We have audited the accompanying Ind AS financial statements of ASHOKA REFINERIESLIMITED( "the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and theStatement of Profit and Loss and Statement (including other comprehensive income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended,and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as "the Ind AS financial Statements), which we have signed underreference to this report.
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In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act inthe manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March,
2025 and its Loss (including other Comprehensive income), its changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Ind ASfinancial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtainedis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the Ind AS financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Ind AS financial statements as a
whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Information Other than the Ind AS Financial Statements and Auditors' Report Thereon
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information included in the Company'sannual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors' reportthereon. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the otherinformation and we 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 knowledge obtainedin the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the Ind asfinancial statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) ofthe Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation and presentation ofthese Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs ,profit/loss (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of theCompany in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act readwith the companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015 as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the Ind AS financial statements that gives true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Ind As financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors Are Also Responsible for Overseeing the Company's FinancialReporting Process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Ind AS financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error,and to 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 fromfraud or 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 Ind AS financial statements.
A further description of the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the Ind AS financialstatements is included in Annexure A. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
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A. 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 thebest of our knowledge 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 theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance sheet, the Statement of Profit and loss, the Statement of Changes in
Equity and the Statement of Cash flows dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of theCompany as on 31 March, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2025 from being appointed as a directorin terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate report in "Annexure B", our report expresses an unmodified opinion onthe adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's Internal financialcontrols over financial reporting, and
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
(i) The Company did not have any pending litigations which would impact its
financial positions.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative
contracts for which there were any foreseeable losses.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
(h) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors' Report under Section197(16) of the Act:
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. TheMinistry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16)of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
(i) With respect to reporting regarding advances, loans & investments, further lendingor investing other than disclosed in the notes to financial statements: -
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 orshare premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
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 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 Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
c) Based on such audit procedures that were considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
(j) The Company has not declared any dividend during the year under audit.
(a) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand was operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware.
Further, for the periods where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled andoperated throughout the year for the respective accounting software, we did notcome across instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. However, Wehave observed that the edit log feature was disabled and enabled later on.
The audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention .
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issuedby the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of theAct, we give in the "Annexure C", a statement on the matters specified in theparagraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
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