A Oneindia Venture

Auditor Report of TeamLease Services Ltd.

Mar 31, 2025

We have audited the standalone financial statements of
TeamLease Services Limited ("the Company"), which
comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31 2025, the
Statement of Profit and Loss, including the Statement of Other
Comprehensive Income/ (Loss), the Cash Flow Statement
and the 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, 2025, its profit
including Other Comprehensive Income/ (Loss), 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.

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, 2025. 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.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

A. Revenue recognition and recoverability of trade receivables

The Company''s revenue for the financial year ended March 31,
2025 is H 10,236.29 Crores, majority of which are from General
Staffing and allied services.

We understood, evaluated and tested the operating
effectiveness of the internal controls over revenues and
trade receivables processes.

The Company has various streams of revenue with multiple
types of customer contracts characterized by a larger volume
of transactions.

Trade Receivables (including unbilled revenue) of H 488.16 Crores
represent significant portion of total assets as at March 31, 2025.
The Company has adopted a provisioning policy in respect
of trade receivables based on historical trends and available
industry information.

We selected samples from various types of customer
contracts and tested the occurrence, completeness and
measurement of those transactions by inspecting the
underlying documents.

We performed audit procedures on existence of trade
receivables, which included obtaining and comparing
balance confirmations with books, testing of invoices and
subsequent collections for audit samples selected.

Due to multiple types of revenue contracts with large volume
of transactions and significant judgment required by the
management to estimate provision for trade receivables, this
matter is considered as a key audit matter.

We evaluated the assumptions used to calculate the
provision for trade receivables through analysis of ageing,
historical collection and bad debts write-off trends, specific
individual circumstances of the customers.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Refer note 27, note 10 and note 15 to the standalone financial

We assessed the disclosures in the standalone financial

statements for the Company''s disclosures on revenues and
trade receivables respectively.

statements for compliance with the disclosure requirements.

B. Investment / Loans and advances to group companies

As at March 31, 2025, the Company has non- current investments

We assessed and tested the operating effectiveness of

in subsidiaries and joint venture of H 365.35 Crores which are

the internal controls over preparation of annual budgets

carried at cost. In accordance with Ind AS, these investments

and future forecasts for various business reporting units

are tested for impairment using discounted cash flow models

including impairment assessment for investments and loans.

i.e., the recoverable value of each investment is compared to the
respective carrying values as at the balance sheet date. Deficit,
if any, between the recoverable value and the carrying value
results in an impairment provision.

We assessed whether the Company''s accounting policy
with respect to impairment is in accordance with Ind AS 36
"Impairment of assets''.''

The key inputs and assumptions used in the aforesaid model are
following:

We compared the future operating cash flow forecasts
considered for impairment assessment with the business
plan and budgets duly approved by the Board of Directors

• Revenue Growth Rate

of the Company.

• Operating Margins

We involved our valuation specialists to perform an evaluation

• Long term Growth Rate

of the Company''s valuation model and the underlying key
assumptions, including long-term growth and discount rates.

• Discount Rate.

We discussed potential changes in key drivers as compared

Further, the Company has granted interest bearing long-

to previous year / actual performance with management to

term loans to group companies. Management assesses the

evaluate whether the inputs and assumptions used in the

recoverability of such loans after taking into account the future

cash flow forecasts were appropriate.

cash flow surpluses expected to be generated by the respective
borrower entities.

We also assessed the recoverable value headroom by
performing sensitivity testing of key assumptions used.

Due to the significant carrying values of these investments
and loans to group companies with networth of these group
companies being lower than the carrying value of these
investments and significant management judgments and
estimates involved in performing assessment of impairment
and recoverability of loans, this matter is considered as a key

We evaluated sensitivity of the valuation to changes
in key assumptions and compared the assumptions to
corroborating information including industry reports and
competitor''s information, historic performance of the
Company, economic developments and industry outlook.

audit matter.

