Auditor Report of Davangere Sugar Company Ltd.

Mar 31, 2025

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Davangere Sugar Company Limited,
which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31^st March, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss
(Including Other Comprehensive Income) and Cash Flow Statement and the statement of Changes
in Equity for the period ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information. (Hereinafter referred to as the "financial statements").

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,
the aforesaid 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 inconformity 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, the profit
and total comprehensive income, changes in equity 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 except as mention below:

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Sr No.	Key Audit Matters	Auditor’s response
1.	Determination of net realizable value of inventory of sugar as at the year ended March 31, 2025. As on March 31, 2025, the Company has inventory of sugar with the carrying value 3265.37 Lakhs. The inventory of sugar is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value.	Principal Audit Procedures: We understood and tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls as established by the management in determination of net realizable value of inventory of sugar.
	We considered the value of the inventory of sugar as a key audit matter given the relative size of the balance in the financial statements and significant judgement involved in the consideration of factors such as minimum sale price, monthly quota, fluctuation in selling prices and the related notifications of the Government in determination of net realizable value.	We considered various factors including the actual selling price prevailing around and subsequent to the year-end minimum selling price & monthly quota and other notifications of the Government of India, initiatives taken by the Government with respect to sugar industry as a whole. Based on the above procedures performed, the management’s determination of the net realizable value of the inventory of sugar as at the year end and comparison with cost for valuation of inventory, is considered to be reasonable.

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, but does not include the financial
statements and our auditor’s report thereon. These reports are expected to be made available to
us after the date of our auditor’s report.

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 identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the
other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge
obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

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When we read the other information included in the above reports, if we conclude that theie is
material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with
governance and determine the actions under the applicable laws and regulations.

Management''s Responsibility for the 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of
the financial position, financial performance, total 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 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, 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.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting
process.

Auditor''s Responsibility

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 skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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• 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)(i) 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.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in
aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of
the 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 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 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 section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure
A", a statement on the matter specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required under provisions of section 143(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, we report that:

a. We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge and belief where 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 appears from our examination of those books;

c. The Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive
Income Statement of Cash Flow and Statement of Changes of Equity dealt with this
report are in agreement with the books of account;

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statement comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of Act, read with relevant rule issued
thereunder.

e. On the basis of 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 operating effectiveness of such controls, referred to
our separate report in “Annexure B”.

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 other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance
with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditor) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and
to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and
explanations given to us:

(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March
2025 on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note (vii) of
Annexure - A to the financial statements

(b) The Company did not have any long-term and derivative contracts as at March
31,2025.

(c) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended
March 31, 2025.

(d) The management has;

(i) 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:

• 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

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

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(ii) 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:

• 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

• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the
Ultimate Beneficiaries: and

(iii) 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 subclause (d) (i) and (d) (ii) contain any material
mis-statement.

(e) The company has not neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year
under Section 123 of the Act.

(f) 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 with effect from April 1, 2024 to the
Company and its subsidiaries, which are companies incorporated in India, and
accordingly, The Company has used accounting software ''ERP - AISUGAR ,
Windows Server 2012 R2’ for maintaining its books of account which has a
feature of recording audit trail facility and the same has been operated
throughout the period for all transactions recorded in the software and the audit
trail feature has not been tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved
by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.

FOR D G M S & Co.,

Chartered Accountants

Place: Mumbai _ > ®

Date: 14^th May 2025 _g__n --M

Hiren J. Maru \vwmthJ £7

Partner

M. No. 115279

FRN: 0112187W

UDIN: 25115279BM1QBB1270

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Mar 31, 2024

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Davangere Sugar Company Limited, which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31^st March, 2024, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (Including Other Comprehensive Income) and Cash Flow Statement and the statement of Changes in Equity for the period ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. (Hereinafter referred to as the "financial statements").

