We have audited the Financial Statements of AAKASH EXPLORATION SERVICES LIMITED ("theCompany"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the Statement of Profit andLoss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity andStatement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and notes to the financial statements, includinga summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,the aforesaid Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rule 2015, as amended, ('Ind AS') and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, the Profitand total comprehensive income, Changes in Equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. Weare independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules there under, andwe have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significancein our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed inthe context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have no key audit matterto communicate in our report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information.The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the FinancialStatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent
with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement ofthis other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the AS and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reportingprocess.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue anauditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, butis not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with Standards of Auditing (SAs), we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
♦ Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, andobtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
♦ Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) ofthe Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of
such controls.
♦ Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
♦ Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in thefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. 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 the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
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 currentperiod and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's reportunless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, 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 publicinterest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of Sub-Section (11) of Section 143 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we give in the Annexure "A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
3. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
4. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination of those books.
5. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
6. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
7. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March,2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on31st March, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
8. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report inAnnexure "B". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
9. g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
10. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition;
11. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
12. There were no amount which were required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
13. A] The Management has represented that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the notes 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(s) or entities, including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
14. B] the management has represented, that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the company from anypersons or entities, 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; and
15. C] Based on such audit procedures, that we considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused them to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (A) and (B) contain any material misstatement.
16. The Company has not declared or paid dividend during the year.
17. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company, has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility. However, we are unable to comment that the audit trail facility has beenoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.Accordingly the question of our commenting on whether the audit trail was tampered withdoes not arise.
18. The Company has paid/provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with therequisite approvals mandated by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to theAct.
Place : Ahmedabad For, Parikh Shah & Associates
Date : 14/05/2025 Chartered Accountants
UDIN : 25101106BMHAPW1760 FRN : 123999W
Munir ShahPartnerM.No. : 101106