We have audited the standalone financial statements of ELEGANT MARBLES AND GRANI INDUSTRIES LIMITED (“the Company”),which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March, 2025, the statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income),statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including asummary 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 financial statements givethe information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified in Section 133 of the Act, of the state of affairs ofthe Company as at 31st March, 2025, its profit and other comprehensive income, change in equity and its cash flows for the year endedon that date.
2. Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act,2013. Our responsibilities under those 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 of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013 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 obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion.
3. Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statementsof the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Non-receipt of audited statement of account in case of investment through PMS/Fund Managers
a. The Company has invested in shares, securities, debentures, units of mutual funds etc. through Fund Managers & PortfolioManagement Service (PMS) providers. These Fund Managers/PMS entities provide statement showing investments made bythem on behalf of the company, gains/losses earned/incurred on sale of such investments, expenses incurred by them includingtheir fees for managing the portfolio and the balance of investments remaining with them at the end of the year. The Companyaccounts for these transactions in its books of accounts on receipt of such statements. However, in all these cases of investmentthrough PMS/fund managers, the audited statements for the financial year are usually not received before finalisation of our auditand all the income, expenditure, gains/losses, investments are accounted for on the basis of unaudited statements provided bythese PMS/fund managers to the Company available till the finalisation of our audit. On the basis of its past experience, themanagement of the Company is of the opinion that generally no material difference in the income, expenditure, gains/losses,investment etc. is detected after the audited statements are provided by these PMS/fund managers.
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
Investment in debentures
b. The Company has invested in debentures of various private/public limited companies directly or through various fundsmanagers/PMS and accounts for interest accrued and/or received on such investment in debentures from thesecompanies/funds from time to time. However, in the case of investment in 20.50% debentures of Green Farm Tech Pvt. Ltd.amounting to Rs.75,00,000/-, 20% debentures of Samruddhi Realty Ltd. amounting to Rs.1,00,00,000/-, 18% debentures ofFortuna Buildcon (India) Pvt. Ltd. amounting to Rs.49,00,000/-, 20% debentures of Diyug Construction Pvt. Ltd. amounting toRs.77,89,858/-, 17.25% debentures of Kasata Hometech (India) Pvt. Ltd. amounting to Rs.87,17,500/-, 15% debentures ofShashwati Realty Pvt. Ltd. amounting to Rs.93,45,000/-, and 18% debentures of BCIL Red Earth Developers India Pvt. Ltd.amounting to Rs.43,08,735/-, the interest and principal sums, wherever due, are not being received on due dates. These
companies/funds managers/PMS managers have earlier informed the Company about the financial and/or liquidity crunch facedby these companies, status of their construction projects, the legal cases filed in various forums against these companies andhave been updating the Company with current status of these cases, financial position and recoverability from time to time andaccordingly, advised the company not to account for such interest in its books of accounts on accrual basis. Accordingly, theinterest on such debentures is not being accounted for on accrual basis but is being accounted for on receipt basis. Further,having regard to the communications received/talks with these companies/fund managers/PMS managers and evaluation of theunderlying assets made by the Board of Directors, wherever in the management's perception, the amounts recoverable againstthese investments including interest thereon are not recoverable or partly recoverable, provision for loss of investment to theextent required for the same has been made and wherever they are fully secured by the underlying security of immoveableproperties with their estimated market values adequately covering the principal amounts as well as interest accrued & alreadyaccounted for, no provision has been made.
In the cases of Green Farm Tech Pvt. Ltd., BCIL Red Earth Dev. India Pvt. Ltd., Diyug Construction Pvt. Ltd., Fortuna BuildconIndia Pvt. Ltd. and Samruddhi Realty Ltd., the fund managers/RPs have informed the Company about diminution in the value ofthe underlying assets and advised it to provide for such diminution in the value in earlier years and accordingly, the Company hadmade provision for principle as well as interest accrued (& accounted) in those years as an Exceptional Item in the Profit & Lossaccount for those year to the extent required.
