We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Coventry Coil-O-Matic (Haryana) 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 Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as “the financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, based on Basis of qualified opinion section or our report, aforesaid financial statements does not give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and does not give a true and fair view in conformity with the prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2024, its loss including other comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
1. Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern:
Note No. (14) of 31 of other notes to financial statement regarding Going Concern Assumption may no longer be appropriate - As the Company has incurred significant operating losses, negative operating cash flow, negative working capital, adjudication of legal process against the company for loan liability, Notice of Recovery Officer-II of DRT-1, Delhi for settling sale proclamation for the sale of the factory property and negative net worth indicating that going concern assumption is no longer be appropriate. However, the management is continuing with the operations, therefore the accounts have been prepared on basis of going concern assumption. Consequently, adjustment for amount of assets and classification of liabilities required to be recorded has not been carried out.
2. 2.1 The company has not made provisions of Interest & Other Charges on Secured Loans taken from Financial Institutions/ Banks (ICICI Bank and IDBI Bank) Rs. 705.34 lakhs as per interim order of the divisional bench of Punjab and Haryana high court, Chandigarh, as stated in Note No. - 31(7) of Other notes.
2.2 Note No. 31(7)(E) para (k) of other notes to financial statements describes that company has not made provision calculated on the IFCI debts confirmed DRT-I on 18-01-2016 of Rs. 8449.39 Lakhs together with Simple interest of 13.5% P.A. from 14-05-2007 which amounts to Rs. 27,718.85 Lakhs as on 31st March'24 (Gross Value before adjusting repayment through Cash and Land) related to liability of IFCI debt. Other liability of IDBI is yet to be ordered by Courts. Liability provided in the book against these are only of Rs. 393.59 lakhs, non-provision of Rs. 28,030.59 Lakhs.
2.3 Had the provision been made, the loss up to the year after tax Rs. 156.46 lakhs would have resulted in loss of Rs. 28,187.06 lakhs, Reserve & Surplus Deficit (Balance of Statement of Profit & Loss) would have been Rs. 29,750.52 lakhs instead of Rs. 1,719.93 lakhs.
3. The company had given physical possession of a part of land comprising of approx. 10 acres whose approx. cost appearing in books is Rs. 12.02 Lakhs, to Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd., assignees of IDBI & IFCI (Financial Institution) on 8th March 2013 as per the direction of Honourable Supreme Court who re-affirmed the interim orders of Honourable Punjab & Haryana High Court,
Chandigarh of 9th August 2011. The land is sold by Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. at Rs. 1350 lakhs. The company is not made accounting entries on transfer of such lands and tax thereon if any.
4. Company have not worked out and provided for the Interest and penalty which will arise due to long outstanding of statutory dues and non-filing of statutory returns in time.
Our opinion is qualified in respect of the above matter. Impact with respect to 1, 3 and 4 above are presently not ascertainable and as such cannot be commented upon by us.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements' section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) 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 there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified audit opinion on the financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
1. Note No. 31 (1A) (ii) to financial statement, which describes contingent liability not provided for claims under
adjudication in DRT-I, New Delhi by AARCL for recovery of the dues calculated on the IDBI Debts Rs.
9,315.19 lakhs
(The Company has also filed counter claims of more than Rs.500 Crores on both KMBL and AARCL.)
2. We draw your attention to the following matters:
a) Note No. 31 (9) to financial statement, which describes Account Reconciliation/Confirmation in respect of certain accounts of Debtors have not been received and they are subject to confirmations and reconciliation. The management is of the opinion that adjustment, if any, arising out of such reconciliation would not have material effect on the financial statement of current year.
b) Note No. 31 (10) to financial statement, which describes Account Reconciliation/Confirmation in respect of certain accounts of Vendor's have not been received and they are subject to confirmations and reconciliation. The management is of the opinion that adjustment, if any, arising out of such reconciliation would not have material effect on the financial statement of current year.
Our opinion is not qualified in respect of the above matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. 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 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 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 financial statements.
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Key Audit Matter
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Auditor's Response
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Revenue Recognition
Revenue recognition is significant audit risk within the Company.
