We have audited the financial statements of Coastal Roadways Limited ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, 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 Cthe 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, 2024, and its profit, total comprehensive income, thechanges in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). 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 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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Key Audit Matters
How our audit addressed the Key AuditMatters
Discounts on Fuel Purchases / Toll Taxes:
The Company received discounts from Fuel Pump Vendors
• We obtained an understanding ofthe 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/TollTax contracts to ensure that thediscount amounts are legal rightsof the company.
• We performed substantive testingof each transaction by verifyingthe entire documents trail, fleetcard statements, fuel fillreports/invoices and discountcredits.
• We reviewed the past practicesand transactions of last 3 years toascertain the basis of judgementused.
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.
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; makingjudgments 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 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 is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease 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.
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 control 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.
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,Statement 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 2024taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March2024 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 financialstatements 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 operatingeffectiveness 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 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.
(i) 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 in
the 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, 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 accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2024 which hasa feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and has operated throughout the year forall relevant transactions recorded in the software.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with, in respect of accounting software for which the audit trail wasoperating.
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 onpreservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is notapplicable for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.
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.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Reg. No. 308163E
Partner
Membership No. 061553
UDIN:24061553BKBZFG4404Place: Kolkata
Date: 18th day of May, 2024