We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Orient Ceratech Limited (“the Company”) whichcomprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, the statement of profit and loss including other comprehensive income, thestatement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as “the standalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Actread with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (‘Ind AS”) and the other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2025, its profit including othercomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs)specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone 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 India (“the ICAI”)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters which, in our professional judgment were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone 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 our forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. We have the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport:
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1. Advance given to mining contractors pending adjust
The Company extracts raw bauxite from its mineswhich are taken on lease. The company get the rawbauxite extracted through various sub-contractorswhich includes extraction, sizing, sorting, truckloading activities, etc. at various mines.
The Company accounts for the inventories of rawbauxite in the books when all the activities of thesub-contractors get completed and material is readilyusable.
As at March 31, 2025, the extracted stock of rawbauxite which remain to be sorted and weighmentthereof is not recorded in the books.
Against the contracted activities, the Company hasoutstanding advance of Rs. 807.51 lacs as at reportingdate paid to sub-contractors towards various activitiesat mines.
Treatment of amount paid to sub-contractor as anadvance pending adjustment, was determined to bekey matter in our audit of the standalone financialstatements.
• We have reviewed the Company’s internal control as regardsaccounting of advance to sub-contractors and accounting ofpurchase of material.
• As per contractors’ confirmation and managementrepresentation, at the reporting year end, as mining activitiesare in progress and hence, the amount paid to the contractorsare treated as advances since the mining services obligationsare not yet completed.
• We have also verified the amount of advance settled duringthe year based on receipt of raw bauxite and details ofadditional advance paid during the year.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Management Discussionand Analysis, Corporate Governance Report, Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the standalone financialstatements and auditor’s report thereon. The Board’s Report and other information are expected to be made available to usafter the date of this auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated.
When we read the aforesaid reports and information, if we conclude that there is material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those charged with governance.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordancewith the Ind AS and accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor 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 adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concerns and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Board of Directors is also 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 are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatements of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of the internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, 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 tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosure, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing ofthe audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during ouraudit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto 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 most
significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matteror when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1 As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of
India terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure - A, a statement on the matters
specified in clause 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account 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 cash flow statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the booksof account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified undersection 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2015;
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2025, and taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March 2025, from beingappointed as a director in terms section 164(2) of the Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company andoperating effectiveness of such controls, our separate report in annexure - B may be referred;
g) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 of the Act read with Schedule V of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanation given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring the amounts, required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed
in the note no, 40(h) to the accounts, 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 entity, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or
provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Benehcianes;
b. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the note no. 40(i) to the accounts, no funds have been received by the Company fromany person or entity, including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
c. Based on such audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The dividend declared or paid during the year by the Company is in compliance with section123 of the Act.
vi. Based on our examination which included compliance test and test checks, the Company has used
the accounting software for maintaining books of account which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for all transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For SANGHAVI & COMPANYChartered AccountantsFRN: 109099W
Mumbai MANOJ GANATRA
May 28, 2025 Partner
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