We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statementsof Dhampur Bio Organics Limited ("the Company"), which comprisethe Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and theStandalone Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and asummary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation including notes to the standalone financial statements(hereinafter referred to as "the standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013, as amended ("the Act") in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended,thereof ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March31,2026 and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit andother comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year then ended.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Auditof the standalone financial statements section of our report. Weare independent of the Company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions ofthe Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matter wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matter described below to be the key audit matterto be communicated in our report.
Auditor's Response
I. Determination of Cost of Production (COP) and Net Realizable Value (NRV) of Finished Goods and By-Products for valuation
of inventory:
As on March 31, 2026, the Company has inventory of finished
Principal Audit Procedures
goods, by-products and work in progress with a carrying valueof H964.42 Crores. The inventory of finished goods viz. Sugarand ethanol is valued at the lower of COP and NRV, whereas theinventory of by-products viz. molasses and bagasse is valued atNRV. We considered the value of the inventory of finished goodsand by-products as a key audit matter given the relative value ofinventory in the financial statements and significant judgementinvolved in determination of COP and also the considerationof factors such as minimum sale price, monthly quota, andfluctuation in domestic and international selling prices indetermination of NRV.
We understood and tested the design and operating effectivenessof controls as established by the management in determinationof COP and NRV. We reviewed the cost records maintained by themanagement and examined the documents maintained by themanagement for computing the COP and NRV with referenceto the principles prescribed under Ind AS-2 on "Inventories". Weconsidered various factors including the prevailing unit specificdomestic selling price of sugar and bagasse during and subsequentto the year end, prevailing selling price of "C and B" Heavy Molasses,Molasses Policy of State Government for determination of levyobligation of molasses as prevailing as on the date of our auditand initiatives taken by the Government with respect to sugarindustry as a whole, for determination of NRV of the products.
Based on the above procedures performed, the management'sdetermination of COP and NRV of finished and by-productsas at year-end and the comparison of COP with NRV forthe valuation of inventory is considered to be reasonable.
Information Other than the standalone financialstatements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Directors'Report including Annexures to Directors' Report and CorporateGovernance and Shareholder's information, but does not includethe standalone financial statements and our auditor's reportthereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears tobe materially 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 toreport in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and ThoseCharged with Governance for the standalonefinancial statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe Company in accordance with accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with theCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended,thereof. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether dueto fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. The Boardof Directors is responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of thestandalone financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issuean auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud orerror and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout theaudit. We also:
Ý Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone 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 appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting amaterial misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
Ý Obtain an understanding of internal financial control relevantto the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) ofthe Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
Ý Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by the management.
Ý Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
Ý Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficienciesin internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and RegulatoryRequirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A" astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthe Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, wereport that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which, to the best of our knowledge andbelief, were necessary for the purposes of our audit of theaforesaid standalone financial statements;
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
c) The standalone balance sheet, the standalone statementof profit and loss including other comprehensive income,standalone statement of cash flow and the standalonestatement of changes in equity dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the relevant books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act, read with Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) relevant Rules, 2015, as amended;
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on March 31,2026 and taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualifiedas on March 31, 2026 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B" Ourreport expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended: we reportthat in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors duringthe year is in accordance with the provisions of section197 of the Act; and
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe 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 our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigation as at March 31,2026 on its financial positionin its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 40to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company does not have any long term contracts,including derivatives contracts, for which there wereany material foreseeable losses as at March 31,2026;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amountsrequired to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company during the yearended March 31, 2026.
iv. (a) The Management has represented to us that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts,no funds(which are material either individuallyor in aggregate) have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed funds orshare premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the company to or in any otherpersons or entities, including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented to us that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts,no funds ( which are material either individuallyor in aggregate) have been received by thecompany from any person(s) or entities,including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on our audit procedure conductedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our attention that has caused us to
believe that the representation under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) as provided underparagraph (2) (h) (iv) (a) & (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. In our opinion and as per information and explanationgiven to us, the final dividend of H1.25 per share paidby the company during the year for the financial year2024-25 and the final dividend of H1.50 per sharesproposed by the Board of Directors in its meetingheld on 30.05.2026 for the financial year 2025-26 arein accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account which has afeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility andthe same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software.
Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
For MITTAL GUPTA & CO.
Chartered AccountantsFRN: 001874C
Bihari Lal Gupta
Partner
Place: New Delhi Membership No. 073794
Date: 30.05.2026 UDIN: 26073794MSPQSG5856