We have audited the standalone financial statements of Bajel Projects Limited ("the Company”),
which comprise the standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31 2026, the standalone Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the standalone Cash Flow Statement and the standalone Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of 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, as amended ("the 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 March 31, 2026, its profit including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity 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), as 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 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 audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
EMPHASIS OF MATTER
We draw your attention to Note 6(d) of the accompanying standalone financial statements of the Company, which describes that the Company has invoked / ongoing arbitration proceedings with respect to three of its customers for recovery of outstanding balances. Considering that the outcome of the arbitration proceedings cannot be presently determined, no further adjustments have been considered necessary in the standalone financial statements by the management.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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 for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. 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. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the standalone financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial statements.
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Key audit matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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A. Revenue recognition in respect of construction contracts (as described in Note 1D(3) and Note 42 to the standalone financial statements)
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The Company enters into engineering, procurement and construction contracts, which are complex in nature and span over a number of reporting periods. The contract prices are generally fixed at contract inception, and also include elements of variable consideration such as liquidated damages, price variations, claims and multiple performance obligations.
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Our audit procedures included the following:
• Obtained an understanding of the Company’s revenue recognition processes and evaluated the appropriateness of the Company’s accounting policy for revenue recognition in accordance with Ind AS 115 - Revenue from contracts with customers.
• Performed procedures to test the design and operating effectiveness of key controls over the contract revenue, contract cost and cost estimation process.
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• For selected sample of contracts, performed the following:
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- Obtained and examined project related documents such as contracts, customer communications and price or scope variation orders;
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Key audit matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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In respect of these contracts, the Company recognizes revenue over a period of time in accordance with its accounting policy. Recognition of contract revenue involves determination of percentage completion of the project. The contract revenue is measured based on the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed till date relative to the estimated total contract costs. This method requires the Company to perform an initial assessment of total estimated cost, compare with actual cost incurred and reassess the total estimated cost for completion of contract at each reporting period to determine the appropriate percentage of completion.
The estimation involves exercise of significant judgement by the management in making forecasts of future cost to complete the contract considering future activities to be carried out in the contract, which includes determination and assessment of probability related to contract risk contingencies, cost savings or additional costs, defect liability period costs, adjustments to contract revenue on account of penalties for breach of contract, liquidated damages and consequential provision for foreseeable losses on onerous performance obligations, if any, after considering specific circumstances of each contract.
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- Tested the contract price, determination of performance obligations, including variable consideration and other key contractual terms with the underlying documents;
- Obtained the percentage of completion calculations, tested the mathematical accuracy of the cost to complete calculations and re-performed the calculation of revenue recognized during the year based on the percentage of completion;
- Assessed the reasonableness of management’s basis for determining the total costs, including changes made during the year by reference to supporting documents and estimates made in relation to cost to complete the projects;
- Tested contract asset and contract liability balances based on the status of specific contracts, considering the billing done, revenue recognized and advances received from customer, if any, through the reporting date; and
- Tested the actual cost incurred and billing done during the year with supporting documents.
Evaluated the adequacy of the disclosures in Note 42 to the
standalone financial statements.
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Accordingly, given the involvement of significant management judgement which has a consequential impact on revenue recognition, we consider revenue recognition in respect of construction contracts as a key audit matter.
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B. Recoverability of undisputed trade receivables (as described in Note 1D(2) and Note 6(d) to the standalone financial statements)
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As at March 31, 2026, the Company’s undisputed trade receivables (other than that described in the Emphasis of matter paragraph above) amount to ' 181,630.20 lakhs (net of impairment allowance of ' 5,320.94 lakhs).
Expected credit loss provision in respect of undisputed trade receivables is measured by the management using simplified approach in accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 109: Financial Instruments, which involves measuring the loss allowance equal to the lifetime expected credit losses taking into consideration the ageing of receivables, credit risk, project status, past history, existing market conditions and forward-looking estimates.
Given the relative significance of the undisputed trade receivables to the standalone financial statements, judgement involved to assess the recoverability and the nature and extent of audit procedures involved to assess the same, we consider this to be a key audit matter.
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Our audit procedures included the following:
• Understood the process adopted by the management in determining the ECL provision for outstanding trade receivables and evaluated the appropriateness of models used and accounting policy adopted by the Company in accordance with Ind AS 109.
• Performed procedures to test the design and operating effectiveness of controls over the assessment of recoverability of trade receivables and ECL calculations.
• Obtained an understanding of the basis of management’s judgements about the recoverability of long outstanding trade receivable balances including amounts withheld and evaluated the ECL allowance made by management for these balances with reference to correspondence between the Company and its customers, the recovery plan and corroborated the inputs with our understanding of the matter.
• Tested the key assumptions and arithmetical accuracy of the ECL model used by the management to calculate the estimated expected credit losses in respect of trade receivables.
• Considered the adequacy of the disclosures in Note 6 to the standalone financial statements.
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INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE 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 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 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 such 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 and take appropriate action as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
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 Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity 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 read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
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 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, 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.
Those charged with Governance 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 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 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 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 for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 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 sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure 1” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, 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 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 except that the backup of the books of account and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode has not been maintained for the period from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025 as disclosed in the Note 48 to the standalone financial statements and except for the matters stated in the paragraph (i)
(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2026 taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure 2” to this report;
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2026 has been paid / provided by the Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
(h) The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in the paragraph (b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) and paragraph i(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(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 has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in
its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 41 and Note 6(d) to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note 21 to the standalone financial statements;
iii. There were no amounts which were 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, as disclosed in Note 46 (iv) 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 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 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, as disclosed in Note 46 (v) to the standalone financial statements, 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
c) Based on such audit procedures
performed 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 (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement.
v. As stated in Note 16 to the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used 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 except that, audit trail feature were not enabled for certain changes made, if any, using privileged/administrative access rights for the period from April 1, 2025 to January 21, 2026, as described in Note 48 to the standalone financial statements. 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 where the audit trail has been enabled. Additionally, the audit trail of relevant prior years has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention, to the extent it was enabled and recorded in those respective years.
For S R B C & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants ICAI Firm Registration Number: 324982E/E300003
per Pushkar Sakhalkar
Partner
Membership Number: 160411 UDIN: 26160411EHZMGN9465 Place of Signature: Mumbai Date: May 27, 2026
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