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HINDUSTAN HOUSING COMPANY LTD.

18 September 2023 | 12:00

Industry >> Finance - Housing

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ISIN No INE083O01019 BSE Code / NSE Code 509650 / ZHINDHSG Book Value (Rs.) 23,443.88 Face Value 25.00
Bookclosure 26/09/2024 52Week High 39 EPS 976.16 P/E 0.04
Market Cap. 0.09 Cr. 52Week Low 39 P/BV / Div Yield (%) 0.00 / 0.00 Market Lot 1.00
Security Type Other

DIRECTOR'S REPORT

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Year End :2024-03 

Your Directors present the Eighty-Eighth Annual Report and Audited Financial
Statements of the Company for the Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024.

1. Financial Results:

(Amount in Lakhs)

Particulars

FY 2023-2024

FY 2022-2023

Revenue from Operations & Other Income

722.62

717.71

Total Expenses

422.81

466.85

Profit/(Loss) before Tax

299.81

250.86

Less: Tax Expenses

63.58

58.41

Profit/ (Loss) for the year

236.23

192.45

Earnings Per Share - Basic & Diluted

976.16

795.25

2. Dividend:

The Board of Directors of the Company do not recommend payment of any
dividend on Equity Shares of the Company for the Financial Year ended
on 31st March, 2024.

3. Transfer to Reserves:

The Board of Directors of the Company has not transferred any amount to
the General Reserves for the year under review.

4. Operations of the Company:

The Company is engaged in the business of providing administrative and
allied services to Bajaj Group Entities only.

There was no change in the nature of business of the Company during the
year.

Detailed information on Company's operations and state of affairs is
covered in the report on Management Discussion and Analysis annexed to
the Directors' Report as Annexure-B.

5. Share Capital:

The paid up Equity Share Capital of the Company was Rs. 6,08,645/- as on
31st March, 2024. There was no public issue, rights issue, bonus issue or
preferential issue etc. during the year. The Company has not issued any
shares with differential voting rights, sweat equity shares nor has it
granted any stock options during the year.

6. Annual Return:

A copy of the Annual Return as provided under sub-section (3) of Section
92 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act'), in the prescribed form, is placed
on the Company's website and can be accessed at www.hhclbajaj.com.

7. Number of Meetings of the Board:

During the year, 4 (Four) meetings of the Board of the Directors of the
Company were convened and held on 29th May, 2023, 4th August, 2023,
3rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024.

8. Directors' Responsibility Statement:

Pursuant to clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies
Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company hereby state and confirm
that:

(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed and no material departures have been
made therefrom;

(b) the Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company for the financial year ended as at 31st March, 2024 and of
the profit of the Company for the said period;

(c) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company
and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

(d) the Directors have overseen that the annual accounts have been
prepared on a going concern basis;

(e) the Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed
by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate
and were operating effectively and

(f) the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are
adequate and operating effectively.

9. Details in respect of Frauds reported by Auditors under Section 143(12):

During the year under review, there were no frauds reported by the
Statutory Auditors or Secretarial Auditor to the Audit Committee or the
Board of Directors under Section 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.

10. Declaration of Independence:

The independent directors have submitted their declaration of
independence, as required under Section 149(7) of the Act stating that they
meet the criteria of independence as provided in Section 149(6) of the Act,
as amended and Regulation 16 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('the SEBI Listing
Regulations, 2015'), as amended.

The independent directors have also confirmed compliance with Section
150 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 of Companies
(Appointment and Qualifications of Directors) Rules, 2014, as amended,
relating to inclusion of their name in the databank of independent
directors.

11. Independent Directors' Meeting:

Pursuant to the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015; the independent directors'
meeting was held once during the year under review on 15th March, 2024.

12. Remuneration Policy:

The Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee had framed a Remuneration Policy which includes (a) criteria
for determining the qualifications, positive attributes and independence of
a director and (b) matters relating to the remuneration for directors, key

managerial personnel and other employees. The detailed Remuneration
Policy is placed on the Company's website www.hhclbajaj.com.

13. Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments:

The Company has not given any loans/guarantees to any Body corporate
or persons or other entities during the financial year. Information
regarding Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the
Companies Act, 2013 is given in detail in the financial statements annexed
to this Report.

14. Related Party Transactions:

There were no related party transactions entered into by the Company
during the financial year which attracted the provisions of Section 188 of
the Companies Act, 2013 as all related party transactions that were entered
into by the Company during the year were on an arm's length basis and
were in the ordinary course of the Company's business. Hence there are no
transactions which are required to be disclosed in Form AOC-2.

15. Material Changes and Commitments:

There have been no material changes and commitments, affecting the
financial position of the Company, which have occurred between the end
of the financial year of the Company and the date of this Report.

16. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption & Foreign Exchange
Earnings & Outgo:

The Company being a Service Company and not having carried out any
manufacturing activities during the year under review, and hence the
Directors have nothing to report on 'Conservation of Energy' 'Research &
Development' and 'Technology Absorption' as required to be given under
the provisions of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8
of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

Further, there were no foreign exchange earnings and/or outgo during the
year under review.

Hence, Disclosures pertaining to conservation of energy, technology
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, are not applicable to the
company during the year under review.

17. Deposits:

The Company has not invited, accepted or renewed any deposits within
the meaning of the provisions of Sections 2(31) and 73 of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014,
during the year under review.

18. Significant and Material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts:

There were no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators
and Courts or Tribunals during the year under review which would
impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.

19. Risk Management Policy:

The Board has laid down procedures for assessing the risk and procedure
to be followed for risk minimization, including identification therein of
elements of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company. These
are periodically reviewed to ensure that Management identifies and
controls risk through a properly defined framework.

20. Corporate Social Responsibility:

The Company has not crossed the threshold limits as specified in Section
135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Hence, the provisions of Section 135 of the
Companies Act, 2013 relating to CSR activities which need to be
undertaken by a Company are not applicable to this Company.

21. Performance Evaluation of the Board, its Committees, the Chairman and
Individual Directors:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has
carried out an annual performance evaluation of its own performance, and
that of its Committees and individual Directors. The manner in which such
formal annual evaluation was made by the Board is given below:

• Performance Evaluation Criteria for Board, Committees of the Board
and Directors were approved by the Board at its meeting held on 27th
March, 2015.

• Based on the said criteria, Annual Rating sheets were filled by each of
the Directors with regard to evaluation of performance of the Board,
its Committees and Directors (except for the Director being evaluated)
for the year under review.

• A consolidated summary of the Ratings given by each of the Directors
was then prepared, based on which a Report of performance
evaluation was prepared by the Chairman of the Nomination &
Remuneration Committee in respect of the performance of the Board,
its Committees and Directors during the year under review.

• The Report of performance evaluation so arrived at was then noted
and discussed by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and
Board at their respective meetings held on 29th May, 2024.

22. Adequacy of Internal Financial Controls:

Internal financial controls with reference to the financial statements
were adequate and operating effectively.

23. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:

A. Change in Directors during the financial year
1. Re-appointment:

Upon the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee, the Board at its meeting held on 12th February, 2024 approved
the reappointment of Minal Bajaj (DIN: 00222469) as the Whole-Time
Director designated as Executive Director of the Company for a further
period of five years with effect from 1st June, 2024 till 31st May, 2029.

The same has been approved by the members vide special resolution
passed through postal ballot on 24th March, 2024.

B. Directors liable to retire by rotation:

Nikhil Tarkas (DIN: 00338087), Non-Executive & Non-Independent
Director of the Company, retires by rotation and being eligible offers
himself for re-appointment. The Board of Directors of the Company
recommends his reappointment.

Brief details of Nikhil Tarkas are given in the notice of the Annual General
Meeting.

C. Key Managerial Personnel:

In terms of provisions of the Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms.
Meeta Khalsa, Company Secretary and Shri Vijay Kumar Bohra, Chief
Financial Officer are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.

24. Board of Directors:

Composition:

As per the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
the Rules made thereunder, the Company is required to have at least one
third of the total number of Directors as Independent Directors and at least
one Woman Director on its Board.

