We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited ("the Company"), which comprise
the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and 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 notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material
accounting policies and otherexplanatoryinformation.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, 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, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of
affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income, the 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 (”SA"s) specified under Section 143(10)
of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibility 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 ethical 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 obtained by us 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 standalone financial statements
of the current period.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in ourreport.
Information Other than the 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 Board's
Report, Corporate Governance Report, Business Responsibility Report, The Year at a Glance, Financial Highlights and 5 Years at a glance, but does not
include the consolidated financial statements, standalone financial statements and ourauditor's reports 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 orotherwise 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's 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 fairview of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows
and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including Ind AS 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 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 statements thatgive atrueand fairview andare free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud
or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are 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 the Board of
Directors eitherintend to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 auditinaccordance 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 standalone financial statements, whetherdue 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, orthe 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 with reference to standalone financial statements 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 the
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 standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit
evidence obtained upto the date of ourauditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Companyto 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 mannerthat achieves fairpresentation.
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 financial controls that we identify during ouraudit.
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 withthose charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the
standalone 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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on ouraudit 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, except fornot complying withthe requirement of audit trail as stated in(i)(vi)below.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement
of Changes in Equity dealt withbythisReportarein agreement withthe relevant books of account.
(d) Inouropinion.the aforesaid standalone financial statements complywiththelndAS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a directorinterms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connectedtherewith, is as stated in paragraph (b) above.
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of the Company and the
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A". Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the
adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements.
(h) 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 to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the
Companyto its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.
(i) 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, inouropinionandtothe best of our information and according to the explanations giventous:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note
37 to the standalone financial statements.
(ii) The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any,
on long-term contracts including derivative contracts. - Refer Note 18 and 38(D) to the standalone financial statements;
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 44 to the 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 entityfies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the
understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, 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 orthelikeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 44 to the financial
statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entityfies), including foreign entities ("Funding
Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, 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")orprovide any guarantee, security orthelikeonbehalfofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing
has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided
under(a)and (b)above, contain any material misstatement.
(v) The Fourth interim dividend for the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with Section 123
of the Act, as applicable.
The first, second and third interim dividends declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the date of this report are in
accordance with Section 123 of the Companies Act 2013. The fourth interim dividend relating to the financial year 2024-25, declared by
the Company is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend. However, the said fourth
interim dividend was not due for payment on the date of this audit report.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software systems for maintaining its
books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 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 systems except in respect of payroll records
related accounting system whereinthe audit trail was not enabled at database level to log any direct changes .
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit
trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention, in respect of accounting software
systems forthe period forwhichthe audit trail feature was operating.
2. As required by the CompaniesfAuditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order")issued by the Central Governmentinterms of Section 143(11) of the Act,
we give in'Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No. 117366W /W-100018
Mehul Parekh
Partner
Membership No. 121513
Mumbai, May09, 2025 UDIN:25121513BMLFHN1588
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