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BSE: 532775ISIN: INE221H01019INDUSTRY: Telecom Equipments & Accessories

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Year End :2023-03 

GTL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Report on the Audit of Financial Statements

Qualified Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of GTL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2023, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flow and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “Financial Statements”).

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, except for the possible effects of the matters described in the ‘Basis for Qualified Opinion' para below, the aforesaid 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 31,2023, its Loss including other Comprehensive Income, its Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date.

Basis for Qualified Opinion

Attention is drawn to Note No. 40 to the financial statements which inter alia states that, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India held that "Mobile Telecommunication Tower” is a building and State can levy property tax on the same. Pending petitions of the Company before the appropriate Courts, non-receipt of demand notices for property tax in respect of majority of the Telecommunication Towers and also due to Company's right to recover such property tax amount from certain customers, the company is unable to quantify the amount of property tax to be borne by it and accordingly the Company has not made any provision for the same. We are unable to quantify the amount of the property tax, if any, to be accounted for and its consequential effects on the financial statements.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA”) 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 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 (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the 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 ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified opinion on the financial statements.

Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern

We draw attention to the Note no. 59 to the financial statements, regarding preparation of financial statements on going concern basis, notwithstanding the fact that the Company continued to incur the cash losses, net-worth has been fully eroded, defaulted in repayment of principal and interest to its lenders, certain lenders including Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company (EARC) have called back the loans, one of the secured lender had applied before the NCLT Mumbai Bench under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), which was dismissed by NCLT vide its order dated November 18, 2022, against which the secured lender has filed an appeal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, (“NCLAT''), which is subjudice, in the meantime EARC who is the lead lender of the Company has filed its Intervention Application in abovementioned Appeal and the Company has filed its reply to the appeal as well as EARC intervention application, Aircel, an erstwhile major customer of the Company has filed Insolvency petition before NCLT and various other events resulting into substantial reduction in the tenancy, provisions for impairment for Property, Plant & Equipment (refer Note No. 3(a)(iv) to the financial statements), legal matters in relation to Property Tax and qualified opinion for the same (refer note no. 40 to the Financial Statements and above paragraph heading with “Basis for Qualified Opinion”, respectively), dismissal of Company's proceedings by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, dismantling of various telecom sites by disgruntled landowners / miscreants and loss of assets (refer note no. 58 to the Financial Statements); these conditions along with other matters set forth in notes to the financial statements indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The appropriateness of the assumptions of the going concern is critically depended upon the Company's ability to generate cash flows in future to meet its obligation.

Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Key Audit Matters (KAM)

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2023. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key Audit Matter

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

1) Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE):

Impairment

Annually Management reviews whether there are any indicators of impairment of the PPE of the Company by reference to the requirements under Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) 36 -“Impairment of Assets”. Accordingly, Management has identified impairment indicators (operating losses, significant erosion of net-worth, dismantling of towers etc.) in the Company. As a result, an impairment assessment was required to be performed by the Company by comparing the carrying value of the PPE to their recoverable amount to determine whether impairment was required to be recognised.

For the purpose of the above impairment testing, value in use has been determined by forecasting and discounting future cash flows. These conclusions are dependent upon significant management judgments, including in respect of:

- Estimated utilization, incremental tenancy (growth rate), frequency of assets replacement expenditure to be incurred, disposal values and discount rates applied to future cash flows.

During the year ended March 31, 2023 the management assessed carrying values of PPE and an impairment provision of ' 58,654 Lakhs and losses on account of dismantling of PPE of ' 34,169 Lakhs have been recognised and reduced the aggregate carrying value of PPE to ' 265,154 Lakhs, to their estimated recoverable value, which is the value in use (Refer Note no. 3(a), 35 and 58 to the Financial Statements).

We considered this matter as key audit matter due to the significance of the carrying value of the assets being assessed and due to the level of management judgments required in the assumptions impacting the impairment assessment and the sensitivity of the impairment model.

Our audit procedures included, among others:

- Updating our understanding of management's annual impairment testing process.

- Assessing internal controls designed for identification of impairment indicators.

- Ensuring that the methodology of the impairment exercise continues to comply with the requirements of Ind AS as adopted, including evaluating management's assessment of indicators of impairment against indicators of impairment specified within Ind AS 36.

