We have audited the accompanying standalone
financial statements of Alicon Castalloy Limited ("the
Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at
31st March, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss
(including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement
of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows
for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the
material accounting policies and other explanatory
information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalone
financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, 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
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 31st March, 2025, the
profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity
and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial
statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our
responsibilities under those Standards are further
described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of
the standalone 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 (ICAI) together with the independence
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the
standalone financial statements under the provisions
of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have
fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance
with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion on the standalone financial statements.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our
professional judgment, were of most significance in our
audit of the 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, we do not provide a
separate opinion on these matters. We have determined
the matters described below to be the key audit matters to
be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Property Plant and Equipment
The Company has incurred significant expenditure
on purchase of plant and equipment as reflected by
the total value of additions in property, plant and
equipment and capital work in progress in notes 3
in the standalone financial statements.
We considered capital expenditure in respect of
plant and equipment as a key audit matter due to the
significant amount incurred on such items during
the year. Changes to asset's carrying amounts,
expected useful lives or residual value could result
in a material impact on the financial statements and
hence considered as key audit matter.
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Our audit approach consisted evaluation of design and
implementation of controls, and testing the operating
effectiveness of the internal controls with reference to
capital expenditure of plant and equipment and review
of useful lives; Periodic physical verification of plant and
equipment:
• Review of CAPEX business process, flow of documents/
information and their control's effectiveness
• Substantive Tests on random sampling for all the
major additions, deletions to the assets by applying
all the characteristics of capital expenditure, proper
classification of the same, with reference to the
company's policy and accounting standards
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Key Audit Matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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We performed substantive testing for the
determination of assets' useful lives and residual
values with reference to management's judgments,
including the appropriateness of past / existing asset
lives and residual values applied in the calculation of
depreciation. We also obtain certificates relating to
useful lives of assets wherever, required.
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We have reviewed the policy and the procedure of
physical verification of PPE.
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Revenue Recognition
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Our audit approach consisted of testing of the design
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Revenue from sale of goods is recognised when
control of the products is transferred to the customer
and when there are no unfulfilled obligations.
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and operating effectiveness of the internal controls and
substantive testing in respect of revenue recognition as
follows:
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The performance obligations in the contracts
are fulfilled at the time of dispatch, delivery or
upon formal customer acceptance depending on
customer terms and conditions.
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Assessing the appropriateness of the accounting
policies related to revenue recognition, including
those relating to price increase/decrease with
reference to the applicable accounting standards.
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Revenue is measured at fair value of the
consideration received or receivable, after
deduction of any discounts/ rebates and any taxes
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Testing the revenue transactions recognized during
the year by verification of underlying documents on a
sample basis.
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or duties collected on behalf of the government
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1 nspecting key customer contracts/ purchase orders
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such as goods and services tax.
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on a sample basis to identify terms and conditions
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Revenue is only recognised to the extent that is
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relating to goods acceptance and price adjustments.
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highly probable a significant reversal will not occur.
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Testing the supporting documents on a sample
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Revenue recognition has been identified as a key
audit matter since the management considers
revenue as a key metric for evaluation of
performance.
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basis, for sales transactions, including provisions for
rate differences recorded during the period closer
to the year end and subsequent to the year end to
determine whether revenue was recognized in the
correct period.
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Performing analytical procedures on current year revenue
based on trends and where appropriate, conducting
further enquiries and testing.
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Contingent Liability
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Our procedures included, but were not limited to, the
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The Company is involved in indirect tax and other
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following:
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civil court litigations that are pending with various
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Obtained an understanding from the management
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tax authorities. Whether a liability is recognized or
disclosed as a contingent liability in the financial
statements is inherently judgmental and dependent
on assumptions and assessments. We placed
specific focus on the judgements in respect to
these demands against the Company. Determining
the amount, if any, to be recognized or disclosed
in the financial statements, is inherently subjective.
Therefore, these litigations amount is considered to
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with respect to process and controls followed by
the Company for identification and monitoring of
significant developments in relation to the litigations,
including completeness thereof.
Obtained the list of litigations from the management
and reviewed their assessment of the likelihood
of outflow of economic resources being probable,
possible or remote in respect of the litigations.