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid 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 inconformity 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, 2024, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity 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 except as mention below:

Sr No.	Key Audit Matters	Auditor''s response
1.	Company incurred Preliminary & Preoperative expenses of Rs.1558 lakhs in relation to installation of 65 KLPD Distillery Unit (Ethanol Manufacturing Unit). Company incurred Rs.1558 lakhs up to 31.05.2022 till the completion of the commissioning of the Distillery Unit.	Principal Audit Procedures: Our audit procedures included and were not limited to the following: -Assessed the management''s position through discussions with the in-house operational expert. -Tested the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of the controls established by the Company in the process of evaluation of Preliminary & Pre-operative expenses. -Discussed with the management on the developments in respect of: That distillery commissioning is completed, the Preliminary & Pre-operative expenses are to be capitalized to the components of the assets of Distillery unit based on the value of each component of asset. Out of Preliminary & Pre-operative expenses of Rs.1558 Lakhs, an amount of Rs.249 Lakhs is capitalized to Factory Building, an amount of Rs.0.40 lakhs is capitalized to Computers, an amount of Rs.0.08 lakhs is capitalized to Furniture & Fixtures, an amount of Rs. 0.06 lakhs is capitalized to the Office Equipment, and amount of Rs.973 lakhs is capitalized to Plant and Machineries, an amount of Rs.0.76 lakhs is capitalized to Software Package -AI (ERP) and an amount of Rs. 1.86 lakhs is capitalized to Vehicles and further a balance of Rs.330 lakhs is carried forward since there is a Capital working-inprogress to the extent of Rs. 2089 lakhs in the books of accounts relating to grain- based unit is carried forward. The Grain based distillery asset to the extent of value of Rs.2089 lakhs is shown in the NOTE -1 of Property, Plant and Equipments Schedule as on 31.03.2023 and also 31.03.2024. Company is planning to complete the installation of grain based unit with expanded capacity to the extent of additional 45 KLPD during the FY 2024-25.

	Determination of net realizable value of	Principal Audit Procedures :
2.	inventory of sugar as at the year ended	We understood and tested the design and operating
	March 31, 2024. As on March 31, 2024, the	effectiveness of controls as established by the
	Company has inventory of sugar with the	management in determination of net realizable
	carrying value 3,674.21 Lakhs. The inventory	value of inventory of sugar.
	of sugar is valued at the lower of cost and net	We considered various factors including the actual
	realizable value.	selling price prevailing around and subsequent to the
	We considered the value of the inventory of	year-end minimum selling price & monthly quota
	sugar as a key audit matter given the relative	and other notifications of the Government of India,
	size of the balance in the financial statements	initiatives taken by the Government with respect to
	and significant judgement involved in the	sugar industry as a whole.
	consideration of factors such as minimum	Based on the above procedures performed, the
	sale price, monthly quota, fluctuation in	management''s determination of the net realizable
	selling prices and the related notifications of	value of the inventory of sugar as at the year end and
	the Government in determination of net	comparison with cost for valuation of inventory, is
	realizable value.	considered to be reasonable.

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, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon. These reports are expected to be made available to us after the date of our auditor''s report.

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 identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the other information included in the above reports, if we conclude that there is material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and determine the actions under the applicable laws and regulations.

Management''s Responsibility for the 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total 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 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, 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.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process.

Auditor''s Responsibility

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 skepticism 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)(i) 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.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the 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 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 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 section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A", a statement on the matter specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required under provisions of section 143(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, we report that:

a. We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief where 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 appears from our examination of those books;

c. The Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income Statement of Cash Flow and Statement of Changes of Equity dealt with this report are in agreement with the books of account;

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statement comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of Act, read with relevant rule issued thereunder.

e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 operating effectiveness of such controls, referred to our separate report in "Annexure B".

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 other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditor) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2024 on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note (vii) of Annexure - A to the financial statements

(b) The Company did not have any long-term and derivative contracts as at March 31, 2024.

(c) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2024.

