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S. No. Key audit matter
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Auditor's Response
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1. Assessment of Provisions and Contingent
liabilities in respect of litigations including
Direct and Indirect Taxes, various claims filed
by other parties not acknowledged as debt
There is high level of judgement required in
estimating the level of provisioning. Accordingly,
unexpected adverse outcomes may significantly
impact the company's reported profit and state of
affairs presented in the Balance Sheet.
We determined the above area as a Key Audit
Matter in view of associated uncertainty relating
to the outcome of these matters which requires
application of judgment in interpretation of law.
Accordingly, our audit was focused on analysing
the facts of subject matter under consideration
and judgments/ interpretation of law involved.
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Our audit procedures involved the following::
> Obtaining an understanding of the process of
identification of claims, litigations, arbitrations and
contingent liabilities, and internal control relevant to
the audit in order to design our audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances.
> Obtained the list of litigations including for direct and
indirect taxes and other claims against the Company
and discussed and analysed material legal cases with
the Company's personnel handling these cases.
> Reviewed with the management and their Counsels the
assessment of the likelihood of outflow of economic
resources being probable, possible or remote in
respect of the litigations. This involved assessing the
probability of an unfavorable outcome of a given
proceeding and the reliability of estimates of related
amounts.
> Examining recent orders and/or communication
received from various tax authorities/ judicial forums
and follow up action thereon.
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Evaluating the merit of the subject matter under
consideration with reference to the grounds presented
therein and available independent legal / tax advice
including opinion of internal tax experts.
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Evaluating management's assumptions and estimates
relating to the recognition of the provisions for
disputes and disclosures of contingent liabilities in the
financial statements.
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Assessing the adequacy of the disclosures with regard
to facts and circumstances of the legal matters.
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We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial
Statements of HEG Limited ('the Company'), which comprise
the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the
Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other
Comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of
Changes in Equity, the Standalone Statement of Cash
flows for the year then ended and notes to the Standalone
financial statements, including a summary of the material
accounting policies and other explanatory information
(hereinafter referred to as "the Standalone financial
Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the 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, and its profit and
total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash
flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on
Auditing (SAs) 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 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
made 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 audit opinion on the Standalone Financial
Statements.
Key Audit Matter(s)
Key Audit Matters are those matters that in our professional
judgment were of most significance in our audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended
March 31, 2025. 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. We have
determined the matters described below to be the Key
Audit Matters to be communicated in our report.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial
Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in Annual Report but does not include
the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor's
report thereon.
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 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.
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.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged
with Governance for the Standalone Financial
Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act,
2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these
Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and
fair view of the financial position, financial performance,
total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash
flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian
Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
the Act for safeguarding 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 the 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.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the
management and the Board of Directors are 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 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.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements
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 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 Standalone
Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism
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 financial
controls 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
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 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.
• 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the
financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,
makes it probable that the economic decisions of a
reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements
may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality
and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit
work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to
evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the
financial statements.
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 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.
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
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,
2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government
in terms of sub section (11) of section 143 of the Act,
we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based
on our audit, 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 Standalone Balance sheet, the
Standalone statement of profit and loss
including other comprehensive income,
Standalone statement of changes in equity
and the Standalone statement of cash flows
dealt with by this Report are in agreement
with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the Standalone Financial
Statements comply with the Indian
Accounting Standards specified under
Section 133 of the Act, read with the
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)
Rules, 2015, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on
March 31, 2025 taken on record by the
Board of directors, none of the directors
is disqualified as on March 31, 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 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:
(a) The Company has disclosed the
impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its Standalone
Financial Statements. Refer Note 38 to
the Standalone Financial Statements.
(b) The Company did not have any
long-term contracts including
derivative contracts for which there
were any material foreseeable losses.
(c) There has been no delay in
transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund by the Company
during the year.
(d) (i) The management has
represented that, to the best
of its knowledge and belief,
no funds 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
entities ("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
As stated, in Note 42 of the Standalone
Financial Statements, the Board
of Directors of the Company have
proposed final dividend for the year,
which is subject to the approval of
the members at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The amount of
dividend proposed is in accordance
with the Section 123 of the Act, as
applicable.
Beneficiaries") or provide any
guarantee, security or the
like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries;
(ii) The management has
represented that, to the best
of its knowledge and belief, no
funds have been received by
the Company from any person
or entity, including foreign
entities ("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
(iii) Based on such audit procedures
that we 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) contain any
material misstatement.
(e) The final dividend declared and paid
during the year by the Company is
in accordance with Section 123 of
the Act.
(f) Based on our examination, which
included test checks and according
to the information and explanations
given to us, the company 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
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 the audit trail
feature being tampered with and
the audit trail has been preserved
by the Company as per the statutory
requirements for record retention.
(B) 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 read with Schedule
V of the Act.
For SCV & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 000235N/N500089
Sunny Singh
Partner
Place: Noida Membership No. 516834
Date: May 19, 2025 ICAI UDIN:25516834BMMNCX2028
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