As on 31st March, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company consisted of
Five Directors, out of which two were Independent Director, one Executive
Woman Director and two Non-Executive Non-Independent Directors as
per details given in the table below. The Board has no Institutional
Nominee Directors. The Company has a Non-Executive Chairman.

Sr. No.

Name of the Director

Category

1

Vinod Nevatia

Chairman & Independent

2

Rakesh Gupta

Non-Executive & Non-Independent

3

Minal Bajaj

Executive

4

Nikhil Tarkas

Non-Executive & Non-Independent

5

Jayavanth Mallya

Independent

25. Board Committees:

i) Audit Committee

Pursuant to the Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013, an Audit
Committee was constituted by the Board of Directors at its meeting held
on 5th February, 2015 and subsequent amendments made in the
constitution of the Audit Committee at Board Meetings held on 13th
August, 2019, 3rd February, 2020, 12th February, 2021 and 13th May, 2022
with the following members:

a) Vinod Nevatia (Chairman)

b) Minal Bajaj (Member)

c) Jayavanth Mallya (Member)

Number of Meetings:

During the FY 2023-2024, the Committee met 4 (four) times, viz. 29th May,
2023, 4th August, 2023, 3rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024. The
gap between any two meetings has been less than one hundred and twenty
days.

ii) Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Pursuant to the Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, a Nomination and
Remuneration Committee was constituted by the Board at its meeting held
on 5th February, 2015 and subsequent amendments made in constitution of
Nomination and Remuneration Committee at Board Meetings held on 13th
August, 2019, 3rd February, 2020, 12th November, 2021 and 13th May, 2022
with the following members:

a) Rakesh Gupta (Chairman)

b) Vinod Nevatia (Member)

c) Jayavanth Mallya (Member)

d) Nikhil Tarkas (Member)

Number of Meetings:

During the FY 2023-2024, the Committee met thrice i.e. on 29th May, 2023
3rd November, 2023 and 12th February, 2024.

26. Vigil Mechanism

Pursuant to the Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule
7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 a Vigil
Mechanism Policy had been framed. The policy is placed on the website of
the Company www.hhdbajaj.com.

27. Presentation of Financial Statements:

The financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on
31st March, 2024 have been disclosed as per Division II of Schedule III to
the Companies Act, 2013.

28. Indian Accounting Standards, 2015:

The annexed financial statements comply in all material aspects with
Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the

Companies Act, 2013, Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,
2015 and other relevant provisions of the Act.

29. Statutory Disclosures:

Disclosure of Particulars as required to be given under Section 197 of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment &
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are as follows:

(a) The Company pays remuneration to its Executive Director. The
Company does not pay any remuneration to its Directors except
payment of sitting fees for attending meetings of the Board of
Directors and its Committees as a member thereof. However, the
Executive Director is not entitled to payment of any sitting fees for
attending any of the meetings of the Board of Directors and its
Committees as a member thereof.

(b) The Company does not pay any remuneration to its CS & CFO as they
have been taken on deputation from a Group Company.

(c) The Company did not have any employee whose particulars are
required to be given by it under Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the aforesaid
Rules.

(d) The details of the remuneration paid by the Company to the
employees during the financial year as required to be given under the
provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with
Rule 5 (1) of the Companies (Appointment & Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are annexed to this Report as
Annexure-A.

A Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the Financial Year 2023-2024
is attached to the Balance Sheet.

The Company does not have any subsidiaries, associates or joint venture
companies.

Pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 34 and Schedule V of the SEBI
Listing Regulations, a Report on Management Discussion and Analysis is
annexed to this Report as Annexure-B.

30. Corporate Governance:

As per Regulation 15 under Chapter IV of the SEBI Listing Regulations,
provisions relating to Corporate Governance as specified in Regulations 17
to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 46 and Paras
C, D and E of Schedule V do not apply to the Company as the paid up
equity share capital of the Company did not exceed Rs.10 crores and the
Net Worth of the Company did not exceed Rs. 25 crores as on 31st March,
2024.

31. Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace
:

The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution
of the Internal Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The policy is
placed on the website of the Company www.hhclbajaj.com.

There was no complaint reported during the year under review.

32. Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF)

A. Details of the transfer/s to the IEPF, if any, made during the year as

mentioned below:

i) amount of unclaimed/unpaid dividend and the corresponding
shares: Not Applicable;

ii) details of the resultant benefits arising out of shares already
transferred to the IEPF: Not Applicable;

iii) year wise amount of unpaid/unclaimed dividend lying in the
unpaid account upto the Year and the corresponding shares, which
are liable to be transferred to the IEPF, and the due dates for such
transfer: There were no unpaid/unclaimed dividend lying in the
unpaid account upto the end of the financial year on 31st March,
2024. However, the following equity shares corresponding to the
unpaid/unclaimed dividends which have been already transferred
by the Company to the IEPF in the previous years, are liable to be
transferred by the Company to the IEPF:

Sr.

No.

Financial Year

No. of Equity Shares corresponding to
the Unclaimed/Unpaid Dividends which
have already been transferred to the IEPF

1

FY 2001-2002

351

2

FY 2002-2003

559

3

FY 2003-2004

253

4

FY 2004-2005

100

5

FY 2006-2007

40

Total

1,303

B. Details of the Nodal Officer

The Board appointed Vijay Bohra, CFO as the Nodal Officer with effect
from 1st October, 2019 for verification of claims and coordination with the
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority.

The details of the Nodal Officer are available on the Company's website
www.hhclbajaj.com.

33. Transfer of Shares to Unclaimed Suspense Account:

Pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 39(4) of the SEBI Listing
Regulations, 2015 read with Schedule VI thereto, the Company had
transferred 717 Unclaimed Bonus Equity Shares of 23 shareholders of the
Company, in electronic form to the beneficiary account titled "The
Hindustan Housing Company Limited - Unclaimed Suspense Account
with Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. in November, 2018.

Since then and during the year under review i.e. FY 2023-2024, no
shareholders have approached the Company for transfer of shares from
the aforesaid suspense account.

Hence the aggregate number of shareholders and the outstanding shares
in the suspense account at the end of the year remain the same as stated
hereinabove.

The voting rights on these shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owner
of such shares claims the shares.

34. Secretarial Standards of ICSI:

The Company is in compliance with the Secretarial Standards specified by
the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and approved by the
Central Government.

35. Auditors:

(a) Statutory Auditors:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
the Rules made thereunder, the Members of the Company at the 85th
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 30th September, 2021
appointed M/s M. M. Nissim & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm
Registration No: FRN 107122W/ W100672) as Statutory Auditors of the
Company from the conclusion of the 85thAnnual General Meeting till the
conclusion of the 90th Annual General Meeting.

The Statutory Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation
or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the Statutory Auditor.

(b) Secretarial Auditor:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
the Rules made thereunder, the Company has appointed M/s KPUB & Co.,
Company Secretaries (Firm Registration No. P2015MH069000) to
undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. Secretarial Audit Report
for the FY 2023-2024 issued by them in the prescribed form MR-3 is
annexed to this Report.

The Secretarial Audit Report for the year under review does not contain
any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the
Secretarial Auditor. However, the Secretarial Auditor observed that, the
Company has adopted a Structural Digital Database (SDD) w.e.f. 01st
September, 2023.

The Secretarial Audit Report in Form MR-3 for the FY 2023-2024 is annexed
to this Report as
Annexure-C.

iii) Annual Secretarial Compliance Report:

The Company is not required to submit the Annual Secretarial Compliance
Report to BSE Ltd. as prescribed pursuant to SEBI Circular dated 8th
February, 2019 as the provisions relating to the Corporate Governance of
the SEBI Listing Regulations are not applicable to the Company.

(d) Cost Audit:

The requirement of maintenance of Cost Records as specified by the
Central Government under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Companies
Act, 2013 is not applicable to the Company.

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
The Hindustan Housing Company Ltd.

(Vinod Nevatia)

Chairman
(DIN: 00059194)

Mumbai: 29th May, 2024