We obtained and read the audited financial statements of

Refer to note 8 and note 9 to the standalone financial statements.

the subsidiaries to understand the net worth, cash flows and
other financial information.

We assessed the disclosures in the standalone financial
statements for compliance with the disclosure requirements.


Other Information

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 report.

Our opinion on the standalone 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 standalone financial
statements, our responsibility is to read the other information
and, in doing so, consider whether such 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 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 applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities of Management 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/
(Loss), 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 Board of Directors 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, 2025 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 exce pt
for the matters stated in the paragraph (i) (vi) below
on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended;

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss
including the Statement of Other Comprehensive
Income/ (Loss), 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, 2025 taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of the
directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 paragraph 2(b) above on reporting
under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph (i) (vi) below
on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended;

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to these
standalone financial statements and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate
Report in "
Annexure 2" to this report;

(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for
the year ended March 31, 2025 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;

(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 46 to the standalone financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long¬
term contracts including derivative
contracts for which there were any material
foreseeable losses;

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,
other than as disclosed in the note 52 (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 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) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,
as disclosed in the note 52 (v) to the
standalone financial statements, no funds
have been received by the Company
from any persons or entities, 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. No dividend has been declared or paid during
the year by the Company

vi. Based on our examination which included test
checks, the Company has used accounting
softwares 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 is not enabled
for direct changes to data using privileged/
administrative access rights and enabled
audit trail for master data changes w.e.f April
11, 2024 for one of the accounting software
as described in note 52 (ix) to the 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 softwares where the

audit trail has been enabled. Additionally, audit
trail has been preserved by the Company for
prior year as per the statutory requirements
for record retention to the extent it was
enabled and recorded.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI firm registration number: 101049W/E300004

per Sandeep Karnani

Partner

Membership Number: 061207

UDIN: 25061207BMNTVX2076

Place of Signature: Bengaluru

Date: May 21, 2025


Mar 31, 2024

TeamLease Services Limited

Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive loss, the Cash Flow Statement and the 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, 2024, its profit including other comprehensive loss, 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.

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, 2024. 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.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

A. Revenue recognition and recoverability of trade receivables

The Company''s revenue for the financial year ended March

We understood, evaluated and tested the operating effectiveness

31, 2024 is H 8,440.80 Crores, majority of which are from

of the internal controls over revenues and trade receivables

General Staffing and allied services. The Company has

processes.

various streams of revenue with multiple types of customer

We selected samples from various types of customer contracts

contracts characterized by a larger volume of transactions.

and tested the occurrence, completeness and measurement of

Trade Receivables of H 303.36 Crores represent significant

those transactions by inspecting the underlying documents.

portion of total assets as at March 31, 2024. The Company

We performed audit procedures on existence of trade receivables,

has adopted a provisioning policy in respect of trade

which included obtaining and comparing balance confirmations

receivables based on historical trends and available

with books, testing of invoices and subsequent collections for

industry information.

audit samples selected.

Due to multiple types of revenue contracts with large volume

We evaluated the assumptions used to calculate the provision for

of transactions and significant judgment required by the

trade receivables through analysis of ageing, historical collection

management to estimate provision for trade receivables,

and bad debts write-off trends, specific individual circumstances

this matter is considered as a key audit matter.

of the customers.

Refer Note 28 and Note 16 to the standalone financial

We assessed the disclosure in the standalone financial statements

statements for the Company''s disclosures on revenues and trade receivables respectively.

for compliance with the disclosure requirements.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

B. Investment / Loans and advances to group companies

As at March 31, 2024, the Company has non- current

We assessed and tested the operating effectiveness of the internal

investments in subsidiaries of H 33725 Crores which

controls over preparation of annual budgets and future forecasts

are carried at cost. In accordance with Ind AS, these

for various business reporting units including impairment

investments are tested for impairment using discounted

assessment for investments and loans.

