We have audited the standalone financial statements of Adhiraj Distributors Limited ("the Company"), which comprise
the balance sheet as at 31st March 2024, and the statement of profit and loss 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, the aforesaid standalone
financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 in the manner so required and give a
true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2024, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit 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.
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 financial
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexures
to Board's Report, Business Responsibility 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 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 Those Charged with Governance 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 and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the 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 statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the 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 the Board of Directors 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 scepticism
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)0) 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.
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 of
India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, we give in the "Annexure A" a statement
on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 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 comply with the 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 matter to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirement of
section 197(16) of the Act. As amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the remuneration
paid by the company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provision of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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 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.
(iii) . There were no amounts which were 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, 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;
b) 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;
c) Based on the audit procedures 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 Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
(vi). Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rule,20i4 for maintaining books of accounts
using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is
applicable to Company with effect from 1st April 2023. Based on our examination, which
included test checks, the Company has used accounting software's for maintaining its books of
account for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 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's. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any
instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2023, reporting under Rule 11(g) of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trail as per the statutory
requirements for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
For M K K AGARWAL & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountant
FRN - 326873E
Sd/-
CA MUKESH AGARWAL
(Partner)
M. No.0307279
UDIN: 24307279BKCSUY9007
Place: Kolkata
Date: The 30th Day of May 2024
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