We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Coventry Coil-O-Matic (Haryana) Limited (“thecompany”), which comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss, (includingthe Statement of Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significantaccounting 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, based on Basis ofqualified opinion section or our report, aforesaid financial statements does not give the information required bythe Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and does not give a true and fair view inconformity with the prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2024, its loss including other comprehensive income, its cashflows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
1. Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern:
Note No. (14) of 31 of other notes to financial statement regarding Going Concern Assumption may nolonger be appropriate - As the Company has incurred significant operating losses, negative operatingcash flow, negative working capital, adjudication of legal process against the company for loan liability,Notice of Recovery Officer-II of DRT-1, Delhi for settling sale proclamation for the sale of the factoryproperty and negative net worth indicating that going concern assumption is no longer be appropriate.However, the management is continuing with the operations, therefore the accounts have beenprepared on basis of going concern assumption. Consequently, adjustment for amount of assets andclassification of liabilities required to be recorded has not been carried out.
2. 2.1 The company has not made provisions of Interest & Other Charges on Secured Loans taken fromFinancial Institutions/ Banks (ICICI Bank and IDBI Bank) Rs. 705.34 lakhs as per interim order of thedivisional bench of Punjab and Haryana high court, Chandigarh, as stated in Note No. - 31(7) of Othernotes.
2.2 Note No. 31(7)(E) para (k) of other notes to financial statements describes that company has not madeprovision calculated on the IFCI debts confirmed DRT-I on 18-01-2016 of Rs. 8449.39 Lakhs togetherwith Simple interest of 13.5% P.A. from 14-05-2007 which amounts to Rs. 27,718.85 Lakhs as on 31stMarch'24 (Gross Value before adjusting repayment through Cash and Land) related to liability of IFCIdebt. Other liability of IDBI is yet to be ordered by Courts. Liability provided in the book against theseare only of Rs. 393.59 lakhs, non-provision of Rs. 28,030.59 Lakhs.
2.3 Had the provision been made, the loss up to the year after tax Rs. 156.46 lakhs would have resulted inloss of Rs. 28,187.06 lakhs, Reserve & Surplus Deficit (Balance of Statement of Profit & Loss) wouldhave been Rs. 29,750.52 lakhs instead of Rs. 1,719.93 lakhs.
3. The company had given physical possession of a part of land comprising of approx. 10 acres whoseapprox. cost appearing in books is Rs. 12.02 Lakhs, to Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd.,assignees of IDBI & IFCI (Financial Institution) on 8th March 2013 as per the direction of HonourableSupreme Court who re-affirmed the interim orders of Honourable Punjab & Haryana High Court,
Chandigarh of 9th August 2011. The land is sold by Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. atRs. 1350 lakhs. The company is not made accounting entries on transfer of such lands and tax thereonif any.
4. Company have not worked out and provided for the Interest and penalty which will arise due to longoutstanding of statutory dues and non-filing of statutory returns in time.
Our opinion is qualified in respect of the above matter. Impact with respect to 1, 3 and 4 above arepresently not ascertainable and as such cannot be commented upon by us.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in theAuditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements' section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our qualified audit opinion on the financialstatements.
1. Note No. 31 (1A) (ii) to financial statement, which describes contingent liability not provided for claims under
adjudication in DRT-I, New Delhi by AARCL for recovery of the dues calculated on the IDBI Debts Rs.
9,315.19 lakhs
(The Company has also filed counter claims of more than Rs.500 Crores on both KMBL and AARCL.)
2. We draw your attention to the following matters:
a) Note No. 31 (9) to financial statement, which describes Account Reconciliation/Confirmation in respectof certain accounts of Debtors have not been received and they are subject to confirmations andreconciliation. The management is of the opinion that adjustment, if any, arising out of suchreconciliation would not have material effect on the financial statement of current year.
b) Note No. 31 (10) to financial statement, which describes Account Reconciliation/Confirmation inrespect of certain accounts of Vendor's have not been received and they are subject to confirmationsand reconciliation. The management is of the opinion that adjustment, if any, arising out of suchreconciliation would not have material effect on the financial statement of current year.
Our opinion is not qualified in respect of the above matters.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressedthe matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included theperformance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address thematters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1
Revenue Recognition
Revenue recognition is significant audit riskwithin the Company.
For the financial year ended 31 March, 2024, theCompany has recorded revenue amounting toRs. 8,694.77 Lakhs. The accounting policies forrevenue recognition are set out in Note 3.5 to thefinancial statements.
