We have audited the financial statements of MAHALAXMI SEAMLESS LIMITED (“the Company”),which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 st March 2024 the statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), statement of cash flows, Statement of change in Equity for the year then ended,and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the accounting Standard prescribed under section 133 of theCompanies Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended (“IndAS”), and the other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at 31st March, 2024 its profit/loss , its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date,
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Accounting Standards (AS) specified under section143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereonand we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters describedbelow to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
how our audit addressed the kev audit matter
Exceptional item Rs 157.20 Lacs related.
During the year company has been paid Rs
157.20 Lacs as a one-time settlement of customduty.
Information other thnii the flnnnclnl statements nnd auditors’ report thereon
The Company’s board of directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’sReport but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financialstatements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
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.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Companyin accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the AccountingStandards (AS) specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Ind AS financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Companyor to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Ind AS Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it existeMisstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the
aggregate they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on hebasis of these financial statements. sers taKen on the
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise orofessinnal . . . ....
skepticism throughout the audit. We also: Pro*ss.onal judgment and maintain professional
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a bnsis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, 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 thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the relateddisclosures in the financial 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’s report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually orm aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of thes an lone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors m (!) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) toevaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope
and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internalcontrol that we identify during our audit. internal
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other
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Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order 2020 f“thp rirrior'n • , ,
CerM Government of India in remr, of ,ubSi«S by.‘'1'
2013, we give in the ‘Annexure A’, a statement on the Co?Panies Act,
the Order, to the extent applicable. ^ ln Para8raphs 3 and 4 of
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
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b) 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.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including other comprehensive income),the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of changes in Equity dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards (AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 st March, 2024taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to Ind ASfinancial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in ‘Annexure B\
g) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’s Report under section 197(16), Inour opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess ofthe limit laid down under section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notpi escribed other details under section 197(16) which are required to be commented upon byus.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ,if any, of pending litigations as at March 31, 2024on its Ind AS Financial Statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. The Company has Rs.9,965/-relating to financial year 2007-2008 required to be transferredto the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief no fundshave been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentmes ( Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writingotherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other
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(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 (I) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b)above, contain any material mis-statement,
v. No dividend have been declared or paid during the year by the company.
vi. Based on our examination, which Included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting software’s for maintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)
facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software's. Further, during the course of our audit we did not comeacross any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicablefrom April 1,2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2024.
For AGRAWAL JAIN & GUPTA
Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg. No. 013538C ___
slrwan Kumar Prajapati |* l FRHmMMy * JJPartner
Membership No. 199969 N^edAccP^
UDIN: 24199969BKAKKS1948Date: 24th May, 2024Place: Mumbai