[For the Financial year ended on 31^st March, 2024]

To

The Members

Shree Rajiv Lochan Oil Extraction Limited Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Your Directors have pleasure in presenting Annual report of the Company together with Audited Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended on the 31^st March, 2024.

The Company has not transferred any amount to the reserve account during the financial year ended 31^st March, 2024.

Your Directors do not recommend any dividend on the equity share capital of the Company for the year ended 31^st March, 2024.

The Company has not carried out its main business during the financial year; however the company has earned other income of 24.48 lakhs out of which 15.55 lakhs in the form of interest.

There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company during the financial year.

There is no material changes occurred between 01/04/2024 up to the date of this report having effect on the financial position of the Company.

The details of the share capital as on 31^st March, 2024 are as under:

There is no change in the authorized share capital of the Company during the year. The Authorized share capital of the Company is Rs. 45,000,000/- (Rupees four crores fifty lakhs only) divided in to 4,500,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each.

There is no change in the issued and subscribed share capital of the Company during the year. The issued and subscribed share capital of the Company is Rs. 40,930,000/- (Rupees four crores nine lakhs thirty thousand only) divided in to 4,093,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each. There is call in arrears on 2,156,000 equity shares; therefore, the paid up share capital of the Company is Rs. 3,01,80,000/- (Rupees three crore one lac eighty thousand only).

The details of other changes in share capital during the financial year are as follows:

There are 6 (six) directors on Board of the Company, comprising of 2 executive, 2 non-executive and 2 independent directors. No other change has taken place into board of directors of the Company during the financial year. More details are provided under the corporate governance report. Smt Kalpana Raheja is liable to retire by rotation in the ensuing annual general meeting and seeks her re-appointment. The Board recommends the same.

Shri Ravi Gulwani and Shri C.N. Murty are independent directors in Board of the Company.

The Independent Directors have submitted the declaration of the independence as required pursuant to section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 and regulation 25 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 stating that they the criteria of independence as provided in the section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and there is no change in the status of their independence and they have confirmed that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation which exists or may be reasonably anticipated that could impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties.

During the financial year 4 (FY) board meetings have taken place, the details of which are provided in the corporate governance report.

In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors would like to state that:

a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

b) The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were 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 of the profit or loss of the Company for that period;

c) The directors have taken 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) The directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;

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

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

The Audit committee is constituted of 3 directors out of which 2 are independent directors (including its Chairman) and 1 executive director. All the members of the audit committee are financially literate. During the financial year 4 (Four) committee meetings have taken place, more details are given in the corporate governance report.

Stakeholder relationship committee comprises of 3 members Shri C. N. Murty (Independent Director), Shri Ravi Gulwani (Independent Director) and Shri Harish Raheja.

The Company has a nomination and remuneration committee. The committee comprises of 3 non executive directors. Shri Sanjay Raheja, Shri C. N. Murty (Chairman of the committee) and Shri Ravi Gulwani are the members of the committee.

The Company has a policy on Directors' Appointment and Remuneration including criteria for determining qualification, positive attributes, independence of directors and other matters provided under section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 is reviewed by the nomination and remuneration committee and formulated by the Board.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee has formulated criteria for evaluation of the performance of the each of the directors of the Company. On the basis of said criteria, the Board and all its committees and directors have been evaluated by the Board of the Directors and Independent Directors of the Company.

The Company has not paid any remuneration to any of its directors during the financial year.

The Company has an internal control system, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations.

The Company does not have any other subsidiary, joint venture or associate company during the financial year ended on 31^st March 2024.

The Company has not accepted any deposit within the ambit of the section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rule, 2014.

The particulars of loans given and advances made during the financial year and outstanding as at the financial year are provided under Note no. 7 of the financial statements.

The Company has not made any investment during the financial year. The particulars of investments already made by the Company are provided under Note no. 3 of the financial statements.

The Company has not given any guarantee during this financial year.

BORROWINGS

The particulars of borrowings made during the financial year and outstanding as at the financial year are provided under Note no. 10 of the financial statements

The Company has not entered into any related party transactions during the financial year.

