We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Innovative Tyres and Tubes Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2024, the Statement of Profit and Lossand the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statementsincluding a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as “financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section ofour report, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March31, 2024, its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Qualified Opinion
(a) As stated in Note Z(1)(Q) of the financial statement, The Company could not cancel Equity sharesheld by Promoters and reduce equity share capital of the public shareholders because ofdifference in Promoter and Public shareholding as per Hon'ble NCLT order and Actualshareholding as on Date of Honorable NCLT Order (i.e. August 09, 2023). The Company has appliedto Hon'ble NCLT for rectification in the Order. Since the Hon'ble NCLT has reserved the order butthe order is awaited, we are unable to determine the quantum of Cancellation and Reduction inEquity share capital.
(b) As stated in Note Z(1)(Q) of the financial statement, Post approval of Resolution Plan by Hon'bleNCLT, Ahmedabad Bench, the approved resolution applicant took charge of the affairs of theCompany with effect from August 17, 2023 and constituted the new Board of Directors of theCompany. Further, the note explains that since the new Board of Directors took charge of theCompany with effect from August 17, 2023, they are not liable or responsible for any actions andregarding the information pertaining to the period prior to August 17, 2023 and has relied uponthe explanations, clarifications, representations and statements made by the ResolutionProfessional of the Company.
We conducted our audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants 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 Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our qualified opinion on the financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
(a) We draw attention to Note Z(1)(Q) of the financial statement wherein:
i. The Company has reversed various liabilities (net) of Rs 3826.63 lakhs as per theHon’ble NCLT order and the said gain of Rs 3826.63 lakhs has been treated and shownas exceptional items in the statement of profit and loss.
ii. As per the Hon’ble NCLT’s order, the company is required to make payment tocreditors as per the implementation schedule. The Company has made payments forthe due creditors as per the implementation schedule of the Resolution Plan exceptfor Rs. 4.91 lacs pertaining to a creditor and certain past employees for want of theirbanking details. This remaining amount has been deposited in a special accountmaintained by the Resolution Applicant M/s Ten on Ten Pvt Ltd.
(b) We draw attention to Note J of the financial statement, the amount of Impairment Lossrecognized in statement of Profit & Loss Account is Rs 9.23 Lacs and the amount of reversalof Impairment Loss in statement of Profit & Loss Account is Rs 806.34 lakhs on the basis ofindependent valuation reports.
Our report is not modified in respect of these matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the financial statements of the current year. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Except for the matters described in the Basisfor Qualified Opinion section above, we have determined that there are no other key audit mattersto communicate in our report.
Other Information
The Resolution Professional (RP), Board of Directors and the management are responsible for theother information. The other information comprises the information included in the ManagementDiscussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Corporate Governanceand Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s reportthereon.
Management Discussion and Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report,Corporate Governance and Shareholder’s Information are expected to be made available to us
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Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
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 Resolution Professional (RP), Management and Those Charged withGovernance for the Financial Statements
The Resolution Professional (RP) and Company’s Board of Directors are responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including theAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rules issuedthereunder. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the management are responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of this financial statements. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain
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audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk ofnot detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal 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 arealso responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectivenessof 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 accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence 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, includingthe disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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 withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those mattersthat were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current year and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law orregulation 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 adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
(1) As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order") issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act, we report in “Annexure 1”, a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
(2) As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a. We have sought and except for the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion sectionabove, obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinionsection above, in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept bythe Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Statement of Cash Flows dealtwith by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinionsection above, in our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with relevant rules issued thereunder;
e. The matters described under the Basis for Qualified Opinion above, in our opinion, may havean 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,and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March31, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act.
g. The qualification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section above.
h. 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 ourseparate report in “Annexure 2” and we have expressed disclaimer of opinion for the reasonsstated in the said report;
i. With respect to the other matter 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 our information and according to the explanations given tous, the remuneration paid/ provided by the Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act;
j. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
(i) Except for the matters described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section above, TheCompany has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financialstatements Refer Note Z(3) on Contingent Liabilities to the financial statements;
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company;
(iv) (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premiumor 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 inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin 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 theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(iv) (b) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(iv) (c) Based on the audit procedures that are considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
(v) The Company has not declared nor paid any dividend during the year. Hence, reporting thecompliance with section 123 of the Act is not applicable.
(vi) The Company has migrated its books of accounts to update version of tally accountingsoftware and enable audit trail (edit log) facility effective from 1st April, 2023.
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Place: VadodaraDate: May 30, 2024