To,
The members of
GIRIRAJ CIVIL DEVELOPERS LIMITED
Your directors present their 19th Annual Report and Audited Accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2024.
Financial Results:
The Company's financial performance, for the year ended March 31, 2024, is summarized
below:
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars |
Year ended 31.03.2024 |
Year ended 31.03.2023 |
Gross Income |
15,897.92 |
11,092.14 |
Profit /(Loss) before Interest, Depreciation and tax |
1695.36 |
849.76 |
Less: Interest, Depreciation, and tax |
(678.60) |
(378.28) |
Profit (Loss) before Tax |
1317.17 |
591.08 |
Less: Provision for Tax |
(304.88) |
(140.63) |
Profit (Loss) for the year/After Tax |
1,012.29 |
450.45 |
Operations/State of Company's affairs:
During the year the Company has generated revenue from operations of Rs. 13714.33/-
(Rs. In lakhs), (including other income) and earned net profit after tax Rs. 1012.29/- as
compared with the corresponding figures in the previous year of Rs.9630.55/- and Rs.
450.45 /- respectively. The total revenue increased by Rs. 4083.78 (Rs. in lakhs) /- as
compared with last year as well as net profit after tax also increased by Rs. 561.84 /- as
compared with last year.
However, internally we will be concentrating on increased operational efficiency,
tighter credit control, focus on retaining our share with existing customers, increased
focus on increasing sales of high value-added products and widening customer base.
No material changes have occurred from the end of the financial year till the date of
this report affecting the financial position of the Company.
There has been no change in the nature of the Business of the Company during the year.
Dividend:
The Board of Directors of your company, after considering holistically the relevant
circumstances, has decided that it would be prudent, not to recommend any dividend for the
financial year ended March 31, 2024.
Transfer to Reserves:
An amount of Rs. 50.00/- (Rs. in lakhs) has been transferred to General Reserves for
the financial year 2023-24.
Public Deposits:
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any deposits from the public
falling within the meaning of the provisions of Chapter V - Acceptance of Deposits under
Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
Share Capital:
Authorized Share Capital:
The Authorized Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 25,00,00,000/- consisting of
2,50,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each. During the year under review, there has been
no change in the Authorized Share Capital of the Company.
Paid up Share Capital:
During the year under review, the Board of Directors in its Board meeting held on the
16th October 2023, had allotted 7,40,000 equity shares at a face value of Rs. 10 each on a
preferential basis in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
and rules framed thereunder and the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2018 ("ICDR Regulations"), as amended and other applicable laws and
regulations issued by SEBI from time to time, at a price of Rs. 581/- per Equity Share
aggregating to Rs. 42,99,40,000/-. The allotment details are as under: -
Sr. No. Particulars |
PAN Number(s) of the allottee(s) |
Number of Equity Shares to be allotted |
Promoter Category |
|
|
1. Mr. Krushang Mahesh Shah |
DIFPS8897P |
2,00,000 |
Non-Promoter category |
|
|
2. Mr. Nitin shah |
AAVPS0807L |
50,000 |
3. Mr. Raichand mehta |
AEIPM1945E |
1,50,000 |
4. M/s. Chips & Bytes (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
AADCC0754H |
1,75,000 |
5. M/s. Wisdom packaging Pvt. Ltd. |
AAACW9855A |
1,50,000 |
6. M/s. Inder Singh Parihar |
AAEPP6061C |
10,000 |
7. Mr. Gulshan Arora |
AEDPA0848M |
5,000 |
TOTAL |
|
7,40,000 |
Further, during the year under review, the Board of Directors in its Board meeting held
on Saturday, 04th November 2023 had allotted 1,91,36,400 Bonus Equity Shares of the face
value of Rs. 10/- each to the eligible shareholders entitled to receive the Bonus Equity
Shares of the Company in the proportion of 4:1 as on record date being 3rd November 2023.
The Equity Shares allotted through preferential allotment and Bonus shall rank pari
passu in all respects with the existing Equity Shares of the Company.
