We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of PRATIKSHA
CHEMICALS LIMITED ("the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March
2024, the statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the statement of
changes in equity and statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial
statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory
information.
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 matter described in the ‘Basis for Qualified Opinion’ section of
our report, the aforesaid standalone 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 the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with
the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended, ("Ind AS”) and other
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
March 31, 2024, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows
for the year ended on that date
Basis for Qualified Opinion
i. The company is accounting for Gratuity and Leave encashment on cash basis. This
is not in according with Ind AS - 1 on “Presentation of Financial Statement” and Ind
AS - 19 on “Employee Benefits” prescribed by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India and contrary to provision contained in Section 133 of The
Companies Act, 2013. The extent of non-compliance in terms of value is not
ascertainable.
ii. Ind AS - 2 for “Inventories” has not been followed. The measurement and valuation
methods followed by the Company as regards to inventory are not in accordance
with accepted methodology. We are not in a position to quantify the effect of this
discrepancy on the profitability and Balance Sheet.
We conducted our audit of standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on
Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities
under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance
with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the
ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions
of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the
audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the Director’s Report including Annexures to the Director’s
Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we
do not express any form of assurance conclusion 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 inconsistent
with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained 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 of this other information, we are required to report
that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance
in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were
addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in
forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have
determined the matters described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our
report -
1. Key Audit Matter - Utilization of Indirect tax receivables
As at March 31, 2024, balances with revenue authorities amounting to Rs. 87.12 lakhs are
pending for reconciliation with individual bifurcation under CGST, SGST and IGST.
Management’s responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the
Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with Ind
AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting
Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection
and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of
the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that
give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to
going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends
to liquidate the Company 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 reporting
process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements 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 high level of assurance, but is not a
guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered
material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to 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
professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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 appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not
detecting a material misstatement resulting 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 are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies
Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has
adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such
controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events
or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our
auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to
the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to
cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the
disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the
planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant
deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with
relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all
relationships and other matters that may 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 of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are
therefore the key audit matters. 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.
We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to
our audit of the financial statements and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in
accordance with these requirements.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we
give in "Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to
the extent applicable.
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
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 the Company so
far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income,
Statement of Changes in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in
agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements subject to the matters
mentioned in the ‘Basis for Qualified Opinion’ para above, comply with the Indian
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2024
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st
March, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the
Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in
“Annexure B”.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with
Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of
our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial
position.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which
there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned
or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of
funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreign entity
(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that
the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in 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 the Ultimate
Beneficiaries;
v. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the
Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity ("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 or entities identified in any manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
vi. The company has not declared and paid interim dividend during the year.
vii. Company has not used such accounting software for maintaining its books of
account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same
has not been operated throughout the year for all transactions recorded in the
software. Since the accounting software with audit trail has not been used, the
question of it being tampered with and preserved by the company does not arise.
For Chandabhoy & Jassoobhoy
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Place : Ahmedabad (CA Nimai G. Shah)
Date : 28th May, 2024 Partner
Chartered Accountants
Membership No. 100932
Firm Regn. No. 101648W
UDIN: 24100932BJZYIQ6420
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