1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ACC Limited (the
Company) as at December 31, 2010 and also the Profit and Loss Account
and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed
thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose
in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4
and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
ii. 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;
iii. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors, as on December 31, 2010, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
December 31, 2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:
a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December 31, 2010;
b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report (Referred to in paragraph 3 of our
Report of even date) Re: ACC Limited (the Company)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All fixed assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year but there is a regular programme of
verification which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. No material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by
the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of
the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of
inventory and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured
or unsecured to companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, sub-clause (b), (c) and (d) are not applicable.
(e) As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or
unsecured from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, sub-clause (f) and (g) are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business, for the
purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. During the course of our audit, no major weakness has been
noticed in internal control system in respect of these areas. During
the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to
correct major weakness in internal control system of the company.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, there were no transactions during the year pursuant to the
contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of the Act.
Accordingly, sub-clause (b) is not applicable.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public to which
the provisions of Section 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit)
Rules, 1975 apply.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under section 209(1)
(d) of the Companies Act, 1956, and are of the opinion that prima
facie, the prescribed accounts and records have been made and
maintained. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the
same.
(ix) (a) According to the records of the Company, provident fund,
investor education and protection fund, employees state insurance,
income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, custom duty, excise
duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it have
generally been regularly deposited during the year with appropriate
authorities except Rs. 1.92 Crore at certain locations where we are
informed that the Company has applied for exemption from the operation
of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the company in depositing the same.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other material undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year
end, for a period of more than six months from the date they became
payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Rs. Crore
Forum where dispute
is pending
Name of Period to which Commiss- Appellate
Statute the amount relates ionarate authorities
(Nature of dues) & Tribunal
Sales Tax (Tax/ 1982-83 to 2010-11 53.43 43.97
Penalty/
Interest)
Central Excise
Act 1982-83 to 2010-11 0.63 18.95
(Duty/Penalty/
Interest)
Service Tax
under 2000-01 to 2010-11 - 2.14
Finance Act, 1994
(Tax/Penalty/
Interest)
Cess Matters 2001-02 to 2010-11 10.55 -
Name of Statue Forum where dispute is pending
(Nature of dues> High Supreme Total
Court Court Amount
Sales Tax (Tax/
Penalty/ Interest) 208.20 6.12 311.72
Central Excise Act
(Duty/Penalty/
Interest) 1.16 2.04 22.78
Service Tax under
Finance Act, 1994
(Tax/Penalty/
Interest) - - 2.14
Cess Matters 3.75 13.91 28.21
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial
institutions, bank or debenture holders.
(xii) According to the information and explanation given to us and
based on the document and records provided to us, the company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
share, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
(xiii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are
not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause (xiv) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions.
(xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by the
management, term loans were applied for the purpose for which the loans
were obtained.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company, we report
that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company has created securities or charge in respect of
debentures issued and outstanding at the year end.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by the way of public issue
during the year. Therefore the provisions of clause (xx) of the said
Order are not applicable to the Company.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per
the information and explanations given by the management, except for
two instances of fraud on the Company by its employees involving
misappropriation of funds by falsification of documents that resulted
in a loss of Rs. 0.48 Crore, which the management is making efforts to
recover, we report that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed
or reported during the course of our audit.
For S. R. Batliboi & Associates
Firm Registration No. 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Sudhir Soni
Partner
Membership No. 41870
Place: Mumbai
Date: February 03, 2011
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