We have audited the financial statements of SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED (“the Company”), which comprisethe balance sheet as at March 31st, 2025, and the statement of Profit and Loss, statement of changes in equity andstatement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary ofsignificant 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 aforesaidfinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at that date, and its loss, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) ofthe Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the 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 Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidencewe have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
We draw attention to the statement of profit and loss, which indicates that the Company incurred a net loss ofRs. 183.75 lakhs during the year under report ( LY- Rs. 312.55 lakhs) and, as of that date the Company's currentliabilities exceeded its total assets by Rs. 2795.95 Lakhs (LY- Rs. 2612.03 lakhs). Also the net worth of thecompany has fully eroded. These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the financial statements ofthe company have been prepared on a going concern basis for the reason declared by management in Note no. 34.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thefinancial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. In addition to the matter described in the Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern section,we have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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No.
Key Audit Matter
How our audit Addressed the Key Audit Matter
1
Uncertain Taxation Matters:
The Company has material uncertaintyrelating to tax positions including mattersunder dispute which involves significantjudgment to determine the possibleoutcome of these disputes.
(Refer Note no. 24 to the FinancialStatements.)
Principal Audit Procedure:
We have obtained details of completed tax assessments anddemands up to March 31,2025 from management.
We assessed the management's underlying assumptions inestimating the tax provisions and the possible outcome of thedisputes. We also considered legal precedence and other rulings,including in the company's own cases, in evaluatingmanagement's position on these uncertain tax positions.
Provisions and contingent liabilities:
There are a number of legal, regulatory andtax cases against the Company.
High level of judgement is required inestimating the level of provisioningrequired.
(Refer to Note no. 24, 25 & 26 of Financialstatements)
We analyzed the current status of the tax cases.
For legal, regulatory and tax matters our procedures included
the following:
• Testing key controls over litigation, regulatory and taxprocedures;
• Performing substantive procedures on the underlyingcalculations supporting provisions recorded.
• Where relevant, reading external legal opinions obtained bymanagement;
• Meeting with regional and local management and readingrelevant correspondence;
• Discussing open matters with the Company litigation,regulatory, general counsel and tax teams;
• Assessing management's — conclusions throughunderstanding precedents set in similar cases; and
Based on the evidence obtained, and the related disclosures innote no. 25, 26 & 27 of the financial statements, we concludethat the disclosure was sufficient.
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Amount recoverable from / payables to
Principal Audit Procedure
foreign parties pending for settlementsdue to non-receipts of approvals from
We analyzed the following areas with respect to pending
Reserve Bank Of India or StatutoryAuthorities :
foreign balances:
• In case of amount recoverable, calculation of foreign
There are a number of cases where amount
exchanges fluctuation gain/loss with the prevailing rate;
recoverable from / payable to foreign partiesare pending for settlements due to non-
• Performing substantive procedures on the underlying
receipt of necessary approvals from ReserveBank of India.
calculations supporting the provisions recorded withrespect to foreign debtors,
High level of judgment is required in
• Where relevant, reading external legal opinions obtained by
estimating the possible outcome of these
management;
cases.
• Obtaining relevant correspondence filed with regulatory
Refer to note no. 25 & 26 of Financial
and statutory authorities for necessary approvals with
statements.
regard to outstanding balances;
• Discussion with the management about the recoverability
from debtors and paying off the creditors in near future;
Based on the evidence obtained, and the related disclosures
in note no. 25 & 26 of the financial statements, concludethat the disclosure was sufficient.
Following are the details of amounts pending to be received/paid to the foreign parties by the company due to pendingapprovals from Reserve Bank of India and other statutory authorities:
a) An amount of Rs. 42.82 Cr (L.Y. Rs. 42.82 Cr.) being advances from customers classified under the head “OtherCurrent Liabilities” are in process of being settled for a long time.
b) An amount of Rs. 2.26 (Cr L.Y. Rs. 2.26 Cr.) being Sundry Creditors classified under the head “Trade Payables'are in process of being settled for a long time.
c) An amount of Rs. 28.10 Crore, Dr (L.Y. Rs. 28.10 Crore, Dr.) being Loan to Subsidiary Classified under “Loans-Doubtful'.The company had already made a provision of Rs. 28.10 Crore, Dr (L.Y. Rs. 28.10 Crore) (27.89 crore 0.21 crore)against such doubtful advances in previous years.
All the above-mentioned amounts are long overdue and Company is following up with statutory authorities fornecessary approvals.
Our opinion is not qualified in respect of above matter.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Company's annual report or management report andChairman's Statements, but does not include the consolidated financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon. These reports are expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form ofassurance conclusion thereon. SA720 “Auditor's Responsibilities relating to Other Information” requires it inconnection with our audit of the financial statements.
In connection with our audit of the 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 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 of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013(“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true andfair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting Standardsspecified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement thatgive a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Companyor to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but 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 financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial 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, 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 errorand are considered material if, individually or in the 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 withSAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement 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 internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143 (3)(i) of the companies Act, 2013, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls at the end of the year .
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by 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 continues as going concern . If we conclude that a materialuncertainty 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 . Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report . However , future events or conditions maycause the company to cease to continue as going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
• Assess the Materiality in financial statements.
a) Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable users of the financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of ouraudit work and in evaluating the results of our work and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatementsin the financial statements.
b) We communicate with those charged with governance regarding among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit .
c) 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 thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on our independence , and where applicable, related safeguards.
• As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order'), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the “Annexure A”; astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Statement of Changes in Equity, and the Cash FlowStatement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS)specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting standards ) Rules, 2015.
(e) In our opinion there is no observation or comment to be made by us on financial transactions or matters whichhave any adverse effect on the functioning of the company.
(f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31stMarch, 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on that date from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(g) In our opinion, we do not find any qualification , reservation or adverse remark to be made by us relating to themaintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith
(h) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statement of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure -B”.
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us:
(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31st March 2025 in its financial position in itsfinancial statements -Refer Note 24 to the financial statements;
(b) The Company has made provision as required under the applicable law or accounting standards for materialforeseeable losses, if any, on long term contracts including derivative contracts.
(c) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company.
(d) (i) Whether the management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Company ; or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
It has been so represented by the management that no such funds have been advanced, loaned or invested and nosuch guarantee security or the like has been provided
(ii) Whether the management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall:
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
It has been so represented by the management that no such funds have been received and no such guaranteesecurity or the like has been provided
(iii) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub¬clause (d) (i) and (d) (ii) contain any material mis-statement.
(e) No dividend is declared or paid during the year by the Company.
(f) Whether the company has used such accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has afeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for alltransactions recorded in the software and the audit trail feature has not been tampered with and the audit trailhas been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.”
Based on our examination carried out in accordance with the Implementation Guidance onReporting on Audit Trail under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules ,2014(Revised 2024 Edition) issued by ICAI, which includes test checks, we report that the company hasused an accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recordingaudit trail. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with. Our examination of the audit trail was in the context of an audit offinancial statements carried out in accordance with the Standard of Auditing and only to the extentrequired by Rule 11(g) of the said rules. We have not carried out any audit or examination of theaudit trail beyond the matters required by the aforesaid Rule 11(g) nor have we carried out anystandalone audit or examination of the audit trail.”
g) With respect to the matters to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paidby the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 ofthe Act and is not in excess of the limit laid down under the said section.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Regn.No. : 009061N
CA. Rakesh Aggarwal
Partner
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