cash flow models i.e., the recoverable value of each

We compared the future operating cash flow forecasts considered

investment is compared to the respective carrying values

for impairment assessment with the business plan and budgets

as at the balance sheet date. Deficit, if any, between the

duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

recoverable value and the carrying value results in an

We involved our valuation specialists to perform an evaluation

impairment provision.

of the Company''s valuation model and the underlying key

The key inputs and assumptions used in the aforesaid

assumptions, including long-term growth and discount rates.

model are following:

We evaluated sensitivity of the valuation to changes in key

• Revenue Growth Rate

assumptions and compared the assumptions to corroborating

• Operating Margins

information including industry reports and competitor''s

• Long term Growth Rate

information, historic performance of the Company, economic

• Discount Rate.

developments and industry outlook.

We obtained and read the audited financial statements of the

Further, the Company has granted interest bearing longterm loans to group companies. Management assesses the recoverability of such loans after taking into account the future cash flow surpluses expected to be generated by the respective borrower entities.

Due to the significant carrying values of these investments and loans to group companies; and significant management judgments and estimates involved in performing assessment of impairment and recoverability of loans, this matter is considered as a key audit matter.

subsidiaries to understand the net worth, cash flows and other financial information.

We assessed the disclosures in the standalone financial statements for compliance with the disclosure requirements.

Refer to Note 8 and Note 10 to the standalone financial

statements.


Other Information

The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Board Report, Corporate Governance Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report and Report on Management Discussion and Analysis included in the Annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone 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 standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of Management 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 loss, 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 Board of Directors 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, 2024 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 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 (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 loss, 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, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024 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 these 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, 2024 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 2(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 46 to the standalone financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any longterm contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;

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, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested during the year (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 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) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company from any person or entities, 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. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the Company.

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 is not enabled for direct changes to data using privileged/ administrative access rights and master data changes as described in note 52(ix) to the 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.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration Number: 101049W/E300004

per Navin Agrawal

Partner

Membership Number: 056102

UDIN: 24056102BKFVIS5260

Place of Signature: Bangalore

Date: May 22, 2024


Mar 31, 2023

TeamLease Services Limited

Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31 2023, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of significant 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, 2023, 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.

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, 2023. 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.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

A. Revenue recognition and recoverability of trade receivables

The Company''s revenue for the financial year ended

We understood, evaluated and tested the operating

March 31, 2023 is H 6,87,617.59 Lakhs, majority of which

effectiveness of the internal controls over revenues and trade

are from General Staffing and allied services. The

receivables processes.

Company has various streams of revenue with multiple types of customer contracts characterized by a larger volume of transactions.

We selected samples from various types of customer contracts and tested the occurrence, completeness and measurement of those transactions by inspecting the underlying documents.

Trade Receivables of H 25,07725 Lakhs represent significant portion of total assets as at March 31, 2023. The Company has adopted a provisioning policy in respect of trade receivables based on historical trends and available industry information.

We performed audit procedures on existence of trade receivables, which included obtaining and comparing balance confirmations with books, testing of invoices and subsequent collections for audit samples selected.

Due to multiple types of revenue contracts with large volume of transactions and significant judgment required by the management to estimate provision for trade receivables, this matter is considered as a key audit matter.

We evaluated the assumptions used to calculate the provision for trade receivables through analysis of ageing, historical collection and bad debts write-off trends, specific individual circumstances of the customers.

Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Refer Note 28 and Note 16 to the standalone financial

We assessed the disclosures in the standalone financial

statements for the Company''s disclosures on revenues and trade receivables respectively.

statements for compliance with the disclosures requirements.

B. Investment / Loans and advances to group companies

As at March 31, 2023, the Company has non- current

We assessed and tested the operating effectiveness of the

investments in subsidiaries of H 33,724.65 Lakhs which

internal controls over preparation of annual budgets and

are carried at cost. In accordance with Ind AS, these

future forecasts for various business reporting units including

investments are tested for impairment using discounted cash flow models i.e., the recoverable value of each

impairment assessment for investments and loans.

investment is compared to the respective carrying values

We compared the future operating cash flow forecasts

as at the balance sheet date. Deficit, if any, between the

considered for impairment assessment with the business plan

recoverable value and the carrying value results in an

and budgets duly approved by the Board of Directors of the

impairment provision.

