We have audited the Ind AS Financial Statements of RAHUL MERCHANDISING LIMITED (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of Changes inEquity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the Financial Statements, including asummary of material 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 Ind ASFinancial Statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at31 st March, 2024 and its loss, changes in Equity and its Cash Flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of theCompanies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Ind AS Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Ind AS Financial Statements under the provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013 and the Rules there-under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of Matters
The Company’s net worth has been eroded. The Company has incurred a net loss during the current year and hasbeen incurring losses in the previous years. However, the financial statements have been prepared on the fundamentalassumption of going concern for the reasons stated in Note No.12 forming part of these financial statements.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of the above matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of theInd AS Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of theInd AS Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Management’s Responsibility for the Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act,2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Ind AS Financial Statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance including Other Comprehensive Income, changes in Equity and CashFlows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Ind AS FinancialStatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Ind AS Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so.
The 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 a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Ind AS Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Ind AS Financial Statements, whether due to fraud orerror, 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 from fraudis 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 are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, 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 reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the Ind AS Financial Statements or,if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedupto the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Ind AS Financial Statements, including the disclosuresand whether the Ind AS Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
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.
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 that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the Ind AS Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicatedin our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outway 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 the Central Government
of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the “Annexure-A”,
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 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 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 itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income and theCash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS Financial Statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standardsspecified 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 31st March, 2024 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2024, frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
g) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, as no remuneration hasbeen paid by the company to its directors during the year, the provisions of Section197 of the CompaniesAct,2013 are not applicable. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details underSection 197(16) which are required to be commented upon by us.
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 explanations given to us:
i) The Company does not have any pending litigations having impact on its financial position in itsInd AS Financial Statements.
ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
(iv) (i) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief, other thanas disclosed in the Notes to the Accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (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 theintermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in 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 Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that to the best of its knowledge and belief, other thanas disclosed in the Notes to the Accounts, no funds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies) including foreign entities (“funding parties”) with theunderstanding whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whetherdirectly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (“’’Ultimate Beneficiaries) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries and
(iii) Based on such audit procedures that we have 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) contain any material mis-statement.
v) No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the Company.
vi) As the books of accounts of the Company are maintained entirely manually, reporting under Rule11(g) is not applicable.
For V S S A & AssociatesChartered Accountants{Firm Registration No 012421N}
(CA Samir Vaid)Partner
Place: New Delhi Membership No. 091309
Dated: 21.05.2024 UDIN: 24091309BKEQOH4056