We have audited the accompanying standalone financial
statements of GODAWARI POWER & ISPAT LIMITED (the
"Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March
31, 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 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 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, 2025 and its profit, 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 ("SA”s) 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 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. 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 that there are no key audit
matters to communicate in our report.
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 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.
Management's Responsibilities 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 fair view of the financial position, financial
performance, including other 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
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.
The Board of Directors is also 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 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:
0 Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
of the standalone 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.
0 Obtain an understanding of internal financial control
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.
0 Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used
and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and
related disclosures made by the management.
0 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 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.
0 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 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 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.
2. 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 Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss
including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement
of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash
Flows 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 Ind AS 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 of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,
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 over 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 over financial
reporting.
g) 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 Company to its directors
during the year is in accordance with the provisions
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,
as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our
information and according to the explanations given
to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position in
its standalone financial statements.
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. (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.
i) As stated in Note 37 to the standalone financial
statements
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous
year, declared and paid by the Company during
the year is in accordance with Section 123 of
the Act, as applicable.
(b) The company has declared and paid interim
dividend during the year is in accordance with
Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company has
recommended final dividend for the year,
which is subject to the approval of the members
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The
amount of dividend proposed is in accordance
with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
j) 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 the course of 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 the statutory
requirements for record retention.
For Singhi & Co.
(ICAI Firm Regn.302049E)
Chartered Accountants
Sanjay Kumar Dewangan
Partner
Membership number: 409524
Raipur, 20th May, 2025
UDIN: 25409524BMJDKF3191
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