Company.

The key inputs and assumptions used in the aforesaid model are following:

We involved our valuation specialists to perform an evaluation of the Company''s valuation model and the underlying key

• Revenue Growth Rate

assumptions, including long-term growth and discount rates.

• Operating Margins

We evaluated sensitivity of the valuation to changes in key

• Long term Growth Rate

assumptions and compared the assumptions to corroborating information including industry reports and competitor''s

• Discount Rate

information, historic performance of the Company, economic developments and industry outlook.

Further, the Company has granted interest bearing longterm loans to group companies. Management assesses

We obtained and read the audited financial statements of the

the recoverability of such loans after taking into account

subsidiaries to understand the net worth, cash flows and other

the future cash flow surpluses expected to be generated

financial information.

by the respective borrower entities.

We assessed the disclosures in the standalone financial

Due to the significant carrying values of these investments and loans to group companies; and significant management judgments and estimates involved in performing assessment of impairment and recoverability of loans, this matter is considered as a key audit matter.

statements for compliance with the disclosure requirements.

Refer to Note 8 and Note 10 to the standalone financial statements.

Other Information

The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Board Report, Corporate Governance Report, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report and Report on Management Discussion and Analysis included in the Annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone 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 standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of Management 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 Board of Directors 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, 2023 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 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 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, 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;

(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to these 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, 2023 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) 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 46 to the standalone financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;

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 except as disclosed in Note 52 (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 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) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities, 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. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the Company.

vi. As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable for the Company only w.e.f. April 1, 2023, reporting under this clause is not applicable.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration Number: 101049W/E300004

per Navin Agrawal

Partner

Membership Number: 056102

UDIN: 23056102BGUUOQ6569

Place of Signature: Bengaluru

Date: May 17, 2023


Mar 31, 2018

Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2018, the Statement of Profit and Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS 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 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 control that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder. We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing, issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, as specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.

Opinion

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by 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, 2018, its profit including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.

Other Matter

The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2017 and the transition date opening balance sheet as at April 01, 2016 included in these standalone Ind AS financial statements, are based on the previously issued statutory financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with the Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, audited by the predecessor auditor whose report for the year ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016 dated May 18, 2017 and May 23, 2016 respectively expressed an unmodified opinion on those standalone financial statements, as adjusted for the differences in the accounting principles adopted by the Company on transition to the Ind AS, which have been audited by us.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s report) Order, 2016 (“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 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 purpose 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 Balance Sheet, 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 Ind AS 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 written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2018, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2018, 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 over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;

(g) 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:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements -Refer Note 39 to the standalone Ind AS financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.

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

ANNEXURE 1

referred to in paragrapRs.1 under “Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements” to the Independent Auditor’s report of even date on the standalone financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited.

(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.

(b) All fixed assets were physically verified by the management in the current year in accordance with a planned programme of verifying them once in three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. No material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) According to the information and explanations given by the management, there are no immovable properties, included in property, plant and equipment of the Company and accordingly, the requirements under paragrapRs.3(i)(c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(ii) The Company’s business does not involve inventories and, accordingly, the requirements under paragrapRs.3(ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(iii)(a), (b) and (c) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.

(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, there are no loans, guarantees, and securities given in respect of which provisions of section 185 of the Act are applicable and hence not commented upon. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, provisions of section 186 of the Act in respect of loans and advances given, investments made, guarantees and securities given, to the extent applicable, have been complied with by the Company.

(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Sections 73 to 76 of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 (as amended). Accordingly, the provisions of clause 3(v) of the Order are not applicable.