Subsidiary, Joint Venture, and Associate Company:
The Company does not have any subsidiary or associate company, the details of Joint
ventures are as follows:
Sr. No Name of Joint Venture |
% of Shareholding in JV |
1. Moksha Construction |
36% |
1 R.K. Madani |
40% |
2 Prime Enterprises & K.K. Engineering |
25% |
3 Dev Engineers |
25% |
4 Mehrotra Buildcon Private Limited |
49% |
5 Shree Manglam Buildcon (I) Private Limited |
49% |
Directors' Responsibility Statement:
Your director's state that:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024, the
applicable accounting standards have been followed and there is no material departure from
the same;
ii. The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently
and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent to give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the Company as of March 31, 2024, and of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date;
iii. The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the 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 fraud and other irregularities;
iv. The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v. The Directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the
Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating
effectively; and
vi. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
Corporate Governance:
The Company is listed on the NSE Emerge SME platform of NSE, the compliance with
Corporate Governance provisions is not applicable to the company as per Regulation 15 of
the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015.
Management Discussion and Analysis:
A brief note on management discussion and analysis is annexed as Annexure- I which
forms part of the Directors Report.
Contracts and Arrangements with related parties:
All transactions entered with related parties during the financial year were in the
ordinary course of business and on arm's length price basis. Suitable disclosures as
required under AS 18 have been made under notes to Financial Statements. Disclosure of
particulars of contracts/arrangements entered by the company with related parties is in
Form AOC-2 in Annexure II.
Declaration by Independent Director under sub-section (6) of section 149:
The Company has received a Declaration that the Independent Director meets the criteria
of Independence laid down in sub-section (6) of section 149 of the Companies Act 2013.
Internal Financial Controls:
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls regarding financial
statements.
Listing:
The equity shares of the company are listed on the NSE Emerge SME platform of NSE and
the listing fee for the financial year 2023-24 is paid to the concerned Stock Exchange.
Board of Directors & Key Managerial Personnel:
During the year under review, the Board comprises of two executive Directors and two
NonExecutive Independent Directors including one Women Director. The details of the Board
of Directors and KMPs are as under: -
Sr. No. Particulars |
Designation |
1 Mr. Krushang Mahesh Shah DIN: 07198525 |
Managing Director |
2 Mr. Prasham Nitin Shah DIN:09540340 |
Executive Director |
3 Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai DIN:01929190 |
Independent Director-NonExecutive Women Director |
4 Ms. Tina Jeevan Dass DIN:09540374 |
Independent Director-NonExecutive Women Director |
5 Mrs. Mamta Prasad Chaoji |
Company Secretary |
6 Mr. Devashis Kumar Mondal |
C.F.O |
Further, the Company Secretary Mrs. had resigned from the post of Company Secretary
w.e.f. 31st May 2024. The Company had appointed Mr. Jay Pansuria as a Company Secretary
w.e.f. 28th June 2024.
Policies:
a) Policy for Selection of Directors and determining Directors' Independence
1. Policy
Qualification and Criteria:
a) The Nomination and Remuneration (NR) Committee, and the Board, shall review on an
annual basis, the appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience required of the Board as a
whole and its individual members. The objective is to have a Board with an understanding
of the industry & strategy of the Company.
b) In evaluating the suitability of individual Board members, the NR Committee may take
into account factors, such as:
General understanding of the Company's business & industry.
Educational and professional background
Personal and professional ethics, integrity and values
c) The proposed appointee shall also fulfil the entire requirement as may be
prescribed, from time to time, under the Companies Act, 2013 and other relevant laws.
2. Criteria of Independence:
a) The NR Committee shall assess the independence of Directors at the time of
appointment / re-appointment and the Board shall assess the same annually. The Board shall
re-assess determinations of independence when any new interests or relationships are
disclosed by a Director.
b) The criteria of independence, as laid down in the Companies Act, 2013 shall be
followed.
c) The Independent Directors shall abide by the "Code for Independent
Directors" as specified in Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013.
b) Remuneration policy for Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, and other Employees:
A. Introduction
The Company has formulated the remuneration policy for its directors, key managerial
personnel and other employees keeping in view the following objectives:
i) Ensuring that the level and composition of remuneration is reasonable to attract,
retain and motivate, to run the company successfully.
ii) Ensuring that relationship of remuneration to performance is clear.
