18. Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets:
A provision is recognised if, as a result of a past event, the group has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation.
Provisions for onerous contracts are recognized when the expected benefits to be derived by the Company from a contract are lower than the unavoidable costs of meeting the future obligations under the contract.
A disclosure for contingent liabilities is made where there is a possible obligation or a present obligation that may probably not require an outflow of resources or an obligation for which the future outcome cannot be ascertained with reasonable certainty. When there is a possible or a present obligation where the likelihood of outflow of resources is remote, no provision or disclosure is made.
Contingent assets are neither recognized nor disclosed in financial statements.
19 Non-Current assets held for sale:
Non-current assets are classified as held for sale if their carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use and a sale is considered highly probable.
Non-current assets classified as held for sale are measured at lower of their carrying amount and fair value less cost to sell. Non¬ current assets classified as held for sale are not depreciated or amortised from the date when they are classified as held for sale.
Non-current assets classified as held for sale are presented separately from the other assets in the Balance Sheet.
31.2 Commitments :
Estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on Capital Account - -
31.3 a) The Company’s case in the matter of higher Electricity charges wrongly claimed by Maharashtra State Electricity
Distribution Company Ltd.( MSEDCL ) from November, 1998 to June, 2008 by refusing to reduce the Contract Demand had been decided in favour of the Company by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) and the order was upheld by the Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi in appeal preferred by MSEDCL. MSEDCL preferred an appeal before the Hon’ble Supreme Court challenging the order of MERC and APTEL. The Hon’ble Supreme Court vide order dated 28th February, 2020 in Civil Appeal No. 4304 of 2007 partly allowed the appeal filed by MSEDCL and the orders of MERC and APTEL to the extent that they set aside the circulars and policy decisions issued before the MERC was constituted, has been set aside without disturbing the findings / orders of MERC and APTEL in favour of the Company on issues of reduction of contract demand and drawing of power from one of its unit at Plot E-23, CPP to another unit at Plot E-1. The Company has then filed application before MERC seeking restitution of benefits and incentives which were denied to Company due to pendency of the Appeal and which the Company was otherwise entitled to receive. MERC vide order dated 12th July, 2021 rejected Company’s petition for restitution on the erroneous basis that the Supreme Court allowed the appeal preferred by MSEDCL. The Company has filed Appeal No. 284 of 2021 before APTEL, Delhi on 16th August, 2021 against the order dated 12th July 2021 and same is pending adjudication. The company has a good case on merits and should be compensated for the loss caused to it due to pendency of legal proceedings, during which period, citing the pendency, MSEDCL wrongfully denied the various benefits / incentives to the Company. The case is pending for final hearing in “LIST OF FINALS” and disposal before APTEL, as per the APTEL order dated 10.03.2022. The Load factor incentive and prompt payment discount receivable Rs.178.06 lakhs are disclosed under Note 5 (a) of the financial Statement. Also, security deposit of Rs. 62.18 lakhs included in Note 3(a) and interest receivable of Rs. 10.02 lakhs on deposit is disclosed under Note 11 of the financial statement is wrongfully denied, upheld by MSEDCL.
b) Similarly the High Court of Mumbai has in the matter of electricity duty on Captive Power Generation has decided in Company’s favour and the Government has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court which is pending.
c) The Management foresees only a remote possibility of an outflow of / adjustments to the resources embodying economic benefits, in view of the expert legal opinion in the aforesaid matters obtained by the Company.
31.10 Audit Trail
The Company has used an accounting software (Unix Operating System) for maintaining its books of account which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility which has been operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software except that audit trail feature is not enabled to trace information contained in certain statements or reports back to the original input source. Additionally, the Company is in compliance with the preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
Segment revenue and results :
The expenses and income which are not directly attributable to any business segment are shown as unallocable expenditure (net of allocable income).
Segment assets and Liabilities :
Segment assets include all operating assets used by the operating segment and mainly consist of property, plant and equipment, trade receivables, inventories and other operating assets. Segment liabilities primarily includes trade payable and other liabilities. Common assets and liabilities which can not be allocated to any of the business segment are shown as unallocable assets / liabilities.
DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO IND AS - 19 "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS"
i) Gratuity: In accordance with the applicable laws, the Company provides for gratuity, a defined benefit retirement plan ("The Gratuity Plan") covering eligible employees. The Gratuity Plan provides for a lump sum payment to vested employees on retirement (subject to completion of five years of continuous employment), death, incapacitation or termination of employment that are based on last drawn salary and tenure of employment. Liabilities with regard to the Gratuity Plan are determined by actuarial valuation on the reporting date and the Company makes annual contribution to the gratuity fund administered by Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance Company Limited under Group Gratuity Scheme.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The fair values of the financial assets and liabilities are included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values:
1. Fair value of cash and short-term deposits, trade and other short term receivables, trade payables, other current liabilities, short term loans from banks and other financial institutions approximate their carrying amounts largely due to short term maturities of these instruments.
2. Financial instruments with fixed and variable interest rates are evaluated by the Company based on parameters such as interest rates and individual credit worthiness of the counterparty. Based on this evaluation, allowances are taken to account for expected
losses of these receivables. Accordingly, fair value of such instruments is not materially different from their carrying amounts.
The Group uses the following hierarchy for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation technique:
Level 1: quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: other techniques for which all inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are observable, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3: techniques which use inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not based on observable market data.
