We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Blue Coast Hotels Limited ("the Company"),which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, andsummary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "thestandalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, theprofit & loss and the total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of theAct. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Financial Statements 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 independence requirements that arerelevant 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.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit ofstandalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response(Principal Audit Procedures)
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The Company has availed its Right to redeem the property u/s60 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 by giving notice to IFCIbefore handing over the possession of property. The WritPetition is pending adjudication at Hon'ble High Court ofBombay at Goa. The outcome of the writ petition may have thematerial impact on the company as a going concern and mayalso impact the alleged sale of Hotel property at Goa.
(Refer Note. No. 27(a) to the financial statements.)
We have collected the followingdocuments:-
Copy of order of writ petition filedbefore Hon'ble High Court of Bombayat Goa and other papers related to thematter under reference.
We read and analysed the variousorders/judgements in respect of thematter.
Material uncertainty related to Going Concern
We draw attention to Note No. 27 (a) & 27(g) in the standalone financial statement, regarding handing over of onlyoperational asset of the company to the auction purchaser pursuant to the Hon'ble Supreme Court order, accumulatedlosses, no revenue from operations and default in redemption of 10% of the principal amount i.e. '4.15 crores ofCumulative Redeemable Preference Share due on 30.10.2023, these matters raising significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a Going Concern.
The Company's Board of Director is responsible for preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements andour auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on financial statement does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financialstatements 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 material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the company in accordance withapplicable Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the standalone financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the company's abilitycontinue as going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease the operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedure responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement 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 auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(1) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonable of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedof accounting 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. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the standalone financial statement or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. 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 thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transaction andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factor in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatementsin the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably 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 mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosures aboutthe matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
A. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government in
terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in Annexure "A", a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs
3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
B. 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 the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the company so far as itappears from our examination 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 Flows dealt with by this report are in agreement with the booksof accounts.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with relevant rules issued thereunder.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as at 31st March, 2024 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March 2024 from being appointed as adirector 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 theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure "B". Our report expressed anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols over financial reporting.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid/provided by the company to its directors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act.
(h) 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:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements. (Also refer Note No. 27 (a) of Financial Statement)
(ii) The Company did not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts. Hence, the questionof any material foreseeable losses does not arise.
(iii) During the year, the company was not liable to transfer any amount to the Investor Education andProtection Fund.
(iv) Based on the audit procedures performed 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) contain any material misstatement.
For P.P. Bansal & COChartered AccountantsFirm's Regn. No: 001916N
CA. Neeraj Bansal(Partner)
Place : New Delhi Membership No. 091893
Date : 28.05.2024 UDIN - 24091893BKEFYP8276