We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ARCHIES LIMITED as at 31
March, 2011 and also the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended on
that date annexed thereto, Incorporating the Branch Auditors'' Report of
Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Hyderabad,
Ludhiana, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Ernakulam and Bangalore branches and
the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company''s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit
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.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, 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.
2. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 1
above, we report that:
(a) 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;
(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 such
books and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit have
been received from the branches. The Branch Auditor''s Reports have been
appropriately dealt with in the accounts;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) 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;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
Directors, as on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we hereby certify that none of the directors of the company
as on 31 March, 2011 is disqualified for appointment as a director in
terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies
Act, 1956 on the said date;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts read together with the
Accounting Policies and Notes to 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 31 March, 2011;
(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 the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS'' REPORT
Annexure referred to in paragraph of the Auditors'' Report to the
Members of Archies Limited on the accounts for the year ended 31 March,
2011.
1. (a) The company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
management has physically verified the fixed assets at reasonable
intervals. No material discrepancies were noticed on such verification
as compared to the available records.
(c) The company has not disposed off any substantial part of fixed
assets during the year.
2. (a) As explained to us, the inventory has been physically verified by
the management at reasonable intervals.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventories followed by
the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of
the company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the records of inventory, we are
of the opinion that the company is maintaining proper records of
inventory. The discrepancies noticed on verification between the
physical stocks and the book records were not material.
3. (a) 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-
clauses (iii)(b) to sub-clauses (iii)(d) of paragraph 4 of the order
are not applicable to the company.
(b) The company has taken interest free unsecured loans from two
parties covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956. The balance outstanding from them as at 31.03.2011
is Rs. Nil (Maximum amount outstanding during the year is Rs. 80.00
Lacs)
(c) The terms and conditions on which loans have been taken as per (b)
above are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the company.
(d) The company has repaid the principal amount as stipulated, during
the year of the loans as per (b) above.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are adequate internal control procedures
commensurate with the size of the company and the nature of its
business with regard to purchase of inventory and fixed assets and with
regard to the sale of goods and services.
5. (a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in
Section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register required to be
maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 have
been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the
prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
6. The company has not accepted any deposits from the public under the
provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of
the Act and the rules framed there under.
7. In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system commensurate
with its size and nature of its business.
8. The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under Section 209 (1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect
of the products of the company.
9. (a) According to the records of the company, the company is regular
in depositing with appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues
including 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 statutory dues applicable
to it. 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,
Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and
other statutory dues applicable to it, were outstanding, as at 31
March, 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable.
(b) According to the records of the company, there are no dues on
account of any dispute of Income Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom
Duty, Excise Duty and Cess except the following:-
Nature of the Amount (Rs.) Period to Forum where
Statutory Dues which the the dispute
amount relates is pending
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Commissioner
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