- Assessing the assumptions around the key drivers of the cash flow forecasts including incremental tenancy growth, discount rates, estimated one time settlement with disputed operators, etc.

- Discussing / evaluating potential changes in key drivers as compared to previous year / actual performance with management in order to evaluate whether the inputs and assumptions used in the cash flow forecasts were suitable.

- Testing the arithmetical accuracy of the impairment model prepared by the management and obtaining the fair valuation report of value in use from an independent SEBI registered merchant banker.

- Verifying the completeness of disclosure in the financial statements as per Ind AS 36.

Key Audit Matter

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

2) Litigation Matters and Contingent Liabilities

The Company is subject to number of significant litigations. Major risks identified by the Company in that area related to Service Tax, Property Tax, Legal cases initiated by various rental site owners and by a FCCB holder, Application filed by a lender to the NCLT under IBC for the recovery of loan which was dismissed by NCLT and against which lender has filed an appeal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, (“NCLAT”), which is subjudice, in the meantime EARC who is the lead lender of the Company has filed its Intervention Application in abovementioned Appeal and the Company has filed its reply to the appeal as well as EARC intervention application and now matter is posted for hearing on May 26, 2023, arbitration with the vendors / service providers, etc. The amount of litigation may be significant and estimates of the amounts of provisions or contingent liabilities are subject to significant Management judgment. (Refer Note No. 36, 38(A), 39, & 40 to the Financial Statements)

Due to complexity involved in these litigation matters, management's judgment regarding recognition and measurement of provisions for these legal proceedings is inherently uncertain and might change over time as the outcomes of the legal cases are determined. Accordingly, it has been considered as a key matter.

Our audit procedure included, among others:

- Assessing the procedures implemented by the Company to identify and gather the risks it is exposed to.

- Obtaining an understanding of the risk analysis performed by the Company, with relating supporting documentation, and reading written statements from internal legal experts, where applicable.

- Discussion with the management on the development in these litigations during the year ended March 31,2023.

- Enquiring from the company's legal counsel (internal) and study the responses as received from them.

- Verification that the accounting and / or disclosure as the case may be in the financial statements made by the Company is in accordance with the assessment of legal counsel / management.

- Obtaining representation letter from the management on the assessment of these matters as per SA 580 (revised) -Written representations.

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 management discussion & analysis and director's report included in the annual report but does not include the Financial Statements and our auditor's report thereon. The above information is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.

Our opinion on the 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 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 Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the above other information, if we conclude that there is material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance.

Management Responsibility for the 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 Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the Financial Position, Financial Performance including Other Comprehensive Income, Cash Flows and the Statement Of Changes in Equity of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.

This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provision of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of the appropriate accounting policies; making judgements 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 fair presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the 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.

The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 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 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 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 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 financial statements, including the disclosures,

and whether the 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 financial statements of the current year 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 A” 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 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) Except for the effects of matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books;

c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss including 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) Except for the effects of matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the accounting standards specified under section 133 of the Act;

e) The matter described in the ‘Basis for Qualified Opinion' paragraph above and the matter described under ‘Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern' paragraph above, in our opinion, may have an adverse effect on the functioning of the Company.

f) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2023, from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act;

g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls of the Company with reference to these financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.

h) 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 managerial remuneration paid/ payable by the Company to a whole time directors are subject to approval of lenders in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.

i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rules 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 and as represented by the management:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements in Note No. 36, 38(A) and 39 to the Financial Statements except in respect of property tax as detailed in Note No. 40 to the financial statements where the amount is not quantifiable and which is also a matter of qualified opinion in this report;

ii. The Company has made provisions, as required under the applicable law or Ind AS, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long term contracts including derivative contracts;

iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.

iv. (a) Management has represented to us that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements, during the year 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 persons or entities, 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) Management has represented to us that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements, during the year 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, 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

(c) based on our audit procedure

conducted that are considered

reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our attention that cause us to believe that the representation given by the management under paragraph (2) (i) (iv) (a) & (b) contain any material misstatement.

v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year and has also not proposed dividend for the year.

vi. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to the Company with effect from April 1,2023, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31,2023.

For Pathak H.D. & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants Firm Registration No. 107783W / W100593

Gopal Chaturvedi

Partner

Place : Mumbai Membership No. 090903

Dated : May 11,2023 UDIN No.: 23090903BGXJNA9185