1. We have audited the standalone financial statements of Hi-Green Carbon Limited, Rajkot (CIN:L45100GJ2011PLC066917) (hereinafter referred to as the “Company"), which comprise the balancesheet as at 31 March 2025, and the statement of profit and loss and the cash flow statement for theyear then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, and its profitand cash flows for the year ended on that date.
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act"). Our responsibilities underthose Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code ofEthics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of theAct, and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtainedis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the standalone financial statements for the financial year ended on 31 March 2025.These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, andin forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
5. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated inour report. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for theaudit 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 ourassessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements. The results of our auditprocedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis forour audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements.
Investment in Subsidiary as defined u/s 2(87) of Companies Act, 2013
The Company has invested in its subsidiary
We performed the following audit procedures,
companies, during the reporting period.
amongst
others:
(i) ^. 170 Lakhs in Samsara Recycling PrivateLimited, Rajkot; and
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Examined the board resolutions foracquisition of shares of subsidiary;
(ii) ^. 0.51 Lakhs in Green ValleyHydrocarbon Private Limited, Rajkot,
Verified proof of payment of suchacquisition;
Verified the memorandum ofassociation of Samsara RecyclingPrivate Limited, Rajkot and GreenValley Hydrocarbon PrivateLimited, Rajkot, to ascertain thatthe objects of the said Company arein line with the Company.
Reviewed the accounting anddisclosure in this report;
Reviewed the requirement ofimpairment of such investment.
6. Based on the above, the management's assessment and disclosures are found to be reasonable and incompliance with the applicable financial reporting framework.
7. The Company's board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the Board's Report including Annexure to Board's Report but does notinclude the financial statements and auditor's report thereon.
8. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
9. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated. If based on the work we have performed, we conclude that thereis a material misstatement of this other information; we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
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10. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified
under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
11. In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
12. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
13. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but isnot a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
14. As a part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain 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 oneresulting 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 auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements 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, futureevents 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, includingthe disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactionsand events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
15. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit. We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence,and to communicate with the relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
16. We were not physically present at the time of inventory verification by the management andtherefore, we have relied on the inventory as taken and verified by the management.
17. We draw attention to Note No. 10.1 of the “Notes to Accounts" of the Financial Statements attachedherewith which discloses the Company's trade payable into sub-head “Due to Micro and SmallEnterprises" and “Due to Others". The Company informed us that it has classified its suppliers intoMicro and Small enterprises and Medium Enterprises as defined under the Micro, Small and MediumEnterprises Development Act, 2006 (the “MSMED Act"). We have relied on the management forclassification of such suppliers into Micro and Small Enterprises. The Company has, further, notprovided any interest payable under section 16 of the MSMED Act to suppliers falling under theMSMED Act. The Company has not produced before us any details of such interest payable undersection 16 of the MSMED Act.
18. Having regard to the size of the Company and its operation, we have not modified our report in theabove matters.
19. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the “Order"), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we givein the “Annexure - B" statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
20. As required by sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Act, further to our comments in the Annexure,we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge 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 sofar as it appears from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in sub¬paragraph (j)(h) below on reporting under clause (g) of Rule 11;
c) Accounts of the Company's branch office is audited by us, and therefore, in our opinion,reporting under clause (c) of sub-section 3 of section 143 is not required;
d) The Balance Sheet, and the Statement of Profit and Loss dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
e) In our opinion, the standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014;
f) In our opinion, there are no observations or comments on financial transactions or matterswhich have any adverse effect on the functioning of the Company;
g) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31 March2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of sub-section (2) of Section 164 of the Act;
h) The qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks relating to the maintenance of accountsand other matters connected therewith are as stated in the sub-paragraph (b) above onreporting under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 143 and sub-paragraph (j)(h) below onreporting under clause (g) of Rule 11;
i) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in“Annexure - A";
j) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us:
a) The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition in its financial statements.
b) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts.
c) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
d) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the Note No. 47 of the financial statements attached herewith, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person/s or entity/isincluding foreign entity/is (“Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaries shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on thebehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
e) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the Note No. 48 of the financial statements attached herewith, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from any person/s or entity/is including foreign entity/is(“Funding Party/ies"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party/is (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on the behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
f) Based on the audits procedures performed that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to
believe that representations under sub-clauses (I) and (ii) of clause (e) of Rule 11 containany material misstatement.
g) During the financial year under audit, no dividend has been declared, or paid by theCompany.
h) Based on our examination on test check basis, the company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and except for the instances mentioned below, the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in software.
(i) The feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the databaselevel to log any direct data changes for the accounting software used for maintain thebooks of account for the period 01 April 2024 to 31 March, 2025.
(ii) The feature of audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the application layer ofaccounting software for the period 01 April 2024 to 04 May 2024.
(iii) The feature of audit trail (edit log) facility, for the Dondaicha branch of the Company,was not enabled at the database level as well as the application layer of accountingsoftware for the period 01 April 2024 to 25 February 2025.
Further, from the date audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled, it was operated throughout theperiod and we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tempered with.
Further, as per proviso to sub-rule 1 of Rule 3 of the Companies (Account) Rule, 2014 is applicablefrom 01 April, 2023, reporting under sub-rule (g) of Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rule, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as the statutory requirement for record retention is now ineffect. However, as the audit trail records have been maintained commencing from the F.Y. 2024¬25, no records of the prior period have been preserved.
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Date: 27 May, 2025