potis power projects ltd Directors report


To

The Members

Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 30 Annual Report of the Company together with the Audited Statements of Accounts for the year ended 31 March, 2022.

(1) FINANCIAL RESULTS:

(Rs. In lakhs)

Sl.No. Particulars 2021-22 2020-21
01. Gross Income 79.60 18.75
02. Total Expenses 78.29 18.94
03. Finance Charges 0 0
04. Extraordinary Items 6 0
05. Net Profit/(Ioss) before tax 1.30 (0.19)
06. Provision for tax 0 0
07. Net profit/(loss) after tax 1.30 (0.19)

(2) State of Companys Affairs:

During the year under review, the Company had a sales turnover of Rs 79.60 lakhs against Rs. 18.75 lakhs made during the previous year. For the year 2021-22, the company has earned a profit of Rs. 1.30 lakhs as against loss incurred against Rs.0.19 lakhs during the previous year

(3) DIRECTORS:

Details of directors as per Section 152 read with section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Listing Regulations, 2015, the Board is duly constituted and balanced. During the year under review, Mr. Sivalingam Ashok Kumar Arcot, director of the company will retire by rotation and being eligible, otfers himself for reappointment at the ensuing annual general meeting.

(4) DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

Pursuant to Section 134 (3) (C) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors confirm that:

(a) In the preparation of annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed and there are no material departures from the same.

(b) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year and the profit and loss of the company for that period.

(c) Proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities

(d) Annual accounts were prepared on a going concern basis., and

(e) Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.

(f) The proper system was devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively

(5) DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

The Company has received necessary declaration from all the independent Directors under section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence laid down in section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.

(6) BOARD MEETINGS:

The Board met four times during the year under review the details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report that forms part of this Report.

(7) POLICY ON DIRECTORS APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION:

The companys policy lays down the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and other matter as provided under sub-section (3) of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013.

The Current Policy is to have an appropriate mix of executive and independent directors to maintain the independence of the Board in terms of the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. The board consists of one executive director and two non executive directors with two independent directors

(8) AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Pursuant to the provisions of section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013, the company board constituted the audit committee with the following directors:

(I) Sri.P. Nireesh Reddy Independent Director as Chairman

(ii) Sri. A. Yadagiri, Independent Director

(iii) Sri. O. Krishna Reddy, Executive Director

(9) AUDITORS:

(a) Statutory Auditors: M/s A.Y Ratnam & Co., Chartered Accountants will continue to be auditors until completion of their term of 5 yers.

(b) Secretarial Auditor: Vijay Krishna Narala., Practicing Company Secretaries are the Secretarial Auditors appointed by the board of directors of the Company for the year 2020-21 and the Report is attached to this Report.

(10) AUDITORSOBSERWIONS:

The Observations made in the Secretarial Audit Report by the Secretarial Auditor and the explanation thereto are furnished as under:

Explanation to the observation made under para (4)? of the report: The company is not in operation for the last several years and the shares of the company are suspended on the stock exchange. The company, being a defunct company has filed annual report with the stock exchanges and communicated book closure for the purpose of AGM. The unaudited financial results could not be filed as the company has not been any carrying any activity for the last several years.

Explanation to the observation made under para 4(d) of the Report: The company is defunct for several years and the application made for power license was rejected by the Government. The company has plans to diversity into Food Processing business in the coming year subject to obtaining the RoC- llydcrahud approval for change of Name and Objects.

Explanation to the observation made under para (4)(e): The company has been undergoing severe financial crisis and could not settle the dues to Registrars Mild Transfer Agents relating to demat services. The Transfer Agent was requested to continue their services relating to demat services and the promoter director issued a commitment letter to pay the dues and requested it to continue their services.

Explanation to the observation made under para (4)(f): The company is a defunct one for the last several years and there is no manufacturing or any other activity carried out by the company and the income is zero for the last several years and the company is in the process of complying with the requirement of Key Managerial Personnel and will be appointing the Company Secretary as required under the Act shortly.

Explanation to the observation made under para (4)(h): The company is a defunct one for the last several years and there is no manufacturing or any other activity carried out by the company and the income is zero for the last several years and the company is in the process of complying with the requirement of Internal Auditor as required under the Act shortly.

Explanation to the observation made under para (4)(i): The directors had raised the unsecured loan mainly for the purpose of meeting the requirement of expenses to be incurred to maintain the office and to administer as there is no other income from operations for several years. The amount raised from other persons other than the directors pertain to the relatives of the directors.

Explanation to the observation made under para 4(j): The company is in the process of settlement of dues to the Registrars and Share Transfer Agents and the company will comply with the requirement of electronic voting system as required under the Act.

Explanation to observation made under para 4(k): Since the unit was defunct for several years, the company could not maintain properly the registers, records and returns. The company is in the process of maintaining the required registers and records as required under various applicable labour laws.

(11) VIGIL MECHANISM:

Pursuant to the provisions of section 177(9) & (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 a Vigil Mechanism for directors and employees to report genuine concerns has been established. The company has not denied access to any personnel to approach the management on any issue.

(12) LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186:

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not required to be given as there were no such loans, investments and guarantees made by the company during the year under report.

(13) CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 134(3)(h) read with Rule 8 (2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules. 2014, there were no materially significant related party transactions with the Companys Promoters, Directors, Management or their relatives, which could have had a potential conflict with the interests of the Company.

(14) REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES:

The information required pursuant to Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managing Personnel) Rules, 2014 and Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, in respect of Director is not required to be given as there was no such remuneration paid during the year under report.

Particulars of employees as per the Rule-5(2) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are not applicable as there is no employee who was in receipt of remuneration in excess of the limits specified.

(15) CONSERWIN OF ENERGY TECHNOLOG YABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

Information required under section 134(3)(m) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are not furnished as there was no production activities carried out during the year under report. The foreign exchange earnings and expenses are nil during the year.

(16) RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

The Company has been addressing various risks impacting the Company and the policy of the Company on risk management is set out in the Management Discussion and Analysis which forms part of this report.

(17) BOARD EVALUATION:

The evaluation of all the directors and the Board as a whole was conducted based on the criteria and framework adopted by the Board. The evaluation process has been explained in the corporate governance report section in this Annual Report. The Board approved the evaluation results as collated by the nomination and remuneration committee.

(18) EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:

In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT- 9 is annexed herewith to this report.

(19) MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS RE PORI:

As required under the Listing Regulations, 2015, a statement on the Management Discussion and Analysis Report is attached to this Report.

(20) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT:

Pursuant to the Regulation 34 of the Listing Regulations, 2015, the company complied with the guidelines and a statement on the corporate governance report for the year 2021-22 is attached to this report.

(21) GENERAL:

Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as they are not apprised there were no transactions/ events occurred on these items during the year under review:

1. Details relating to deposits covered under chapter 5 of the Act.

2 No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or courts or tribunal which impact on going concern status and the companys operations in future.

3. No cases were Filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

4. No Dividend was recommended by the Board.

5. Issue of Equity shares with differential rights as to Dividend, voting or otherwise.

6. Issue of shares to Employees of the Company under any revenue.

7. Corporate Social Responsibility policy.

8. No material events occurred between the date of closure of books of account and the date of this report.

9. There were no such companies which have become or ceased to be the companys Subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies during the year under report.

10. The company has adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at 31" March, 2022 based on the internal controls over financial reporting.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Your Directors record the assistance extended to the company by the company bankers and various Government authorities and all business associates.

The Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the committed services by the companys Executives, staff and workers.