1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Arshiya International
Limited as at 31st March 2011, 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 Company''s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the 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 issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 227(4A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 (the Act), and on the basis of such checks as we
considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us during the course of audit, we enclose in the
annexure a statement on the matters specified in paragraph 4 and 5 of
the said order.
4. Without qualifying our report, we draw attention to,
i) Note 10(a) regarding change in policy of charging for depreciation
from written down value method to straight-line method with
retrospective effect and the said change has resulted a surplus of Rs.
16,111,279. Consequently, net profit for the year is higher by Rs.
10,883,975. Had the Company continued with the written down value
method, the charge of depreciation would have been higher by Rs
48,767,509 and the deferred tax charge lower by Rs 15,822,618 and,
ii) Note 10(b) regarding change in accounting policy for ancillary cost
incurred during the year to amortise over the tenure of borrowings, in
conformity with Accounting Standards, resulted in profit before tax is
higher by Rs. 70,881,932.
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph
(3) 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
those books;
(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 Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as at 31st March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors are disqualified as at 31st March
2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(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
significant accounting policies and notes to accounts as per Schedule
18, give the information required by the Act in the manner so required
and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the Profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS'' REPORT
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of Auditors'' Report to the Members
of Arshiya International Limited on the accounts for the year ended
31st March 2011.
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of its fixed
assets.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
fixed assets physically verified by the management, which in our
opinion is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the
nature of its assets. As informed, no material discrepancies were
noticed on such verification.
(c) The Company has not disposed off substantial part of fixed assets
during the year.
2. Considering the nature of business activity carried out by the
Company, requirements of clause (ii) of paragraph 4 of the order
regarding inventory are not applicable to the company.
3. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, 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 Act.
(b) According to information and explanations given to us, 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 Act.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that certain capital
items purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative
sources do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an
adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the
Company and the nature of its business, for the purchase of fixed
assets and for sale of services. The Company''s operation does not
involve purchase of inventories and sale of goods. Further, on the
basis of our examination of the books and records of the Company and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have
neither come across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to
correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system
except for capital items as stated above.
5. (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, 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 contracts or
arrangements, entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Act, and exceeding the value of rupees five lacs, are of a special
nature, for which comparative prices are not available. Hence, we are
unable to comment on the reasonableness of the price or otherwise of
such transactions.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public during
the year.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
8. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records
under Section 209(1) (d) of the Act in respect of the Company''s
activities.
9. According to the information and explanations given to us and
records of the Company examined by us;
(a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, income tax, sales tax, wealth tax,
customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues as
applicable have generally been regularly deposited with the appropriate
authorities except delay deposit of employee state insurance due to
pending registration with the requisite authorities. There are no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of aforesaid dues outstanding as
at 31st March 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date
they became payable.
(b) There are no disputed amounts on account of sales tax, wealth tax,
services tax, custom duty, excise duty and cess which have not been
deposited except on account of income tax, details as under -
Name of the
statute Nature of dues Amount (Rs.) Period to
which the Forum
where the
amount
relates dispute is
pending
Income tax
Act, 1961 Income tax 4,350,076 Assessment Commissi
-oner of
Year 2006
-2007 Income-
tax-
Appeals
10. The Company does not have accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial
year ended on that date and in the immediately preceding financial
year.
11. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any banks during the year. The Company has not
obtained any borrowings from financial institution or by way of
debenture.
12. The Company has not granted any loans or advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14. The Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities,
debentures and other investments.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the company has given
guarantee for loan taken by subsidiaries from banks and financial
institutions are prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of the
Company.
16. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans raised during the year has been applied for
the purpose for which they were raised.
17. According to the information and explanations given to us, and the
examination of the balance sheet of the Company and other records, on
overall basis, we report that short-term funds have not been used for
long-term investments.
18. During the year, the Company has made preferential allotment of
shares under the ESOP scheme to the parties covered in the register
maintained under section 301 of the Act. The price at which these
shares were issued is prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of
the Company.
19. The Company has not issued any secured debentures during the year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by way of public issues
during the year.
21. Based on the audit procedures performed and according to the
information and explanations given to us, we report that no fraud on or
by the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For MGB & Co
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 101169W
Sanjay Kothari
Partner
Membership No 48215
Mumbai, 10th August 2011 |