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be a key audit matter.
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Assessed management's discussions held with their
legal consultants and understanding precedents in
similar cases;
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Obtained and evaluated the managements
representation from the company's internal dedicated
team and consultant opinion wherever required
representing the Company before the various
authorities. Assessed and validated the adequacy
and appropriateness of the disclosures made by the
management in the financial statements.
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INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORT
THEREON
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is
responsible for the preparation of the other information.
The other information comprises the Management
Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including
Annexures to Board's Report, Corporate Governance
and Shareholder's Information 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 material misstatement of this other information,
we are required to report the fact. We have nothing to
report in this regard.
MANAGEMENT'S AND BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STANDALONE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is
responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of 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 including total
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows
of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other
accounting principles generally accepted in India. This
responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
the Act for safeguarding 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 standalone financial
statements 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 and board of directors 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 responsible for overseeing
the Company's financial reporting process.
AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF
THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the accompanying standalone 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 Standalone 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 financial
controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.
Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, 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
and board of director'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 standalone 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 standalone financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the standalone
financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves
fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the
standalone financial statements that, individually or in
aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions
of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone
financial statements may be influenced. We consider
quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i)
planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating
the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of
any identified misstatements in the standalone financial
statements.
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 accompanying
standalone financial statements of the current year 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.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)
Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central
Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act,
we give in "Annexure A" a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
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
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 Standalone Balance Sheet, the
Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss
including Other Comprehensive Income,
Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity
and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flow
dealt with by this Report are in agreement
with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone
financial statements comply with the Ind AS
specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors for the year
ended 31st March, 2025 taken on record by
the Board of Directors, none of the directors
is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 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 with reference to financial
reporting of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in "Annexure B". Our
report expresses an unmodified opinion on
the adequacy and operating effectiveness
of the Company's internal financial controls
with reference to financial reporting.
B. 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, as amended in our opinion and to the
best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements.
Refer Note 49 to the standalone financial
statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses.
c. According to the information and
explanations given to us and based on
our audit, the Company has generally
complied with the relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made
thereunder for transferring the required
amounts to the Investor Education and
Protection Fund (IEPF). However, there was
a delay in transferring an amount of ' 3.12
lakhs pertaining to unpaid dividend for FY
2017-18, which was transferred 31 days
after the due date prescribed under Section
124 of the Act.
d. With respect to clause (e) of Rule 11 of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014, as amended:
(i) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,
and as disclosed in the Note 39 to the
standalone financial statements, no
funds 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(s)
or entity(ies), including foreign
entities ("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.
(ii) Management has represented, that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief,
and as disclosed in the Note 39 to
the standalone financial statements,
no funds have been received by
the company from any person(s)
or entity(ies), including foreign
entities ("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.
(iii) Based on such audit procedures that
the auditor has considered reasonable
and appropriate in the circumstances,
nothing has come to our attention
that has caused us to believe that the
representations under sub-clause
(i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) contain any
material misstatement.
e. The dividend declared or paid by the
company during the year is in compliance
with section 123 of the Companies Act,
2013.
f. With respect to clause (g) of Rule 11
of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, as amended, the requirement
under proviso to Rule 3(1) of Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014 of mandatory audit
trail in the Company accounting software,
based on our examination which included
test checks, the company has used an
accounting software for maintaining its
books of account which has a feature of
recording audit trail (edit log) facility and
the same has operated throughout the year
for all relevant transactions recorded in the
software. Further, during our audit we did
not come across any instance of audit trail
feature being tampered with. Additionally,
the audit trail has been preserved by the
Company as per statutory requirements for
record retention.
C. With respect to the other matters to be included
in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the
requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as
amended:
In our opinion and according to the information
and explanations given to us, the remuneration
paid by the Company to its directors during the
current year is in accordance with the provisions
of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid
to any director is not in excess of the limit laid
down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry
of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other
details under Section 197(16) of the Act which
are required to be commented upon by us.
For Kirtane & Pandit LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.105215W/W100057
Milind Limaye
Partner
Membership No.: 105366
UDIN: 25105366BMOLVC1257
Pune, 12th May, 2025
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