We have audited the standalone financial statements of JANUS CORPORATION LIMITED ("the Company")having CIN No U74999MH1998PLC117279 , which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March, 2024, andthe statement of Profit and Loss, (statement of changes in equity) and statement of cash flows for the yearended as on 31stMarch, 2024, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information [in which are included the Returns for the periodended on that date audited by the branch auditors of the Company's branches.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, except forthe effects of the matters described in the basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph below, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, and profit (changes in equity) and its cash flows for the yearended on 31stMarch, 2024.
Basis for Qualified 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'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether 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 ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified opinion.
1. Company has not complied with the provisions of Section 186 of the companies act while giving loanto the third parties as below -
a. No interest is being charged on the loans given.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit ofthe financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters.
Reporting of key audit matters as per SA 701, Key Audit Matters are applicable to the Company as it is a listedcompany.
Reporting of key audit matters as per SA 701, below are our observation for the financial year 2023-2024:
1. Fixed Deposit of Rs. 7,21,340 details along with interest certificate has not been provided.
2. Details and clarification about transactions in 'E-payment Services' ledger has not been provided.
3. No TDS has been deducted for the following expenses during the year. However the same has beenbooked on 01/04/2024.
Particulars
Amount (Rs.)
Professional Charges
1,70,666.00
Audit Fees
20,000.00
Other matters are those matters other than those that are presented or disclosed in the financial statementsthat, in our opinion is relevant to user's understanding of the audit. Reporting of other matters for the FY2023-24:
1. GST Annual Return 9 and 9 C not filed for FY 2018-19, FY 2019-20, FY 2020-2021, FY 2021-22 and FY2022-23 till date of this report.
2. For the F.Y 2023-24, sales as per Books is Rs. 38,90,21,160 and as per GSTR3B is Rs. 38,31,12,410resulting to difference of Rs. 59,08,750 which is unreconciled until this date of this audit report.
3. TDS liability for earlier financial years for Rs 9.44 lacs is unpaid as on date of this report.
4. TDS returns and TDS Challans could not be verified with the books of account as TDS Return and TDSChallans not filled/ paid as of date of this report.
5. The company has been issued below notices from GST Department as per GST Portal -
Notice/DemandOrder Id
Issued By
Type
Notice/Order
Description
Date ofIssuance
Due Date
Amount ofDemand
ZA270324215459H
System
Generated
Notice
Notice to returndefaulter u/s 46 fornot fling return
25/03/2024
09/04/2024
NA
ZA2712232231417
26/12/2023
10/01/2024
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a trueand fair view of the financial position, financial performance, (changes in equity) and cash flows of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting 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 ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan 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 financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls
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• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates 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 orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify 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 to cease to continueas a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (the "Order") issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "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, we report that:
a) Except in respect of matters specified in the basis for Qualified Opinion Paragraph above, we have sought andobtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessaryfor the purposes of our audit.
b) Except in respect of matters specified in the basis for Qualified Opinion Paragraph above, 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement withthe books of account.
d) Except for the effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in ouropinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) The matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in our opinion, may not have anadverse impact on the functioning of the Company.
f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31stMarch, 2024 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the Internal Financial Controls with reference to the financial statements ofthe company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B".Our Report expresses a qualified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the company'sinternal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements.
h) The qualification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are asstated in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above.
i) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2024 has been paid / provided bythe Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to theAct;
j) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in anyother person or entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin 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 UltimateBeneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person orentity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the company.
vi.
Nature of exception Noted
Details of exception
The accounting software used bythe company for maintaining itsbooks of accounts for thefinancial year ended March 31,2024 does not have a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log)facility.
Company uses Tally ERP software for maintainingits books of accounts which does not have an inbuiltedit log feature. In the absence existence of audittrail (edit log) for any direct changes made at thedatabase level in the “Independent ServiceAuditor’s Assurance Report on the description ofControls, their design and operating effectiveness”(Type 2 report issued in accordance with ISAE3402, Assurance reports on Controls at a ServiceOrganisation), we draw attention to the same thataudit trail feature with respect to database of thesaid software was not enabled and not operatedthroughout the year.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023, reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of Audit Trail as perstatutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
k) The company is in compliance with the provisions of section 197 read with schedule V of the companies Act.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Reg. No. 02910C
Membership No. 136933Place: MumbaiDate: 29.05.2024UDIN: 24136933BKAWFY6812