Scope and Exclusion
This Policy sets out the guiding principles for the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee for recommending to the Board the remuneration of the directors, key managerial
personnel and other employees of the Company.
B. Terms and References
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
i) "Director" means a director appointed to the Board of the Company.
ii) "Key Managerial Personnel" means
The Chief Executive Officer or the managing director or the manager;
The Company Secretary;
The Whole-time Director;
The Chief Financial Officer; and
Such other officer as may be prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013
iii) Nomination and Remuneration Committee" means the committee constituted by the
Company's Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act,
2013.
C. Policy
1. Remuneration to Executive Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
i) The Board, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration (NR) Committee,
shall review and approve the remuneration payable to the Executive Directors of the
Company within the overall limits as per the law/ approved by the Shareholders.
ii) The Board, on the recommendation of the NR Committee, shall also review and approve
the remuneration payable to the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
2. Remuneration to Non-Executive Director
The Board, on the recommendation of the NR Committee, shall review and approve the
remuneration payable to the Non-Executive Directors of the Company within the overall
limits as per the law / approved by the shareholders.
3. Remuneration to other employees
Remuneration to an individual employee shall be according to their qualification and
work Experience.
Board Evaluation:
The Board evaluated the effectiveness of its functioning and that of the Committees and
of individual directors on the basis of various aspects /criteria of board/ Committee
Governance.
The criteria & aspects covered in the evaluation included knowledge to perform the
role, level of oversight, performance of duties and the fulfilment of Directors'
obligations and fiduciary responsibilities, including but not limited to, active
participation at the Board and Committee meeting.
Further, the Independent Directors at their meeting, reviewed the performance of Board,
Chairman of the Board and of Non-Executive Directors.
Training of Independent Directors:
Whenever new Non-executive and Independent Directors are inducted into the Board they
are introduced to our Company's' Organizational structure, our business, constitution,
board procedures and management strategy. They are provided with Company annual reports,
etc.
Particulars of Employees and related disclosures:
In terms of the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Act read with Rules 5(2) and 5(3)
of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 there
are no employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the said rules.
The information pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section
197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 will be provided upon request. In terms of section 136
of the Companies Act, 2013, the Report and Accounts are being sent to the members and
other entitles thereto, excluding the information on employees and remuneration
particulars which is available for inspection at the registered office of the company
during business hours on working days till the date of ensuing annual general meeting of
the company. If any member is interested in obtaining a copy thereof, such member may
write to the Company in this regard.
Auditors and Auditor's Report:
Statutory Auditor
In the AGM held on October 30, 2021, M/s. R H A D & Co., Chartered Accountants, has
been appointed as Statutory Auditors for 5 years i.e., from the conclusion of 16th Annual
General Meeting until the conclusion of the 21st Annual General Meeting.
The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors' Report are
self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.
The qualification, reservation or adverse remarks in the Auditor's report are as
follows:
1. The Company had not complied with the provisions of Section 185 of the Companies
Act, 2013. The Company has granted loan to related parties during the year to the extent
of Rs. 242.22 lakhs and interest thereon charged, year to end balance were Rs. 59.10 lakhs
towards principal and interest amount.
Management reply:
The Company was not aware on the Compliance of Section 185 of the Companies Act 2013.
The Company will do the needful compliance of Section 185 of the Companies Act 2013 in due
course.
Secretarial Auditor:
The Board has appointed M/s Mehta & Mehta, Practicing Company Secretary, Mumbai to
conduct a Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2023-24. The Secretarial Audit Report
for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, is enclosed in Annexure- III to this Report.
The Company being listed on SME platform, the compliance with the Annual Secretarial
Compliance Report pursuant to Regulation 24A of SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015, is not
applicable to the Company.
Vigil Mechanism:
The Company's whistle Blower Policy/ Vigil Mechanism (a mechanism) is formulated for
securing/ reporting deterring/ punishing/ rectifying any unethical, unlawful acts,
behavior etc. and to enable to voice/ address bona fide concern of malpractice, deviation
from the policies of the Company internally in an effective and systematic manner after
its discovery.
