We have audited the accompanying financial statements ofGP PETROLEUMS LIMITED (the "Company"), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement ofProfit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement ofCash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notes to theaccounts, including material accounting policy informationand other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to asthe "financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (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 the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, the profit and totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. 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 ("ICAI") together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of thefinancial statements under the provisions of the Act and theRules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Key audit matters ("KAM") are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgement, were of most significance in ouraudit of the financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of thefinancial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters.
1. Provision for Doubtful DebtsKey Audit Matter
The Company has recognized provisions against certaintrade receivables where amounts are long-outstandingand are currently under legal dispute or arbitration.The determination of the adequacy of such provisionsinvolves significant management judgment, particularlyin estimating the likelihood of recovery, timing, andpossible outcomes of legal proceedings. Consideringthe materiality of these balances and the uncertaintiesinvolved, this was considered a key audit matter.
How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
a) Reviewed the ageing of trade receivables andidentified disputed or long-pending cases.
b) Examined legal correspondence and evaluated thecurrent status of the cases.
c) Discussed with management their basis forprovisioning and likelihood of recoverability.
d) Verified subsequent receipts or adjustments postyear-end where applicable.
e) Assessed whether the Company's provisioningpolicy aligns with Ind AS 109 and tested itsconsistent application.
f) Evaluated adequacy of the related disclosures inthe financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors and the Management areresponsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the ManagementDiscussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexuresto Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report, CorporateGovernance and Shareholder's Information, but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form ofassurance or conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appearsto be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report inthis regard.
The Company's Board of Directors and the Managementare responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) ofthe Act with respect to the preparation and presentationof these financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance, includingother comprehensive income, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS andother accounting principles generally accepted in India.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding 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 design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors and the Management areresponsible for overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the financial statements as-a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatementscan arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably beexpected to influence the economic decisions of users takenbased on these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit.
We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to thoserisks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and
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 financial controlrelevant to the audit 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 system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Board of Directorsand Management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained,whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure, and contentof the financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financialstatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements maybe influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the financialstatements.
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 financial statements of thecurrent period and are therefore
the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
We were appointed as statutory auditors of the Company inthe Annual General Meeting held on 18th September 2024.Previous Year's figures have been taken as audited by theprevious auditors, who issued an unmodified report dated28th May 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our
audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby 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 Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of CashFlows dealt with by this Report agree with therelevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statementscomply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133of the Act read with Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025, taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "AnnexureA".
g) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position inits financial statements. Refer Note 34 to thefinancial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. (A) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other source or kindof funds) by the company to or in anyother person or entities, includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theintermediary shall, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on the behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(B) The Management has representedthat, to the best of it's knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are materialeither individually or in the aggregate)have been received by the companyfrom any person or entities, includingforeign entities, with the understanding,whether received in writing or otherwise,as on the date of this audit report, thatthe company shall, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner by or onbehalf of the funding party ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(C) Based on the audit procedures asconsidered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances and accordingto the information and explanationsprovided to us nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe thatthe representation under sub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under(A) and (B) above, contain any materialmisstatements.
v. The company has neither declared nor paidany dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accountingsoftware systems for maintaining its books of
account for the financial year ended March31, 2025 which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software systems.Further, during the course of our audit we didnot come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with and the audittrail has been preserved by the Companyas per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
2. 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 "AnnexureB" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order.
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
For J Mandal & Co LLP
Chartered Accountants(Firm's Registration No. 302100E/N500422)
CA Mukkul Agarrwal
Partner
Place: New Delhi Membership No.502489
Date: May 28, 2025 UDIN: 25502489BMKUHR4604