We have audited the standalone financial statements of
Popular Vehicles and Services Limited (the "Company")
which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31
March 2025, 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 2025, and its loss and other comprehensive loss,
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 Matter

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.

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 Annual report, but does not include the financial statements and auditor's
reports 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 the other information is materially
inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears
to be materially misstated.

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

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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.
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• 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.

2 A. 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 except for the
matters stated in the paragraph 2(B)(f)
below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.

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 31 March
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. The modification relating to the maintenance
of accounts and other matters connected
therewith are as stated in the paragraph 2(A)
(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)
(b) of the Act and paragraph 2B(f) below on
reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.

g. 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 2025 on
its financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 28 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 their knowledge and belief, as
disclosed in the Note 40(a) 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 their knowledge and belief, as
disclosed in the Note 40(b) 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 final dividend paid by the Company during
the year, in respect of the same declared
for the previous year, is in accordance with
Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies
to payment of dividend. The Company has
not declared any dividend for the year.

f. Based on our examination which included test

checks, except for the instances mentioned
below, the Company has used accounting
softwares for maintaining its books of

account, 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 respective
softwares:

• The feature of recording audit trail (edit

log) facility was not enabled at the
database layer to log any direct data
changes for the accounting software
used for maintaining the books of

account relating to general ledger.

• The feature of recording audit trail (edit

log) facility was not enabled at the
application layer to log any direct data
changes for the accounting software
used for maintaining the books of

account relating to payroll process.

Further, for the periods where audit trail (edit
log) facility was enabled and operated for the
respective accounting softwares, we did not
come across any instance of the audit trail
feature being tampered with. Additionally,
the audit trial has been preserved by the
Company as per the statutory requirements
for record retention.

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 & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No: 11623W/W-100024

Vipin Lodha

Partner

Membership No.: 076806
ICAI UDIN:25076806BMRKBH5577

Place: Kochi
Date: 29 May 2025