The Policy on the vigil mechanism and whistle-blower policy will be available on the
Company's website at www.giriraj.co
Code for Fair Disclosure, Internal Procedures and Conduct for Regulating, Monitoring,
and Reporting of Trading by Insiders
The Board of Directors has adopted the Insider Trading Policy in accordance with the
requirements of the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015, The Insider
Trading Policy of the Company lays down guidelines and procedures to be followed, and
disclosures to be made while dealing with shares of the Company, as well as the
consequences of violation. The policy has been formulated to regulate, monitor and ensure
reporting of deals by employees and to maintain the highest ethical standards of dealing
in Company securities.
The Insider Trading Policy of the Company covering code of practices and procedures for
fair disclosure of unpublished price sensitive information and code of conduct for the
prevention of insider trading, will be available on our website www.giriraj.co
Meetings of the Board:
During the year under review, there were twelve Board Meetings held, the details are as
under:
Sr. No. |
Date of Board meeting |
No. of Director as on Date of Board Meeting |
No. of Directors presented in the Board Meeting. |
1 |
01.04.2023 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
29.05.2023 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
21.06.2023 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
29.07.2023 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
28.08.2023 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
16.10.2023 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
04.11.2023 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
11.11.2023 |
4 |
4 |
9 |
16.12.2023 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
02.01.2023 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
20.02.2024 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
30.03.2024 |
4 |
4 |
Committees of the Committees:
The company has the following committees of the Board: - a) Audit Committee:
The members of the Audit Committee are as under:
Sr. No. |
Particulars of Members Designation |
1 |
Ms. Tina Jeevan Dass Chairman |
2 |
Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai Member |
3 |
Mr. Krushang Mahesh Shah Member |
During the year under review, the committee meeting was held four times on 20th May
2023, 28th August 2023, 11th November 2023, 20th February 2024.
b) Nomination & Remuneration Committee:
The members of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee are as under:
Sr. No. |
Particulars of Members |
Designation |
1 |
Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai |
Chairman |
2 |
Ms. Tina Jeevan Dass |
Member |
3 |
Mr. Krushang Mahesh Shah |
Member |
During the year under review, the committee meeting was held one time on 28th August
2023.
c) Stakeholders Relationship Committee:
The members of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee are as under:
Sr. No. |
Particulars of Members |
Designation |
1 |
Ms. Tina Jeevan Dass |
Chairman |
2 3 |
Mr. Prasham Nitin Shah Mr. Krushang Mahesh Shah |
Member Member |
During the year under review, the committee meeting was held one time on 28th August
2023
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 186(4) of the Companies Act, 2013 requiring
disclosure in the financial statements of the full particulars of the loan given, the
investment made or guarantee given or security provided and the purpose for which the loan
or guarantee or security is proposed to be utilized by the recipient of the loan or
guarantee or security, if any, is disclosed in the financial statements.
Development and Implementation of a Risk Management Policy:
The company does not envisage any risk, which may threaten the existence of the
company. The company takes all necessary steps to identify measures & manage risk
effectively.
Annual Return:
As per the requirement of section 92(3), every company shall place a copy of the annual
return on the website of the company, if any, and the web link of such annual return shall
be disclosed in the Board's report. A copy of Annual Return of the Company will be
available on our website www.giriraj.co
General:
Your directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the
following items as there were no transactions on these items during the year under review:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting, or
otherwise.
3. No orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the
going concern status and the Company's operations in future.
4. During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo:
Since Company's business does not involve any manufacturing activity the information
required to be provided under Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are nil / Not applicable.
Your company neither earned nor spent any foreign exchange during the year.
Acknowledgment:
Your directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and
cooperation received from the banks, Government authorities, customers, Board members and
members of the company during the year under review. Your directors also wish to place on
record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by the Company's
employees.
Date: 21/10/2024 |
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors |
Place: Mumbai. |
Sd/- |
|
Krushang Shah |
|
Chairman & Managing Director |
|
DIN: 07198525 |