The management has;

(i) represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief as disclosed in the Note No. 36 to the financial statements, 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:

• 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

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

(ii) represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief as disclosed in the Note No. 37 to the financial statements, 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:

• 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

• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

(iii) 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 subclause (d) (i) and (d) (ii) contain any material mis-statement.

(d) The company has not neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year under Section 123 of the Act.

(e) 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 with effect from April 1, 2023 to the Company and its subsidiaries, which are companies incorporated in India, and accordingly, The Company has used accounting software ''Tally Prime System'' for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail facility and the same has been operated throughout the period for all transactions recorded in the software and the audit trail feature has not been tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.

FOR D G M S & Co.,

Chartered Accountants

Sd/-

Hiren J. Maru

Partner

M. No. 115279

FRN: 0112187W

Place: Jamnagar

Date: 24-05-2024

UDIN: 24115279BKBWKB2160

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Mar 31, 2023

DAVANGERE SUGAR COMPANY LIMITEDReport on the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Financial Statements Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Davangere Sugar Company Limited, which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2023, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (Including Other Comprehensive Income) and Cash Flow Statement and the statement of Changes in Equity for the period ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. (Hereinafter referred to as the "financial statements").

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid 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 inconformity 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, 2023, the profit and total comprehensive income, changes in equity 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 except as mention below:

Sr No.	Key Audit Matters	Auditor''s response
1.	Determination of net realizable value of inventory	Principal Audit Procedures :
	of sugar as at the year ended March 31, 2023. As on March 31, 2023, the Company has inventory of sugar with the carrying value 3,674.21 Lakhs. The inventory of sugar is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value.	We understood and tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls as established by the management in determination of net realizable value of inventory of sugar.
	We considered the value of the inventory of sugar as a key audit matter given the relative size of the balance in the financial statements and significant judgement involved in the consideration of factors such as minimum sale price, monthly quota, fluctuation in selling prices and the related notifications of the Government in determination of net realizable value.	We considered various factors including the actual selling price prevailing around and subsequent to the year-end minimum selling price & monthly quota and other notifications of the Government of India, initiatives taken by the Government with respect to sugar industry as a whole.

Based on the above procedures performed, the management''s determination of the net realizable value of the inventory of sugar as at the year end and comparison with cost for valuation of inventory, is considered to be reasonable.

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, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor''s report thereon. These reports are expected to be made available to us after the date of our auditor''s report.

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 identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

When we read the other information included in the above reports, if we conclude that there is material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance and determine the actions under the applicable laws and regulations.

Management''s Responsibility for the 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total 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 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, 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.

Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company''s financial reporting process. Auditor''s Responsibility

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 skepticism 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)(i) 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.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the 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 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 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 section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure A", a statement on the matter specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required under provisions of section 143(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, we report that:

a. We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief where 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 appears from our examination of those books;

c. The Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income Statement of Cash Flow and Statement of Changes of Equity dealt with this report are in agreement with the books of account;

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statement comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of Act, read with relevant rule issued thereunder.

e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2023, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 operating effectiveness of such controls, referred to our separate report in "Annexure B".

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 other matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditor) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations given to us:

(a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31 March 2023 on its financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note (vii) of Annexure - A to the financial statements

(b) The Company did not have any long-term and derivative contracts as at March 31, 2023.

(c) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2023.

(d) The management has;

(i) represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief as disclosed in the Note No. 37 to the financial statements, 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:

• 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

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

(ii) represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief as disclosed in the Note No. 38 to the financial statements, 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:

• 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

• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

(iii) 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 (d) (i) and (d) (ii) contain any material mis-statement.

(e) The company has not neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year under Section 123 of the Act.

(f) 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 with effect from April 1, 2023 to the Company and its subsidiaries, which are companies incorporated in India, 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.

FOR D G M S & Co., Chartered Accountants Sd/-

Shashank P. Doshi

Place: Jamnagar Partner

Date: 30-05-2023 M. No. 108456FRN: 0112187W UDIN: 23108456BGUDOZ9159