(vi) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Company is not in the business of sale of any goods. Therefore, in our opinion, the provisions of clause 3(vi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

(vii) (a) Undisputed statutory dues including, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, cess and other statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited with appropriate authorities though there have been slight delays in depositing employees’ state insurance and professional tax and serious delays in depositing provident fund dues in certain cases.

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no undisputed dues in respect of provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income-tax, service tax, sales-tax, duty of custom, duty of excise, value added tax, goods and service tax, cess and other statutory dues which were outstanding, at the year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable except as follows:

Name of the statute

Nature of the dues

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

Period to which the amount relates

Due Date

Date of Payment

Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

Provident fund

22.16

August 2017

September 15, 2017

Not paid till the date of audit report

(c) According to the records of the Company the dues of income-tax, sales-tax, service tax, duty of custom, duty of excise , value added tax and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:

Name of the statute

Nature of dues

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

Period to which the amount relates

Forum where the dispute is pending

Finance Act, 1994

Service Tax

445.34#

April 2006 to

The Custom, Excise and Service

December 2008

Tax Appellate Tribunal

Finance Act, 1994

Service Tax

149.41

April 2007 to

The Supreme Court of India

September 2010

Finance Act, 1994

Service Tax

245.51

October 2010 to

The Commissioner of Service

September 2015

Tax, Bengaluru

Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax

352.26

Assessment Year

The Commissioner of Income Tax

2015-16

(Appeals)

# net of amount paid Rs. 442.46 lakhs.

(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given by the management, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans or borrowing to a financial institution or banks. The Company has no outstanding dues to government or debenture holders.

(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given by the management, the Company has utilized the monies raised by way of initial public offer (IPO) for the purposes for which they were raised. The Company has not raised any money way of further public offer/ debt instruments and term loans hence not commented upon.

(x) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and according to the information and explanations given by the management, we report that no fraud by the company or no fraud / material fraud on the Company by the officers and employees of the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.

(xi) According to the information and explanations given by the management, the managerial remuneration has been paid / provided in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

(xii) In our opinion, the Company is not a nidhi company. Therefore, the provisions of clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.

(xiii) According to the information and explanations given by the management, transactions with the related parties are in compliance with section 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable and the details have been disclosed in the notes to the financial statements, as required by the applicable accounting standards.

(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the balance sheet, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review and hence, reporting requirements under clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and, not commented upon.

(xv) According to the information and explanations given by the management, the Company has not entered into any noncash transactions with directors or persons connected with him as referred to in section 192 of the Act.

(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the provisions of section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 are not applicable to the Company.

ANNEXURE 2 TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

of even date on the standalone Ind AS financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)

We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of TeamLease Services Limited (“the Company”) as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

The Company’s Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance Note”) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note and the Standards on Auditing as specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls and, both issued by the ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting With Reference to these Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements

A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of Ind AS financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Ind AS financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Ind AS financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting With Reference to these Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements

Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements and such internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements were operating effectively as at March 31, 2018, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.

For S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration Number: 101049W/E300004

per Navin Agrawal

Partner

Membership Number: 56102

Place of Signature: Bangalore

Date: May 16, 2018


Mar 31, 2017

Report on the standalone Financial Statements

1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of TeamLease Services Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March.31, 2017, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements

2. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under including the accounting standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7. 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.

Opinion

8. 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 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, 2017, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by ‘the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016’, issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Order”), and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement 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 Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March.31, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March.31, 2017 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 over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure A.

(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at March.31, 2017 on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 27(a);

ii. The Company has made provision as at March.31, 2017, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts. The Company did not have any derivative contracts as at March.31, 2017.

iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March.31, 2017.

iv. The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the financial statements as to holdings as well as dealings in Specified Bank Notes during the period from 8th November, 2016 to 30th December, 2016. Based on audit procedures and relying on the management representation we report that the disclosures are in accordance with books of account maintained by the Company and as produced to us by the Management - Refer Note 38.

