We have audited the financial statements of Coastal Roadways Limited ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2026, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for theyear ended on that date, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the "financialstatements").
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 Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') inthe manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards('Ind AS') prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015,as amended, ('Ind AS') and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2026, its profit and other comprehensive income, itscash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s)specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the financial 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 the ICAI's Codeof Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our audit opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matter is the matter that, in our professional judgment, was of most significance in our audit ofthe financial statements of the current period. This matter was addressed in the context of our audit ofthe financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide aseparate opinion on this matter. We have determined the matter described below to be the key auditmatter to be communicated in our report.
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Auditor's ResponseHow our audit addressed the matter
Pending Conversion of Leasehold Land into Freehold
As described in Note 5 to the financial statements, the
• Examined the original leasedocuments, deed of assignment in
Company holds leasehold rights over certain land pursuant
favour of the Company and other
to an assignment from Calcutta Goods Transport Association
relevant legal documents.
(CGTA). During the year, the Company paid conversion
• Verified the payment of conversion
charges to the Government of West Bengal for conversion of
charges to the Government of
the leasehold land into freehold. However, as at March 31,
West Bengal.
2026 and up to the date of our audit report, the conveyance
• Reviewed the correspondence and
deed had not been executed and registered. Accordingly,
approvals relating to conversion of
the Company has continued to classify the land as leasehold
the land into freehold and
land and has disclosed the status of the conversion process
evaluated the status of execution
in the notes to the financial statements.
and registration of the conveyance
Considering the materiality of the carrying amount of the
deed.
land and the audit procedures required to evaluate the
• Evaluated management's
status of the legal conversion process, the appropriateness
assessment that the land should
of the accounting treatment adopted by management and
continue to be classified as
the adequacy of the related disclosures, we considered this
leasehold land as at March 31,
matter to be one of the matters of most significance in our
2026 pending completion of the
audit.
legal formalities.
• Assessed the adequacy of thedisclosures made in the financialstatements relating to the pendingexecution and registration of theconveyance deed.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Director's Report, Management Discussion and Analysis,Corporate Governance Report and Business Responsibility Report in the Annual Report but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditor's reports 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 bematerially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance of the FinancialStatements
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act,with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flowsof the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted inIndia. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenanceof 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 financialstatement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless Board of Directors either intends toliquidate 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 financial reportingprocess.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole arefree 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 of assurance, but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financialcontrols system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and 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 orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. 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 cease to continueas 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 ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of thefinancial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in
(i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and
(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal financial controls that we identify during our audit.
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 othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh 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 of ourknowledge 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 the Company so faras it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under Section 133of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2026taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March2026 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 financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in "Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls with reference to financial statements.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company toits directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us:
(i) The Company does not have any pending litigation which would impact its financial positionin its financial statements;
(ii) The Company does not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in Note 42(vi) to the financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loanedor 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 theintermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (" Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of it(s) knowledge and belief asdisclosed in Note 42(vii) to the financial statements, no funds have been received by theCompany from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ( "Funding Parties" ),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise that the Company shall,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in any 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.
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentation under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of the Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b)above, contain any material misstatement.
(v) The Company has not recommended any dividend during the previous year.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accountingsoftware systems for maintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended 31stMarch, 2026 which have the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the softwaresystems.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as perthe statutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For PATANJALI & CO.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Reg. No. 308163E
Sd/-
(Virat Sharma)
Partner
Membership No. 061553
UDIN:26061553YIEGLR4145Place: Kolkata
Date: 26th day of May, 2026