We have audited the accompanying financial statements ofAplab Limited (“the Company”) which comprise the Balancesheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss,including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, theCash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equityfor the year then ended, and notes to the Ind AS financialstatements, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Ind AS financialstatements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013, as amended (“the Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules2015, as amended and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company asat March 31, 2025, its profit including other comprehensiveincome, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities underthose Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statementssection of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Instituteof Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion.
We draw your attention to
a. the Unpaid Statutory Dues included in “Other CurrentLiabilities” amounts to Rs.124.55 lakhs, out of whichRs.24.69 lakhs are subsequently paid to the governmentand
b. the Unpaid Gratuity / other dues of separated employeeincluded in “Employee Benefit Obligations” amounts toRs. 547.16 lakhs at the year end.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, was of most significance in our audit of thefinancial statements of the current period. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Other Information
The Company Management and board of directors areresponsible for the preparation of the other information.The other information comprises the information included inthe Annual report, but does not include the Ind AS financialstatements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the Ind AS financial statements does notcover other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Ind AS financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doingso, consider whether such other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Ind AS financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Other Information, if, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement therein, we are required tocommunicate the matters to those charged with governanceas required under SA 720 (Revised) “The Auditor’sResponsibilities Relating to Other Information”.
The Company’s board of directors are responsible for thematters stated in section 134 (5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these Ind AS financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the Ind AS financial statements that give atrue and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue asa going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Companyor to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but todo so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Ind AS financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error,and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, butis 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 the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The riskof not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraudmay involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to Ind AS financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management and Board ofdirectors.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’sreport to the related disclosures in the Ind AS financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’sreport. However, future events or conditions may causethe Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content ofthe Ind AS financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the Ind AS financial statements representthe underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the Ind AS financial statements forthe financial year ended March 31,2025 and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020(“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we give in the “Annexure A” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, and the CashFlow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements complywith the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualifiedas on 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure B”.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in ouropinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations as at 31 March 2025 on its financialposition in its financial statements - Refer Note 33 tothe financial statements.
ii. The company has not declared or paid any dividendduring the year. Hence, there is no requirement tocomply with section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013.
iii. The management has represented that, to the bestof it’s knowledge and belief, other than as disclosedin the notes to the accounts, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
iv. The management has represented, that, to the bestof it’s knowledge and belief, other than as disclosedin the notes to the accounts, no funds have beenreceived by the company from any person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities (“FundingParties”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
v. Based on audit procedures which we consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to their notice that has causedthem to believe that the representations under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) contain any material mis- statement.
vi. The company has maintained an adequate audit trailas required by the account rule. The company hasused ERP accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature of recordingaudit trail facility and the same has been operatedthroughout the year for all transactions recorded inthe software and the audit trail feature has not beentampered with and the audit trail has been preservedby the company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention. And the company has put restriction
where they can track the initiator of the entry and theperson who is finalizing the same. And report of thesame can be generated from the ERP.
h) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’sReport under Section 197(16) of of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information andexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid and orpayable by the Company to its directors during the currentyear is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197of the Act. The remuneration paid and or payable toany director is not in excess of the limit laid down underSection 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairshas not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) ofthe Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
For R. Bhargava & AssociatesChartered AccountantsFirm Reg. No. 012788N
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