ANNEXURE B TO INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

Referred to in paragrapRs.9 of the Independent Auditors’ Report of even date to the members of TeamLease Services Limited on the standalone financial statements as of and for the year ended March.31, 2017

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management once in 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to this, no physical verification was carried out by the Management during the year. Accordingly, the discrepancies, if any, could not be ascertained and therefore, we are unable to comment on whether the discrepancies, if any, have been properly dealt with in the books of account.

(c) The Company does not own any immovable properties as disclosed in Note 10 on fixed assets to the financial statements. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(i) (c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect of the loans and investments made, and guarantees and security provided by it. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order with respect to Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013 is not applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. The Central Government of India has not specified the maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.

vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, except for dues in respect of professional tax, the Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund, employees’ state insurance, income tax and service tax with appropriate authorities and regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including sales tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities. The extent of the arrears of statutory dues outstanding as at March.31, 2017, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable are as follows

Name of the statute

Nature of dues

Amount Rs.

Period to which the amount relates

Due date

Date of Payment

Professional Tax (various states)

Professional Tax

2,544,840

Financial Year 2011-12 and 2013-14

Financial Year 2011-12 and 2013-14

Unpaid

(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of sales-tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The particulars of dues of income tax, service tax, as at March.31, 2017 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows

Name of the statute

Nature of dues

Amount J

Period to which the amount relates

Forum where the dispute is pending

Finance Act, 1994

Service Tax

75,705,754 #

14,941,812

13,928,550

April 2006 to December 2008

April 2007 to September 2010

August 2013 to September 2015

The Custom, Excise and Service Tax

Appellate Tribunal

The Supreme Court of India

The Commissioner of Service Tax, Bengaluru

Income Tax Act, 1961

Tax Deducted at Source

770,794

2010-11

The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)

# excludes interest on service tax

viii. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans or borrowings to any financial institution or bank as at the balance sheet date.

ix. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the moneys raised by way of initial public offer (IPO) have been applied, on an overall basis, for the purposes for which they were obtained. There is also unutilised proceeds from IPO as on the reporting date and the same has been kept in current account and fixed deposit with the scheduled commercial banks (refer note 37 to the standalone financial statements).The Company has not raised any moneys by way of further public offer(including debt instruments) and term loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable with respect to further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans.

x. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as required under Accounting Standard (AS) 18, Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xv. The Company has not entered into any non cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him/her within the meaning of Section 192 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv)of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP

Firm Registration Number: 007567S/ S-200012

Chartered Accountants

Partha Ghosh

Place: Bangalore Partner

Date: May 18, 2017 Membership Number 055913


Mar 31, 2016

1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Team Lease Services Limited ("the Company"), which
comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2016, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then
ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements

2. The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the
Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements to give a true and fair view of the financial
position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts)
Rules, 2014. 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 financial statements that give a
true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone financial statements based on our audit.

4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under including the accounting standards and
matters which are required to be included in the audit report.

5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other
applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and
pronouncements require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial
statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'' judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers
internal financial control relevant to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view, in
order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7. 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.


Opinion

8. 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 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,
2016, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

9. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2016'', issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), and on the basis of such checks of the books
and records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us, we give in
the Annexure B a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

10. 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement 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 Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2016 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016 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 over financial reporting of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure A.

(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors'' Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit
and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and
explanations given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at March 31, 2016 on its financial position in its standalone
financial statements- Refer Note 26 (a).

ii. The Company has made provision as at March 31, 2016, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for
material foreseeable losses, if any, on long- term contracts. The Company did not have any derivative contracts as at March 31,
2016.


iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company
during the year ended March 31, 2016.


Referred to in paragraph 10 (f) of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Team Lease Services Limited on
the standalone financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2016

Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Act

1. We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Team Lease Services Limited ("the Company") as of
March 31, 2016 in conjunction with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that
date.

Management''s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

2. The Company''s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal
control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control
stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including
adherence to company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy
and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the
Act.