For the financial year ended 31 March, 2024, the Company has recorded revenue amounting to Rs. 8,694.77 Lakhs. The accounting policies for revenue recognition are set out in Note 3.5 to the financial statements.
We have identified sales cut-off to be significant because of the high volume of transactions and the varying sales, contractual and shipping terms. Revenue recognition is susceptible to the higher risk that the revenue is recognised when the control of goods has not been transferred to the customers
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter:
We assessed the overall sales process and the relevant systems and the design of controls over the capture and recording of revenue transactions. We have tested the effectiveness of controls on the processes related to revenue recognition relevant to our audit. We performed sample testing on revenue and checked that the revenue recognition criteria are appropriately applied. We have also performed cut-off tests to ensure the Company has complied with proper cut-off procedures and revenue is recognised in the appropriate accounting period.
Our Observation:
We found the Company's revenue recognition to be consistent with its accounting policy as disclosed in Note 3.5 to the financial statements. We are satisfied that the Company's revenue has been appropriately recognised and in the relevant accounting period.
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Recoverability of Trade Receivable
The gross balance of trade receivables as at March 31, 2024 amounted to Rs. 544.67 Lakhs, against which provision for doubtful debts amounting to Rs. 10.44 Lakhs was made as detailed in Note 8 to the financial statements.
The Company assesses periodically and at each financial year end, the expected credit loss associated with its receivables. When there is expected credit loss impairment, the amount and timing of future cash flows are estimated based on historical, current and forward-looking loss experience for assets with similar credit risk characteristics. We focused on this area because of its significance and the degree of judgement required to estimate the expected credit loss and determining the carrying amount of trade receivables as at the reporting date.
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter:
We obtained an understanding of the Company's credit policy for trade receivables and evaluated the processes for identifying impairment indicators. We have reviewed and tested the ageing of trade receivables. We have reviewed management's assessment on the credit worthiness of selected customers for trade receivables. We further discussed with the key management on the adequacy of the allowance for impairment recorded by the Company and reviewed the supporting documents provided by management in relation to their assessment. We have also reviewed the adequacy and appropriateness of the impairment charge based on the available information.
Our Observation:
Based on our audit procedures performed, we found management's assessment of the recoverability of trade receivables to be reasonable and the disclosures to be appropriate.
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Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter:
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The Company has material uncertain tax
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We have obtained details of complete tax
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positions including matters under dispute which
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assessments and demands as at March 31,
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involves significant judgment to determine the
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2024 from management. We considered
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possible outcome of these disputes.
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management's assessment of the validity and adequacy of provisions for uncertain tax positions, evaluating the basis of assessment and reviewing relevant correspondence and legal advice, where available, including any information regarding similar cases with the relevant tax authorities. We assessed validity and adequacy of provisions for uncertain tax positions in respect of various tax demands and liabilities and found the appropriateness of management's assumptions and estimates reasonable.
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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 financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. We have obtained all other information prior to the date of this auditors' report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
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 Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and 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 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also :
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure
about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be
communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to
outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, except of the matter described in Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above and the matter stated in paragraph 2(k) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014, 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) Due to the effects/ possible effects of the matter described in the basis for qualified opinion paragraph in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements does not comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
(e) the outcome of the matters described in Basis for Qualified Opinion and Emphasis of Matter paragraph above in our opinion, may have an adverse effect on the functioning of the company.
(f) 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;
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company with reference to these financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B” to this report.
(h) 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; and
(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 Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note No. 31 (1A) to the 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 it's knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, 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 Intermediaries 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 it's knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, 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. There are nothing has come to their notice that has caused them to believe that the representations under sub-clause iv(a) and iv(b) contain any material mis-statement.
j. The Company has not declared and paid any dividend during the year. Therefore, reporting in this regard is not applicable to the Company.
k. The company has used accounting software (Tally) for maintaining its books of account which does not have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility throughout the year for all relevant transaction recorded in the software, hence we are unable to comment on audit trail feature of the said software.
For J K V S & Co.
Chartered Accountants Firm Reg. No. 318086E
Vineet Mahipal
Place: Noida (Delhi NCR) Partner
Dated: May 28, 2024 Membership No.: 508133
UDIN:24508133BKGQER2694
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