We have audited the accompanying IND AS Financial Statements of SHALIMARAGENCIES LIMITED ("the company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31stMarch, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of changes in equity for the year thenended, and notes to financial statements including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, Loss and its cash flows for the year endedon that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)together with the independence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in theManagement Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexure to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder'sInformation, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we donot express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("The Act"),with respect to the preparation ofthese financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flowsof the Company in accordance with the IND AS and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give atrue and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain 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 tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud 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 todesign audit Procedures that is appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness 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 uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists;
we are required to draw attention in our auditor7 s report to the related disclosures inthe 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 ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease 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 theunderlying 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 areasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of ouraudit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect ofany identified misstatements in the financial statements.
• We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among othermatters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during ouraudit.
• We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we havecomplied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
• From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters inour auditor7 s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter shouldnot be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issuedby the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theAct, we give in the Annexure A, a statement on the matters Specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest 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 theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including OtherComprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement ofCash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books ofaccount.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the IND ASspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rules issued there under.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as onMarch 31, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure B".
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact itsfinancial position
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contractsfor which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Companyor provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
v. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities, includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever ("UltimateBeneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Parties or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
vi. Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonableand appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations as above in (iv) and (v) under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) contain any material misstatement.
vii. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
For P C N & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFRN: 016016S
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Sridhar AndhavarapuPartner
Membership no: 213830UDIN No: 24213830BKHNXE1091
Place: HyderabadDate: 11.05.2024