In the circumstances as aforementioned, the management has taken a conscious decision to not make a provision for any loss onrecoverability of these debenture investments & interest already accounted in its books of accounts, except in respect ofinvestments as mentioned in the above para, and has deferred the same till final realisation/decision in various legal proceedingsinitiated by fund managers/PMS managers for recovery of these debentures. In absence of any working for evaluation ofunderlying asset being produced before us other than the communications received from the fund managers/PMSmanagers/Companies, we are not in a position to comment on it.
Our procedures included, but were not limited to the following:
(i) Non-receipt of audited statement of account in case of investment through PMS/Fund Managers
(a) Obtained an understanding of management’s process of recording of investments, profit/loss on sale of suchinvestments, expenses etc. and evaluated it on the basis of earlier year’s audited & unaudited statements furnished bythe PMS entities to check about the difference in the results that occur.
(b) Assessed the appropriateness of the methodology and corrective actions taken in subsequent years.
(c) Assessed the reasonableness & correct recording of the transactions by the PMS entities based on historical dataavailable with the Company.
(ii) Investment in debentures
(a) Obtained an understanding of management’s process & methodology of investing in debentures, evaluated themethodology adopted for assessing the realisability of the debentures & interest thereon and security availableagainst such investment in debentures. We also tested effectiveness of such evaluation process adopted by themanagement to determine recoverable value of the security available.
(b) Assessed the appropriateness of the methodology and valuation model used by the management to estimate therecoverable value of securities underlying these investments.
(c) Assessed the reasonableness of the assumptions made by the management regarding the value of underlyingsecurity and realisability of the same to cover the investment made by the Company.
4. Other Information
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Company's annual report but does not include the financial statements and our auditors' report thereon. TheCompany's annual report is expected to be made availalbe to us after the date of this auditors' report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statement or our knowledge obtained
in the audit or otherwise appears to be material misstated.
When we read the Company's annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matter to those charged with governance and take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevant laws andregulations.
5. Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone 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”) withrespect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, profit/loss andother comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany 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 internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue 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 eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
6. Auditors’ 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 materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or 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 of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
a. identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
b. obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under section 143(3)(If the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
c. evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
d. conclude on the appropriateness of management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting inpreparation of financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required 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 evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continueas a going concern.
e. evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether thefinancial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
7. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
8. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in theaudit of the financial statements of the current period and are, therefore, the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matters or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest of such communication.
9. Other Matters
Our attendance at the time of physical inventory taken by the management was not practicable under the circumstances andaccordingly, we have relied upon the report of the internal auditors and have performed alternative procedures to audit on the existenceand condition of inventory at year end as per the guidance provided in “SA-501 - Audit Evidence - Specific considerations for selecteditems” and have obtained sufficient audit evidence to issue our unmodified opinion on these financial results.
In respect of matters related to Goods & Service Tax, this being a legal & technical matter, we have relied upon the working made &returns filed by the Company based on the professional advice received by it.
The profits/losses, investment value, number of units/shares etc. invested through Portfolio Management Services (PMS) has beenaccounted for on the basis of draft reports for the year received from them. In absence of audited figures from the PMS, we express ourinability to comment on their veracity or otherwise.
The gratuity liability for the period has been provided on the basis of report issued by Shri A.P. Peethambaram, fellow of Institute ofActuaries of India.
10. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
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 Companies Act, 2013, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
11. 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 necessaryfor 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 ourexamination of those books.
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the statement ofchanges in equity 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 133of 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 31st March, 2025 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 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 operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) 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 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 has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
iv. a. The Management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, 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 thecompany to or in any other person or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understandingwhether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities indentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide 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 theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orproviding any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
c. Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered resonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule (e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material mistataement.
v. The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company, during the year is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
As stated in note 27.12 of the financial statements, the Board of Directors of the company have propsoed final dividend forthe year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividendproposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come acrossany instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
12. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of section197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197r.w. Schedule 5 of the Comapnies Act, 2013.
For JD Pawar & AssociatesChartered Accountants(FRN : 141721W)
(Jasvant D. Pawar)ProprietorM. No.168998
Mumbai,
May 30, 2025
UDIN : 25168998BMORWW4244