We have identified sales cut-off to be significantbecause of the high volume of transactions andthe varying sales, contractual and shipping terms.Revenue recognition is susceptible to the higherrisk that the revenue is recognised when thecontrol of goods has not been transferred to thecustomers
How our audit addressed the key audit matter:
We assessed the overall sales process and therelevant systems and the design of controls overthe capture and recording of revenuetransactions. We have tested the effectiveness ofcontrols on the processes related to revenuerecognition relevant to our audit. We performedsample testing on revenue and checked that therevenue recognition criteria are appropriatelyapplied. We have also performed cut-off tests toensure the Company has complied with propercut-off procedures and revenue is recognised inthe appropriate accounting period.
Our Observation:
We found the Company's revenue recognition tobe consistent with its accounting policy asdisclosed in Note 3.5 to the financial statements.We are satisfied that the Company's revenue hasbeen appropriately recognised and in the relevantaccounting period.
2
Recoverability of Trade Receivable
The gross balance of trade receivables as atMarch 31, 2024 amounted to Rs. 544.67 Lakhs,against which provision for doubtful debtsamounting to Rs. 10.44 Lakhs was made asdetailed in Note 8 to the financial statements.
The Company assesses periodically and at eachfinancial year end, the expected credit lossassociated with its receivables. When there isexpected credit loss impairment, the amount andtiming of future cash flows are estimated basedon historical, current and forward-looking lossexperience for assets with similar credit riskcharacteristics. We focused on this area becauseof its significance and the degree of judgementrequired to estimate the expected credit loss anddetermining the carrying amount of tradereceivables as at the reporting date.
We obtained an understanding of the Company'scredit policy for trade receivables and evaluatedthe processes for identifying impairmentindicators. We have reviewed and tested theageing of trade receivables. We have reviewedmanagement's assessment on the creditworthiness of selected customers for tradereceivables. We further discussed with the keymanagement on the adequacy of the allowancefor impairment recorded by the Company andreviewed the supporting documents provided bymanagement in relation to their assessment. Wehave also reviewed the adequacy andappropriateness of the impairment charge basedon the available information.
Based on our audit procedures performed, wefound management's assessment of therecoverability of trade receivables to bereasonable and the disclosures to be appropriate.
3
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
The Company has material uncertain tax
We have obtained details of complete tax
positions including matters under dispute which
assessments and demands as at March 31,
involves significant judgment to determine the
2024 from management. We considered
possible outcome of these disputes.
management's assessment of the validity andadequacy of provisions for uncertain taxpositions, evaluating the basis of assessmentand reviewing relevant correspondence and legaladvice, where available, including anyinformation regarding similar cases with therelevant tax authorities. We assessed validity andadequacy of provisions for uncertain tax positionsin respect of various tax demands and liabilitiesand found the appropriateness of management'sassumptions and estimates reasonable.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Annual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon. We have obtained all other information prior to the date of this auditors' report. Our opinion on thefinancial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respectto the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements 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 tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the goingconcern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expectedto 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 professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also :
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to 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 may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that maycast significant doubt on the 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 the related disclosures in thefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained 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 financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner 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 statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of ouraudit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatementsin the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters thatmay 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 ofmost significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. 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 the Companies (Auditor's report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, except of the matter described in Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above and thematter stated in paragraph 2(k) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit andAuditors) Rules 2014, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company sofar as it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) Due to the effects/ possible effects of the matter described in the basis for qualified opinion paragraphin our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements does not comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) the outcome of the matters described in Basis for Qualified Opinion and Emphasis of Matter paragraphabove in our opinion, may have an adverse effect on the functioning of the company.
(f) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2024 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Companywith reference to these financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure B” to this report.
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2024 has been paid/provided by the Company to its directors in accordance with the provisions of section 197 read withSchedule V to the Act; and
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us:
I. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Ind AS financialstatements - Refer Note No. 31 (1A) to the financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. a. The management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed inthe notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons orentities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediaries shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any 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, other than as disclosed inthe notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities,including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c. There are nothing has come to their notice that has caused them to believe that the representations undersub-clause iv(a) and iv(b) contain any material mis-statement.
j. The Company has not declared and paid any dividend during the year. Therefore, reporting in this regard isnot applicable to the Company.
k. The company has used accounting software (Tally) for maintaining its books of account which does not havea feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility throughout the year for all relevant transaction recorded inthe software, hence we are unable to comment on audit trail feature of the said software.
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