We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of RATHI BARSLIMITED (the “Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the -Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and notesto the financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred 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 Standalone Financial Statements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS”) andother accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Companyas at March 31, 2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (“SA”s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and theICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated in our report.
We have determined that thera-aceno key audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Business Responsibility andSustainability Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder’s Information, but does notinclude the consolidated financial statements, Standalone Financial Statements and ourauditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information andwe do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appeal's to be materially 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for the Standalone FinancialStatements
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 Standalone Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view of the financial position, financial performance, including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give atrue and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management and Board of Directors areresponsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting,unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations,or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financialreporting process.
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Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone FinancialStatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, andto issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or erroi andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Standalone Financial
Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements 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 the 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 theStandalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone FinancialStatements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone Financial Statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves failpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that,individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitat^J&c^phKm (i) planning the scope of our audit work and
in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any sigmficandeficiencies in internal financial controls that we identity 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 arelationships 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 Standalone Financial Statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicate inour report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
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 information and explanations which to the best otour knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Ind ASspecified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) ot the
Act.
f) with respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference toStandalone Financial Statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company sinternal financial controls \A^^rgjiSet0 Standalone Financial Statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordancewith the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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, as amended, in ouropinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous:
i. There is no pending litigation which would have impact on its financialposition and its financial Statements.
ii. The Company has made provision as required under applicable law oraccounting standards for material foreseeable losses. The Company did nothave any long-term derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferredto the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv.
(a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreignentity (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the Company from any person orentity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, securitw^pjRl^^Sm behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
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(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that hascaused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii)of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company hasused accounting software systems for maintaining its books of account forthe financial year ended March 31, 2025 which have the feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recorded in the software systems. Further,during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of theaudit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preservedby the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (the “Order”) issued by theCentral Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For MASAR & Co.
Chartered AccountajjU—^
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CA. Shashi ShckMTRaT^^
(Partner)
Membership No.519011
Place: New DelhiDate: 29.05.2025