We have audited the standalone financial statements of Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts
Limited (formerly known as "Schloss Bangalore Limited") (formerly known as "Schloss
Bangalore Private Limited") (the “Company”) which comprise the standalone balance
sheet as at 31 March 2026, and the standalone statement of profit and loss (including
other comprehensive income), standalone statement of changes in equity and standalone
statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial
statements, including material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
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 (“Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view
in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state
of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2026, and its profit and other comprehensive
income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified
under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs 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 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 standalone 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 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.
Impairment assessment of investment in subsidiaries and a joint venture
See Note 7 to standalone financial statements
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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The Company has investments in
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In view of the significance of the matter we
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subsidiaries and a joint venture
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applied the following audit procedures in
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aggregating to Rs 60,857.81 million as at
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this area, among others to obtain sufficient
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31 March 2026 which represents 63.82%
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appropriate audit evidence:
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of the Company’s total assets as at that
date.
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• Understanding the process followed by
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the Company in respect of the annual
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Management assesses at each reporting
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impairment analysis for investments
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date whether indicators of impairment
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in subsidiaries and the joint venture
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exist, based on either internal or external
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and assessed the appropriateness of
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sources of information. Where such
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accounting policy.
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indicators are identified, the recoverable
amount of the investment is determined,
and an impairment loss is recognised in
the Statement of Profit and Loss if the
recoverable amount is lower than the
carrying value.
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• Evaluating the design and
implementation of key internal
financial controls over the impairment
assessment process and testing
the operating effectiveness of such
controls, including controls relating to
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the determination of key assumpotions
used in such assessment.
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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The recoverable amounts are determined
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• Assessing indicators of impairment
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using the value in use methodology,
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by comparing the carrying values of
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based on discounted cash flow models,
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investments with the respective net
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which involve significant management
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asset values and evaluating the financial
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judgement.
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performance of the subsidiaries and
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We identified the assessment of
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joint venture.
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impairment indicators and the
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• Involving our valuation specialist, to
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determination of recoverable amounts,
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assist us in evaluating the valuation
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and the resultant provisions, if any, in
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methodology applied by the Company
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respect of investments in subsidiaries
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and to assess the reasonableness of key
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and the joint venture as a key audit
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assumptions used in the impairment
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matter considering:
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models, including discount rates and
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• The significance of the carrying
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terminal growth rates.
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value of these investments in the
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• Evaluating the key assumptions used
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Standalone Balance Sheet;
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in the valuation models, including
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• The financial performance and net
worth of the subsidiaries and joint
venture; and
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projected earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA), revenue growth rates and
cost assumptions, based on our
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• The degree of judgement involved
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understanding of the businesses,
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in determining the recoverable
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historical performance and external
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amounts, particularly in relation to:
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market conditions.
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i. valuation assumptions such
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• Assessing the historical accuracy of
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as discount rates and terminal
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management’s forecasts by comparing
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growth rates; and
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prior period forecasts with actual
results.
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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ii. business assumptions
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• Testing the data used in valuation model
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including revenue growth
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for completeness and accuracy.
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rates, associated costs, and
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projected future cash flows.
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• Performing sensitivity analysis to
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evlaute the impact of change in key
assumptions, individually or collectively,
on the recoverable amounts.
• Assessing the adequacy of the related
disclosures in the standalone financial
statements.
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Impairment assessment of Goodwill
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See Note 5 to standalone financial statements
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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As at 31 March 2026, the carrying value of
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In view of the significance of the matter we
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goodwill is Rs 757.20 million pertaining
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applied the following audit procedures in
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to past acquisition representing 0.84%
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this area, among others to obtain sufficient
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of the net assets as at that date.
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appropriate audit evidence:
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The Company performs impairment
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• Understanding the process followed by
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assessment of Goodwill in accordance
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the Company in respect of the annual
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with Ind AS 36 “Impairment of Assets”,
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impairment analysis and assessed the
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atleast annually to assess whether
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appropriateness of accounting policy.
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there is any indication that the cash
generating unit (CGU) to which goodwill
has been allocated may be impaired by
comparing its carrying value with its
estimated recoverable value.
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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The recoverable value is determined
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• Evaluating the design and
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using the value-in-use methodology,
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implementation of key internal financial
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based on discounted cash flow models,
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controls over the Company’s process of
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which involve significant management
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impairment assessment and testing the
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judgment.
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operating effectiveness of such controls.
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The assessment of impairment of
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including controls over determination
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goodwill is a complex process as the
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of key assumptions used in such
assessment.
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management is required to make
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significant estimates and assumptions
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• Evaluating the valuation methodology
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which includes forecast of future
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and key market related assumptions
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revenue, operating margins and discount
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such as discount rate and terminal
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rates to assess the recoverable value of
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growth rate with assistance of our
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the CGU.
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valuation specialist.
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In view of the significance of the carrying
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• Evaluating the reasonableness of
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amount of goodwill and the significant
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the key assumptions used in the
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judgements and estimates involved,
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cash flow forecasts which includes
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impairment assessment of goodwill has
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projected earnings before interest,
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been identified as a key audit matter.
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taxes, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA), revenue growth rates and cost
assumptions.
• Assessing the historical accuracy of
management’s forecasts by comparing
prior period forecasts with actual
results.
• Testing the data used in valuation model
for completeness and accuracy.
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The key audit matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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• Performing a sensitivity analysis to
evaluate the impact of change in key
assumptions, individually or collectively,
on the recoverable amounts.
• Assessed the adequacy of the related
disclosures made in the standalone
financial statements in accordance with
the applicable accounting standards.
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OTHER INFORMATION
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other
information. The other information comprises the information included in the Directors
report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor’s reports thereon. The
Directors 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 will 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 Directors report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement
therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance
and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
MANAGEMENT’S AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated
in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/loss and other
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 (Ind AS) 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 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.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and 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 Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the
Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
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
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 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 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 the Management and Board
of Directors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management and Board of Directors use
of the going concern basis of accounting in preparation of standalone financial
statements 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.
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 of India in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in
the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the
Order, to the extent applicable.
2A. 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 standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss
(including other comprehensive income), the 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 aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the
Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on
4 April 2026 and 20 April 2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2026 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 with reference
to financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of
such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
B. 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:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March
2026 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer
Note 37 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 were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
d (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, other than as disclosed in the Note 46(v) to the standalone financial
statements, 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(s) or entity(ies), including foreign
entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall 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.
(ii) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge
and belief, as disclosed in the Note 46(vi) to the standalone financial
statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any
person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”),
with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that
the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons
or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the
Funding Parties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,
security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) 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 (i) and (ii) above, contain any material
misstatement.
e. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks, 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. Further, during
the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail
feature being tampered with.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’s Report under Section
197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in
accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to
any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16)
of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm’s Registration No.: 101248W/W-100022
Tarun Kinger
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No.: 105003
Date: 28 April 2026 ICAI UDIN: 26105003HPSXZW6591
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