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Coastal Roadways Ltd.

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Market Cap. (₹) 12.65 Cr. P/BV 0.54 Book Value (₹) 56.42
52 Week High/Low (₹) 55/26 FV/ML 10/100 P/E(X) 8.60
Bookclosure 26/07/2024 EPS (₹) 3.55 Div Yield (%) 0.00
Year End :2024-03 

We have audited the financial statements of Coastal Roadways Limited ("the Company"), which
comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other
Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the
year ended on that date, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material
accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the "financial
statements").

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the
aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 Cthe Act') in
the 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 the
state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2024, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the
changes in equity and its cash flows 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
specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further
described 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 of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our
audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we
have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code
of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
basis 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 of
the financial statements of the current period. This matter was addressed in the context of our audit of
the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a
separate opinion on this matter. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit
matter to be communicated in our report.

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Key Audit Matters

How our audit addressed the Key Audit
Matters

Discounts on Fuel Purchases / Toll Taxes:

The Company received discounts from Fuel Pump Vendors

• We obtained an understanding of
the Company's operational process

for volume purchases and discounts from Oil Marketing

in respect of its truck operations

Companies for usage of Fleet Card and digital payments.

and fuel purchases at start of the

The company also received discounts against Toll Tax

trip and enroute purchases and toll

payments through Fastag Electronic Toll Mechanism. The

tax payments on National

income arising from such discounts have been netted off

Highways.

against respective expense head by the management. As

• We assessed the appropriateness

such, the company's Vehicle Trip Expenses have been

of the management contentions

recorded and reported net of such discounts.

with the purchase/fleet card/Toll
Tax contracts to ensure that the
discount amounts are legal rights
of the company.

• We performed substantive testing
of each transaction by verifying
the entire documents trail, fleet
card statements, fuel fill
reports/invoices and discount
credits.

• We reviewed the past practices
and transactions of last 3 years to
ascertain the basis of judgement
used.

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 information
comprises 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 not
include 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 any
form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information
and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be
materially misstated.

If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this
other 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 Financial
Statements

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 financial
position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows
of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in
India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with
the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting
frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance

of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial
statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the
going concern basis of accounting unless management 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 financial reporting
process.

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 are
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an
audit 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 the
aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the
basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit
evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting
a material misstatement resulting from fraud is 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 financial control relevant to the audit in order to design 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 the company has adequate internal financial
controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates 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 or
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability 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 the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to
modify our opinion. Our conclusions 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 the
disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in
a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in
aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the
financial 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 planned
scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in
internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships 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 those matters that
were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore
the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'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 communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so
would 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 our
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 the Company so far
as it appears from our examination of those books.

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,
Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in
agreement with the books of account.

(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under Section 133
of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2024
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March
2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.

(f) The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith,
is as stated in paragraph (b) above.

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial
statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate

Report in "Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating
effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls with reference to financial statements.

(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the
requirements of Section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to
its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.

(i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule
11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of
our information and according to the explanations given to us:

(i) The Company does not have any pending litigation which would impact its financial position
in its financial statements;

(ii) The Company does not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts for which
there were any material foreseeable losses;

(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to 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, as
disclosed in Note 42(vi) to the financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned
or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of
funds) 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 the
intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified 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.

(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of it(s) knowledge and belief as
disclosed in Note 42(vii) to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the
Company 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 manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (" Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in

the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the
representation under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of the Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b)
above, contained 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 accounting
software for maintaining its books of accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2024 which has
a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and has operated throughout the year for
all relevant transactions recorded in the software.

Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail
feature being tampered with, in respect of accounting software for which the audit trail was
operating.

As Proviso to rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from 1st April,
2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on
preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is not
applicable for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.

2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (' the Order) issued by the Central
Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

For PATANJALI & CO.

Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg. No. 308163E

(Virat Sharma)

Partner

Membership No. 061553

UDIN:24061553BKBZFG4404
Place: Kolkata

Date: 18th day of May, 2024

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