Auditors'' Responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company''s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our
audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial
Reporting (the "Guidance Note") and the Standards on Auditing deemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) of the Act to the
extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of internal financial controls and both
issued by the ICAI. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was
established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

4. Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system
over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting
included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material
weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed
risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of
the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.

5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on
the Company''s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

6. A company''s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. A company''s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition of the company''s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting

7. Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of
collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are
subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Opinion

8. In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial
reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2016, based on
the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of
internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.


Referred to in paragraph 9 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of Team Lease Services Limited on the
standalone financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2016

i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of
fixed assets.

(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management once in 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard
to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to this, no physical verification was carried out by the
Management during the year. Accordingly, the discrepancies, if any, could not be ascertained and therefore, we are unable to
comment on whether the discrepancies, if any, have been properly dealt with in the books of account.

(c) The Company does not own any immovable properties as disclosed in Note 10 on fixed assets to the financial statements.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(i)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

ii. The physical verification of inventory have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the Management during the year. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared to book records were not material.

iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability

Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of
Clause 3(iii), (iii)(a), (iii)(b) and (iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.

iv. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provision
of Section 186 of the Companies Act 2013 in respect of the loans and investment made, and guarantees and security provided by it.
The Company has not granted any loans or provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under Section 185.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the said Order with respect to Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013 is not
applicable to the Company.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the
Rules framed there under to the extent notified.

vi. The Central Government of India has not specified the maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.

vii. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, in our
opinion, except for dues in respect of professional tax, the Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory
dues, including provident fund, employees state insurance, income tax and service tax with the appropriate authorities and
regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including sales tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, and other material
statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities. The extent of the arrears of statutory dues outstanding as at
March 31, 2016, for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable are as follows:

Name of Nature of dues Amount Period to
the statute (Rs.) which the
amount relates

Professional Professional 2,544,840 Financial Year
Tax ( Tax 2011-12 and
various 2013-14
States)


Name of the Statute Due date Date of
Payment

Professional Financial Year Unpaid
Tax (Various 2011-12 and
Statute) 2013-14


(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of
duty of customs, duty of excise, sales tax, value added tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The
particulars of dues of income tax and service tax as at March 31, 2016 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute, are
as follows:

Name of Nature of dues Amount Period to
which the Forum where the
the
statute (Rs.) amount
relates dispute is
pending

Finance Service Tax 75,705,754 # April
2006 to The Custom,
Excise
Act, 1994 December
2008 and Service Tax

Appellate
Tribunal
14,941,812 April 2007
to The Supreme
Court
September
2010 of India

Income Tax Tax
Deducted at 770,794 2010-11 The Commissioner
Act, 1961 Source of Income Tax
(Appeals)

# excludes interest on service tax

viii. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the information and explanation given to us, the Company has
not defaulted in repayment of loans or borrowings to any financial institution or bank as at the balance sheet date.

ix. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year, the Company has raised
monies by way of initial public offer (IPO) of equity shares in India and the same has not been deployed as on the reporting
date. The Company has kept the net proceeds from IPO in current account and fixed deposits with the scheduled commercial banks
and the same has been disclosed by way of note in the standalone financial statements (refer note 35 to the standalone financial
statements). The Company has not raised any moneys by way of further public offer (including debt instruments) and term loans.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not applicable with respect to further public offer (including debt
instruments) and term loans.

x. During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally
accepted auditing practices in India, and according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across
any instance of material fraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

xi. The Company has paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the
provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014 are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii)
of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188
of the Act. The details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements as
required under Accounting Standard (AS) 18, Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible
debentures during the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.


xv. The Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or persons connected with him/ her within the
meaning of Section 192 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.

For Price Waterhouse & Co Bangalore LLP

Firm Registration Number: 007567S/ S-200012

Chartered Accountants

Partha Ghosh

Place: Bangalore Partner

Date: May 23, 2016 Membership Number 055913

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