1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements ofM/s.SHARMA EAST INDIA HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH LTD.
(“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as at March 31,2024, and the statement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income), Statement of Changes in Equity and CashFlows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements,including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements givethe information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act") inthe manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 ofthe Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015 as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company asat March 31, 2024, profit and total comprehensive income, changesin equity of the Company and its cash flows for the year then ended.
Basis for opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) issued by ICAI and specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the FinancialStatements Section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion.
Other Information
4. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises information included inthe Management Discussion and Analysis, the Board Report, but doesnot include the financial statements and our auditor’s reportthereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the otherinformation and we do not express any form of assurance conclusionthereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the auditor otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on thework we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information; we are required to reportthat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of management and those charged with
governance for the financial statements
5. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) withrespect to the preparation of these financial statements to give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceand total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingof the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities, selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies, making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the financial statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement whether due to fraud or error.
6. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and usingthe going concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are alsoresponsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
7. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether thefinancial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these financial statements.
8. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit.We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design andperform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit inorder to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under Section 143(3) (i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the goingconcern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention inour auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify ouropinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thefinancial statements, including the disclosures, and whether thefinancial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
9. 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 ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
10. We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationships andother matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
11. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020,(“the order”) issued by the Central Government in terms of sub¬section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give inthe “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the order, to the extent applicable.
12. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanationswhich to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary forthe purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears from ourexamination of those books
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss includingother comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity andthe Statement of cash flows dealt with by this report are inagreement with the books of account
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements complywith the Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from thedirectors as on 31st March, 2024 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March,2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) Report on the matters specified under clause (i) of Section 143(3)of the Act, is attached as “Annexure B” to this report.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor'sReport in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) ofthe Act, we report that the remuneration paid by the company toits Directors is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 and the remuneration paid to anyDirector is not in excess of the limit laid down under the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’sReport in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations asat March 31, 2024 on its financial position in its financialstatements.
ii The Company has long-term contracts as at March 31, 2024 forwhich there were no material foreseeable losses. The Companydid not have any derivative contracts.
iii There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required tobe transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company during the year ended March 31, 2024.
iv (a) The management has represented that, to the best of
its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notesto the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries (Refer Notes to the financialstatements);
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of itsknowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes tothe accounts, no funds have been received by the Companyfrom any persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries(Refer Notes to the financialstatements); and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that we consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v No dividend has been declared during the year underconsideration by the Company.
vi Pursuant to reporting requirement under Rule 11(g)pertinent to accounting software for maintaining books ofaccount which has a feature of audit trail, we report that,the Company has complied with the provisions enunciated inproviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014for the year under review.
for Gopal Sharma & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 002803C
Sd/-
(CA Gautam Sharma)
Partner
Membership No. 079225
UDIN: 24079225BKEQVG7583
Jaipur
30th May, 2024