NOTE- 35
FINANCIAL RISK FACTORS
The Company’s principal financial liabilities comprise loans and borrowings, trade and other payables. The purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Company’s operations and to provide to support its operations. The Company’s principal financial assets trade and other receivables and cash and cash equivalents that derive directly from its operations.
The Company’s activities exposes it to Liquidity Risk, Market Risk and Credit risk. The Board of Directors reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks, which are summarised as below
(a) Liquidity risk
The risk that an entity will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. Liquidity risk management implies maintenance sufficient cash including availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities to meet the obligations as and when due.
The Company manages its liquidity risk by ensuring as far as possible that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its short term and long term liabilities as and when due. Anticipated future cash flows, undrawn committed credit facilities are expected to be sufficient to meet the liquidity requirements of the Company.
(i) Financing arrangements
The Company has access to the following undrawn borrowing facilities as at the end of the reporting period:
Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: interest rate risk, currency risk and other price risk, such as equity price risk and commodity risk. The value of a financial instrument may change as a result of changes in the interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and other market changes that affect market risk sensitive instruments. Market risk is attributable to all market risk sensitive financial instruments including investments and deposits, foreign currency receivables, payables and loans and borrowings.
(i) Foreign currency risk
Currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company has foreign currency trade payables and receivables and is therefore exposed to foreign exchange risk. The exchange rates have been volatile in the recent years and may continue to be volatile in the future. Hence the operating results and financials of the Company may be impacted due to volatility of the rupee against foreign currencies. The Company is not significantly exposed to foreign currency risk due to their limited transaction in the foreign currency.
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counter-party fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company is exposed to credit risks from its operating activities, primarily trade receivables, cash and cash equivalents, deposits with banks and other financial instruments. To manage the credit risk from trade receivables, the Company periodically assess financial reliability of customers, taking into account the financial condition, current economic trends, and analysis of historical bad debts and ageing of accounts receivable. Individual risk limits are set accordingly. The Company considers the probablity of default upon initial recognition of asset and whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk on an ongoing basis throughout each reporting period.
NOTE 36
CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT (a) Capital risk management
The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to :
(i) safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders, and
(ii) maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital
In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may issue new shares, adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders etc.
The Company monitors capital using a gearing ratio being a ratio of net debt as a percentage of total capital.
NOTE- 37
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:
There has been no announcements in respect of amendments /announcement in IND AS applicable for next financial year 2025-26. NOTE- 38
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AT KOLHAPUR
The Company is developing land at Uchagaon, Kolhapur bearing R.S.No.364/2, R.S.No.363/2A (Old R.S. No 363/2) and R.S.No.365/B1 (Old R.S. No.365/B) at Euro Palace, Uchagaon, Kolhapur, admeasuring about 2300 Sq.Mtrs, 800 Sq.Mtrs. and 710 Sq.Mtrs. respectively. The Company has passed resolution at Board meeting held on 8th November, 2014 and 12th August, 2017 respectively to enter into Development Agreement with M/s Randive Builders & Developers and give necessary power of Attorney for above specified land parcels to them. The development agreement has been executed on 20th December, 2014 & 14th March, 2018 respectively. Accordingly, land parcels of 3810 Sq. Mtrs. have been converted into Stock-in-Trade from Property, Plant and Equipment at fair market value of Rs.172.50 lakhs in August, 2014 and Rs.173.65 lakhs in September, 2017 respectively as per valuation reports. Most of the civil constructions work have been completed and final internal finishing works are also completed in mostly flats and shops. Many flats are sold and customers have paid sale considerations amount and agreement to sale registered and possession is also handedover to respective customers. The project is likely to be completed before 31st December, 2025.
NOTE- 39 GOING CONCERN
The Board of Directors in their meeting held on 26th March, 2022, has decided for closure of its manufacturing plants situated at Kolhapur under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, due to continuous grinding halt of operations of plants at Kolhapur since 25th March, 2019 arising out of persistent, unfair and illegal activities of labour including severe inter-union rivalry and disconnection of power.
The Notice of Closure of the manufacturing plants at Kolhapur has been displayed on 30th March, 2022 at the main gate of the Plants and a copy of said Notice has been sent to concerned workers and authorities.
The matter in respect of labour dues for lay off of workers which was subjudice, has been disposed off by the Hon’ble Supreme Court mentioning that the remedy has to be sought in the Hon’ble High court. Accordingly, the Company has filed a writ petition before Hon’ble High Court, Mumbai. In view of expert legal advice taken in the matter, the Company expects a favourable decision. The management has settled all the dues of lender banks and the Company is planning to undertake the further development of available land area at Kolhapur in near future. In view of such positivities, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
NOTE- 40
OTHER STATUTORY INFORMATION:
I) The Company does not have any benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Company for holding any benami property.
ii) The Company does not have any transactions with companies struck off.
iii) The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond the statutory period.
iv) The Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.
v) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall
a) 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
b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
vi) The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (funding party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
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a) 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
b) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries.
vii) The Company does not have any such transaction which is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
viii) The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under clause (87) of section 2 of the Act read with the Companies (Restriction on number of Layers) Rules, 2017.
ix) The Company is not declared wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or lender during the year."
NOTE- 41
The financial statements were approved for issue by the Board of Directors on 21st May, 2025.
K. K. PATODIA DIN : 00027335 Chairman and Managing Director RAJIV PATODIA DIN : 00026711 Executive Director & CFO
H. P. SIOTIA DIN : 00015103 Director
VRUSHALI V. MHATRE DIN : 08458629 Director
NEHA GARG
Mumbai, 21st May, 2025
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