We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hariyana Ship Breakers Limited, ("the Company") which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flow for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred as "the Standalone Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements except "Ind-AS 109 - "Financial Instruments regarding providing expected credit loss on Unsecured Loans & Advances which is considered good & recoverable and the effect for the possible effects of matter described in the basis for qualified opinion" give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards("Ind AS") specified in section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
1. The Non-Current Loans and advances classified as Financial Assets: The company has given advances of Rs. 1319.00 Lakhs in earlier years which have been classified under Non¬ current Loans and advances classified as Financial Assets. The company had given the said amount with the objective of establishing a joint venture. As of the date of this report, the company has not commenced any joint venture activities nor has it recovered the said amount. The company has considered these outstanding Loans and Advances as good for recovery at the value at which they have been stated in the standalone financial statements. In our opinion, the necessary provision for Loans and advances should have been made by the company. The above advances have been carried at the same amounts as at March 31, 2025 as no transactions have taken place during the period of our review. The balance confirmation of above loans and advances have not been received by the management and hence Non-provision of such doubtful advance of Rs. 1319.00 Lacs. The non - compliance of Ind AS 109 has resulted in an overstatement of profit and an overstatement of the outstanding balance of Non- Current loans and advance and shareholder's fund by Rs. 1319.00 Lacs. Our conclusion stands qualified in respect of possible impact of the above advance on the audited financial statements.
We conducted our audit 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 Standalone Financial Statements section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of Matters
1. We draw attention to the users of Standalone financial statement, that the company has accepted advance of Rs. 1.21 crores from one private limited company in the financial year 2017-18 for starting a joint venture. Till date, the company has not been able to start any joint venture as intended nor has the company paid back the advanced amount. (Refer to Note No. 3.19 to Financial Statements for Loans received.)
2. We draw attention to users of Standalone financial statements, the company has availed overdraft facility from Punjab National Bank of Rs. 25.00 crores. The company has utilized part of the said OD for repayment of unsecured loans. The outstanding balance of overdraft facility as on 31.03.2025 was Rs.11.87 Crore. In the absence of specific linking of utilization, we are unable to comment on the purpose for which the said loan was taken and utilized.
3. We draw attention to the users of Standalone financial statements, that the Company is partner in five partnership firm having main object of real estate development. The company has also invested in its subsidiary firm having main object of dealing in oxygen gases. The capital contribution of the company as at the year ended on March 31, 2025 is Rs.137.64 Crores which constitutes 82.91% of the total assets of the company. Further, we draw attention to the fact that one of the partnership firms, in which the Company has contributed Rs.127.25 crores, has deployed Rs.121.01 Crores out of such contributions towards granting loans to body corporates and partnership firms. Given the materiality of these assets in context of the standalone financial statement and the nature of their deployment, the recoverability of such advances may have significant impact on the financial position of the Company.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of 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 Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
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Auditor's Response
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1. Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
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Principal Audit Procedures:
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The Company has material uncertain
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• Obtained details of completed tax
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tax positions including matters under
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assessments and demands till the year
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dispute which involves significant
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ended March 31, 2025 from
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judgment to determine the possible
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management.
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outcome of these disputes.
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• Obtained understanding of key uncertain tax positions.
• Discussed with appropriate senior management and evaluated management's underlying key assumptions in estimating the tax provisions.
• Assessed management's estimates of the possible outcome of the disputed cases.
• Assessed relevant disclosures made within the financial statements to address whether they appropriately reflect the face and circumstances of each disputed case and requirement of relevant accounting standard for disclosure and reporting.
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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's management and 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.
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 the other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our 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.
Responsibility of Management and those charged with governance 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, changes in equity 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. 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 implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Ind AS financial statement 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.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility 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 financial controls 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 Standalone 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 Standalone 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, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure - A" a statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
i. 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.
ii. 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;
iii. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalone statement of changes in equity and the standalone cash flow statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Company 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;
vi. 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 B" to this report; and
vii. 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:
• the Company has disclosed impact of pending litigations which could materially impact its financial statements - Refer Note 5.10 of the Standalone Financial Statements;
• the Company did not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
• There have been no amounts which were required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
• Management Representation:
1. The Management of the Company has represented to us that to the best of it's knowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
2. The management of the Company has represented, that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
3. Based on audit procedures which we considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and provided in clauses (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
4. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
• As per the explanation given to us by the management, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account for the period ended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility however, the company has not provided audit trail records for the entire period ended on March 31, 2025. In the absence of audit trail records, we are unable to comment whether audit trail feature of the said software was enabled and operated throughout the period for all relevant transactions in the software or whether there were any instances of the audit trail feature been tampered with. Since the company has not provided audit trail records we are unable to comment on whether audit trail has been preserved by the company as per statutory requirement of record retention or not.
viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act.
For LLB & Co. For S.N. Shah & Associates
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
FRN : 117758W FRN : 109782W
CA Lalit Bajaj CA Dhruvin Joshi
Partner Partner
M. No. 104234 M. No. 612290
UDIN: 25104234BMKXJ S2985 UDIN: 25612290BMITXU6778
Place: Mumbai Place: Ahmedabad
Date: May 30, 2025 Date: May 30, 2025
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