ujaas energy ltd sectoral egm Auditors report


To,

The Members of

Ujaas Energy Limited

Report on the Financial Statements

Qualified Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Ujaas Energy Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2023, and the statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), statement of changes in equity 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, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion section of our report, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the company as at 31 st March, 2023, and its loss (including other comprehensive income), the changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date..

Basis for Qualified Opinion Attention is drawn to :

1. As mentioned in Note 41 & 42 of the Statement, creditors were called upon to submit their claims. Claims submitted by the Financial creditors and operational creditors are subject to reconciliations. Pending reconciliation and final outcome of the CIRP, no accounting impact in the books of accounts has been given in respect of excess, short, or non-receipts of claims for operational and financial creditors. Hence consequential impact, if any, on the financial statements is currently unascertainable.

2. We have been informed by Resolution Professional that the certain information including the minutes of the meeting of the Committee of Creditor and the outcome of certain procedures carried out as a part of the CIRP are confidential in nature and could not be shared with anyone other than the Committee of Creditor and NCLT. Accordingly, we are unable to comment on the possible financial impact, presentation and disclosure, if any, that may arise if we have been provided access to those information..

3. As mentioned in Note No 43 of the Statement, no impairment assessment of property plant and equipment and intangible asset in carrying value as at 31 st March, 2023 is made. Therefore, we are unable to comment on consequential impairment, if any, that is required to be made in carrying value of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

4. Note No. 44 the Statement, balance confirmations not been received in respect of trade receivables, deposits, loans and advances and trade and other payables as a result of which reconciliation process and consequential adjustments, if any, has not been carried out. The Company has adjusted / provided / written off / back significant amounts basis its internal estimates, against which necessary supporting documentation has not been made available to us.

5. Note 45 of the financial statements with regards to difference in borrowings aggregating to Rs. 2573.55 lacs arising with bank balance confirmation due to the interest on borrowings being recognized by the Company based on the sanction terms of borrowing, whereas the lenders has not charged the same. The interest expenses recognized on borrowings during the year by the Company amounting to Rs. 1165.49 Lacs.

6. Note 46 of the financial statement with regards to difference arising in accrued interest on fixed deposit of Axis Bank by Rs 22.69 lacs due to interest being recognized by the Company on accrual basis, where as Axis Bank has not provided interest in their statement. 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 Auditors 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.

Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern

Since the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) is currently in progress, as per the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, it is required that the Company be managed as going concern basis during CIRP. The financial statement is continued to be prepared on going concern basis. However, there exists material uncertainty about the Companys ability to continue as going concern since as per Note No. 41 NCLT has rejected the resolution plan vide order dated 06/01/2023 against which the resolution applicant has filed an appeal before NCLAT. The appropriateness of preparation of financial results on going concern basis is critically dependent upon outcome of CIRP as specified in the Code.

Emphasis of Matter

We draw your attention to note 2 of the Statements with regards to managements assessment of inter-alia, realisability of Renewable Energy Certificates amounting to Rs. 1173 lacs which is subject to adjudication of pending litigation at Apex Court. The management is hopeful of realizing the aforesaid amount considering the legal 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.

Key Audit Matters Auditors Response
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions and is subject to periodic challenges by local tax authorities on a range of tax matters during the normal course of business including direct and indirect tax matters. These involve significant management judgment to determine the possible outcome of the uncertain tax positions, consequently having an impact on related accounting and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit procedures include the following substantive procedures:
- Obtained understanding of key uncertain tax positions; and
- We along with our internal tax experts –
- Read and analysed select key correspondences, external legal opinions / consultations by management for key uncertain tax positions;
Discussed with appropriate senior management and evaluated managements underlying key assumptions in estimating the tax provisions; and
Assessed managements estimate of the possible outcome of the disputed cases

Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditors Report Thereon

The Companys 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, Boards Report including Annexures to Boards Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholders Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors report thereon.

Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the 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.

Managements Responsibility for the Financial Statements

The Companys 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the companys (Indian Accounting Standard ) Rules 2015, as amended. 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 implementation and maintenance of 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 statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Companys 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 are also responsible for overseeing the Companys financial reporting process.

Auditors 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 auditors 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 skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

a. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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, or the override of internal control.

c. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

d. Conclude on the appropriateness of managements 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 Companys ability to continue as a going concern.

If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors 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 auditors report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

e. 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.

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 auditors 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

Other Matter

The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2022 are based on the financial statements audited by the predecessor auditor whose report for the year ended 31st March, 2022 dated 30.05.2022 expressed a modified opinion on those financial statements.

Our opinion on the financial statements above is not modified in respect of these matter.

ReportonOtherLegalandRegulatoryRequirements

As required by the Companies (Auditors 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.

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 (including Other Comprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rules framed there under.

e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2023 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 matters to be included in the Auditors 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 has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements – Refer Note 29 to the financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long term contract including derivative contract 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 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 persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:

n directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Company or

n provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(B) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:

n directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Party or

n provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and (C) Based on such audit procedures as 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 (iv) (A) and (iv) (B) contain any material mis-statement.

v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year hence provision of section 123 of the Act are not applicable.

vi. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility is applicable to the Company with effect from April 1, 2023, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31, 2023.

h. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors Report under Section 197(16) of the Act, In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its Director/ Managerial Personnel during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.

For Ashok Khasgiwala & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Reg. No. 000743C/C400037)
CA Avinash Baxi
(Partner)
M.No.079722
Place: Indore
Date: 30th May 2023
UDIN: :230797228GWJVU6734