
during 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 in
accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in
our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial
position in its financial statements - Refer NoteNo.40 (1) to the financial
statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative
contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to
the 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 been
advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium
or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person
or 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 any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries")
or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries;
(b) 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
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 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;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and
appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has 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 any material misstatement.
v. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company, has used
accounting software systems for maintaining its books of account for the financial
year 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 relevant
transactions recorded in the software systems, except in respect of maintenance
of accounting records of capital work in progress of Amber Project, which was
maintained in an accounting software system in which the audit trail feature did
not operate throughout the year.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of
audit trail feature being tampered with, in respect of accounting software''s for
the period for which the audit trail feature was operating.
Chartered Accountants,
FRN: 003289C
Place of Signature: Indore
Date :23rd May, 2025
Sd/-
(Himanshu Sharma)
Partner
M. No. 402560
UDIN: 25402560BMKQTN 3212
Mar 31, 2024
Sayaji Hotels (Pune) Limited,
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the Standalone financial statements of Sayaji Hotels (Pune) Limited (âthe Companyâ), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2024, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of changes in equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as âthe financial statementsâ).
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 (âthe Actâ) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (âInd ASâ) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, the profit and total comprehensive income, 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) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditorâs Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under 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 Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Auditorâs Response |
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National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai Bench (NCLT), approved the composite scheme of arrangement (the âComposite Schemeâ) between Sayaji Hotels Limited and the Company. This scheme involves the demerger of the Baroda and Pune Hotel business to the Company, as per the order dated July 11, 2023, and subsequently filed with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) on August 01, 2023. These notes also outline the assets and liabilities transferred to the Company under the Composite Scheme and their impact on the financial statements. Recording these assets and liabilities and determining the appropriateness of the accounting treatment, presentation, and disclosures in the financial statements were complex tasks for management. Given the impact of this demerger on the financial statements, this matter was deemed to be of the utmost significance to our audit. Consequently, it was considered a key audit matter in the current year''s audit. Refer Notes 47 to the Financial Statements. |
Principal Audit Procedures Audit Procedures for Assessing the Appropriateness of the Accounting Treatment of the Composite Scheme Our audit procedures to evaluate the appropriateness of the accounting treatment of the Composite Scheme included, but were not limited to, the following: Understanding Management''s Process: We obtained an understanding of the managementâs process for reviewing and implementing the Composite Scheme. Evaluating Key Controls: We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of key controls related to this process. Reviewing the Composite Scheme and NCLT Order: We obtained and reviewed the Composite Scheme and the final order passed by the NCLT, which was submitted to the ROC. Understanding Accounting Treatment: We discussed with management the accounting treatment prescribed in the Composite Scheme. Compliance with Ind AS Principles: We evaluated whether the accounting principles prescribed in the Composite Scheme were applied by management in the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with Ind AS principles. Testing Asset and Liability Balances: We tested managementâs calculations for determining the balances of assets and liabilities of the demerged undertaking and the treatment of reserves as per the Composite Scheme. Evaluating Disclosures: We assessed the appropriateness of the disclosures related to the accounting of the demerger transaction under the Composite Scheme as presented in Note 47 of the financial statements. |
The Companyâs Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Boardâs Report including Annexures to Boardâs Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholderâs Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditorâs report thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course 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 of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibility of Management and those Charged with governance for Financial Statements
The Companyâs Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ) with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related 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 no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the companyâs financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditorâs 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 SAs 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain 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 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 Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system 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 managementâs 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 Companyâs ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditorâs report to the related disclosures in the 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 auditorâs report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
⢠Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditorâs 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.
We draw attention to Note No. 47 in respect of approval of scheme of arrangement by The Hon''ble National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, vide Order dated July 11, 2023 (âOrderâ). The Scheme became effective from August 01, 2023 upon filing of the order with Registrar of Companies. Accordingly the figures of previous year have been restated. The restated previous yearâs figures of demerged undertaking of Baroda and Pune as given in the financial statements are not audited figures and same have been provided by the management as per the approved scheme.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
As required by the Companies (Auditorâs Report) Order, 2020 (âthe Orderâ), issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the âAnnexure-Aâ a statement on the matters specified in 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 the best 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 the Company 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 Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31stMarch, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on
st
31 March, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in âAnnexure Bâ.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditorâs Report in accordance 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 the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during 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 Auditorâs Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer NoteNo.37 to the financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the 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 been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity (âIntermediariesâ), 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 (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) 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 been received by the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity (âFunding Partiesâ), 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 (âUltimate Beneficiariesâ) 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 and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has 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 any material misstatement.
v. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company, has used accounting software systems for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software systems.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with, in respect of accounting softwareâs for the period for which the audit trail feature was operating.
Chartered Accountants,
FRN: 003289C
Place of Signature: Indore Date :29th May, 2024
Partner M. No. 402560
UDIN: 24402560BKCDRR1288
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