The Company is not required to constitute CSR committee and formulate CSR policy as prescribed under the provisions of section 135 and rules made under it, because it does not have the prescribed net worth, turnover or net profit under that section.

The Company has not carried out any business activity. Accordingly, the Company has not taken any steps for conservation of energy; neither has it made any investment for the same. Further, there were no foreign exchange earnings or outgo during the year.

Pursuant to section 134(3)(n) of the Companies Act, 2013, at present the Company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company.

The Board of Directors have established ‘Whistle Blower Policy' and ‘Code of Conduct' for the directors and employees of the Company as required under the provisions of section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 7 of the Companies (Meeting of Board and its powers) Rules, 2014. The said policy has been properly communicated to all the directors and employees of the Company through the respective departmental heads and the new employees are being informed about the Vigil Policy by the Personnel Department at the time of their joining.

There is no significant and material order passed by the regulators/court which would impact the going concern status of the Company.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. S G R A & Company (FRN: 025055C) (Formerly known as Rahul B Agrawal & Asssociates) Raipur, Chhattisgarh were appointed as the statutory auditor of the Company in 30^th Annual General Meeting of the Company for a term of 5 years (from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25). Their report along with the financial statements is annexed as Annexure-A. The Company has received his resignation on 29.08.2024, which was noted by the board in their meeting held on 29/08/2024. Further, the Company has received letter of consent cum eligibility from M/s Milind Nyati & Co. (FRN: 014455C) for appointment as the Statutory Auditor in place of M/s S G R A & Company (FRN: 025055C) for a period of 5 consecutive years commencing from FY 2024-25.

The Board has appointed M/s. Samantrai Prashant & Co., Company Secretaries, Raipur, CG as the secretarial auditor of the Company for financial year. The secretarial auditors' report is annexed herewith as Annexure-B.

The Company has appointed Goel & Goyal, Chartered Accountants, Raipur, CG as internal auditors for the financial year ended on 31^st March 2024.

The Company is not required to appoint cost auditors during the financial year.

AUDITOR'S REPORT

The qualifications and adverse remark given by the statutory auditor in its statutory audit report on the financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 31^st March 2024 and reply of the Board are enclosed to this report as Annexure- C

The qualifications and remarks given by the secretarial auditors and reply of the Board are enclosed to this report as Annexure-D.

Company has complied with all applicable Secretarial Standards.

ANNUAL RETURN

In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013, the annual return in the prescribed format is available at http://www.sroel.com/Default.aspx?PageID=3&ReportCatID=1.

A detailed management discussion and analysis forms part of this report as Annexure-E.

Pursuant to regulation 15 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 the regulation 17 to 27 are not applicable to the Company, because the Company does not fulfill any of the criteria specified in that regulation. However, being a listed entity the Company has been following the corporate governance regimen under the then applicable listing agreement. Accordingly, a separate section on corporate governance practices followed by the Company is given as Annexure-F. Also, the Company is not required to obtain corporate governance certificate from auditors or secretarial auditors.

The Company has in place an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (Permanent, Contractual, and Temporary, Training) are covered under this Policy. However, no complaints have been received during the financial year ended on 31^st March 2024.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The statement showing the name and other particulars of the employees of the Company as required under rule 5 (2 & 3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is not required to be furnished since none of the employee of the Company has received remuneration in excess of the remuneration mentioned in the above mentioned rule 5 (2) during the financial year.

Shares of the Company are presently listed at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The trading in securities of the Company is suspended by BSE due to penal reasons. The company has completed the formalities required by BSE for revocation of suspension as of the date of the report and the revocation of suspension is awaited. The Company had paid listing fee up to 31^st March 2024 in respect of the above stock exchange.

There are no applications made during the financial year 2023-24 by or against the company and there are no proceedings pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.

Your company has not made any one time settlement with any of its lenders.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

The Board of Directors takes this opportunity to express their appreciation for the support and cooperation extended by all the stakeholders. The Directors appreciate the support the Company received from auditors, bankers and Central/ State Government authorities.