We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hariyana ShipBreakers Limited, ("the Company") which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025,the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), statement ofchanges in equity and statement of cash flow for the year then ended, and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred as "the Standalone Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements except "Ind-AS 109 - "Financial Instrumentsregarding providing expected credit loss on Unsecured Loans & Advances which is consideredgood & recoverable and the effect for the possible effects of matter described in the basis forqualified opinion" give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India including Indian Accounting Standards("Ind AS")specified in section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31, 2025, and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and othercomprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
1. The Non-Current Loans and advances classified as Financial Assets: The company hasgiven advances of Rs. 1319.00 Lakhs in earlier years which have been classified under Non¬current Loans and advances classified as Financial Assets. The company had given the saidamount with the objective of establishing a joint venture. As of the date of this report, thecompany has not commenced any joint venture activities nor has it recovered the saidamount. The company has considered these outstanding Loans and Advances as good forrecovery at the value at which they have been stated in the standalone financial statements.In our opinion, the necessary provision for Loans and advances should have been made bythe company. The above advances have been carried at the same amounts as at March 31,2025 as no transactions have taken place during the period of our review. The balanceconfirmation of above loans and advances have not been received by the management andhence Non-provision of such doubtful advance of Rs. 1319.00 Lacs. The non - compliance ofInd AS 109 has resulted in an overstatement of profit and an overstatement of theoutstanding balance of Non- Current loans and advance and shareholder's fund by Rs.1319.00 Lacs. Our conclusion stands qualified in respect of possible impact of the aboveadvance on the audited financial statements.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
1. We draw attention to the users of Standalone financial statement, that the companyhas accepted advance of Rs. 1.21 crores from one private limited company in thefinancial year 2017-18 for starting a joint venture. Till date, the company has notbeen able to start any joint venture as intended nor has the company paid back theadvanced amount. (Refer to Note No. 3.19 to Financial Statements for Loans received.)
2. We draw attention to users of Standalone financial statements, the company hasavailed overdraft facility from Punjab National Bank of Rs. 25.00 crores. Thecompany has utilized part of the said OD for repayment of unsecured loans. Theoutstanding balance of overdraft facility as on 31.03.2025 was Rs.11.87 Crore. In theabsence of specific linking of utilization, we are unable to comment on the purposefor which the said loan was taken and utilized.
3. We draw attention to the users of Standalone financial statements, that the Companyis partner in five partnership firm having main object of real estate development.The company has also invested in its subsidiary firm having main object of dealingin oxygen gases. The capital contribution of the company as at the year ended onMarch 31, 2025 is Rs.137.64 Crores which constitutes 82.91% of the total assets of thecompany. Further, we draw attention to the fact that one of the partnership firms, inwhich the Company has contributed Rs.127.25 crores, has deployed Rs.121.01 Croresout of such contributions towards granting loans to body corporates and partnershipfirms. Given the materiality of these assets in context of the standalone financialstatement and the nature of their deployment, the recoverability of such advancesmay have significant impact on the financial position of the Company.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above matters.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements asa whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters tobe communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1. Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
Principal Audit Procedures:
The Company has material uncertain
• Obtained details of completed tax
tax positions including matters under
assessments and demands till the year
dispute which involves significant
ended March 31, 2025 from
judgment to determine the possible
management.
outcome of these disputes.
• Obtained understanding of keyuncertain tax positions.
• Discussed with appropriate seniormanagement and evaluatedmanagement's underlying keyassumptions in estimating the taxprovisions.
• Assessed management's estimates of thepossible outcome of the disputed cases.
• Assessed relevant disclosures madewithin the financial statements toaddress whether they appropriatelyreflect the face and circumstances ofeach disputed case and requirement ofrelevant accounting standard fordisclosure and reporting.
The Company's management and Board of Directors is responsible for the other information.The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does notinclude the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information andwe do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledgeobtained 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 ofthis other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of theStandalone Ind AS financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone FinancialStatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, andto issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill 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 couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese Standalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in orderto design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basisof accounting and based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone FinancialStatements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone FinancialStatements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, the planned scope andtiming 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 compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the"Annexure - A" a statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
i. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
ii. In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
iii. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statement of profit and loss (includingother comprehensive income), the standalone statement of changes in equity and thestandalone cash flow statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account;
iv. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with theAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of theCompany as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
vi. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reportingof the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in "Annexure B" to this report; and
vii. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
• the Company has disclosed impact of pending litigations which couldmaterially impact its financial statements - Refer Note 5.10 of the StandaloneFinancial Statements;
• the Company did not have any long term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
• There have been no amounts which were required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
• Management Representation:
1. The Management of the Company has represented to us that to the best of it'sknowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
2. The management of the Company has represented, that, to the best of it'sknowledge and belief no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
3. Based on audit procedures which we considered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and provided in clauses (a) and(b) above contain any material misstatement.
4. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
• As per the explanation given to us by the management, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books of account for the period ended March31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility however, thecompany has not provided audit trail records for the entire period ended on March31, 2025. In the absence of audit trail records, we are unable to comment whetheraudit trail feature of the said software was enabled and operated throughout theperiod for all relevant transactions in the software or whether there were anyinstances of the audit trail feature been tampered with. Since the company has notprovided audit trail records we are unable to comment on whether audit trail hasbeen preserved by the company as per statutory requirement of record retention ornot.
viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid toany director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
FRN : 117758W FRN : 109782W
Partner Partner
M. No. 104234 M. No. 612290
UDIN: 25104234BMKXJ S2985 UDIN: 25612290BMITXU6778
Date: May 30, 2025 Date: May 30, 2025