1. We have audited the attached balance sheet of Asian Tea & Exports
Limited as at 31st March, 2011, the profit and loss account and also
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) (Amendment) Order
2004 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Sub- section
(4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 and on the basis of such
checks as we considered appropriate and according to the information
and explanations given to us, 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 accounts 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 written representations received from the
directors, as on 31st March, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of para
(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 balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
company as at 31st 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 flow for the
year ended on that date.
Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date.
(I) (a) The company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All the assets have been physically verified by the management
during the year. No material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
(c) During the year no substantial parts of fixed assets have been
disposed off by the company. Therefore, the provision of clause (lc) of
para 4 of the aforesaid order, in our opinion, are not applicable to
the company.
(II) (a) The company has conducted physical verification of inventory
at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the company and nature of its business.
(c) The company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and
the book records were not material.
(III) (a) The company had granted Rs. 5,00,000/- as interest free loan
to its subsidiary M/s Sarita Nupur Vyapaar Private Ltd. covered in the
register maintained u/s 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
[b] The loans given were interest free and repayable on demand.
However the same is not prima-facie prejudicial to the interest of the
company.
(c ) The party to whom the Company had granted loans have repaid the
principal amounts as stipulated.
(d) There is no overdue amount of loans granted to Companies listed in
the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(e) The company has taken unsecured loan from its subsidiary companies
covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956, details of which are given below:
SI. Name of the party Maximum Closing Bal. as
No. Outstanding on 31.03.11
during the year (Rs.)
(Rs.)
1. Greenol Laboratories 26,00,000/- NIL
(P) Ltd.
2. Sarita Nupur Vyapaar 4,00,000/- NIL
Pvt. Ltd.JI
(f) The loan taken is interest free and other terms and conditions are
prima facie not prejudicial to the interest of the company.
(g) There is no stipulation as to the payment of principal and the -
same is payable on demand.
(IV) 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 purchases of fixed assets and for the sale of
goods and services. During the course of our audit, we have not
observed any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in internal
controls.
(V) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred in section 301 that need to be entered into the register
maintained under above section of the Companies Act, 1956 have been so
entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five lacs in respect of
any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
(VI) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company has not taken deposits from public.
Therefore, the provisions of para 4(vi) of the Companies (Auditors''
Report) (Amendment) Order 2004 are not applicable to the company.
(VII) In our opinion, the company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(VIII) The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under section 209(l)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 as
applicable to the company, hence the provisions of Para 4(viii) is not
applicable to the company.
(IX) (a) The company is regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory dues including income tax, sales tax,
wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other
material statutory dues applicable to it.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of statutory dues including
provident fund, investor education & protection fund, employees state
insurance, income tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty, cess and any other statutory dues were in arrears, as at 31st
March, 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable.
(c) According to the records of the company and information and
explanation given to us, there are no dues on account of Income Tax,
sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, custom duty, excise duty, cess &
other material statutory dues applicable to it, which have not been
deposited on account of dispute as on 31st March, 2011.
(X) The company does not have accumulated losses. Therefore, the
provisions of para 4(x) of the Companies (Auditors'' Report) (Amendment)
Order 2004 are not applicable to the company.
(XI) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
financial institution or bank and the company does not have any
borrowings by way of debentures.
(XII) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are
of the opinion that the company has not granted loans and advances on
the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities. Therefore, the provisions of para 4(xii) of the Companies
(Auditors'' Report) (Amendment) Order 2004 are not applicable to the
company.
(XIII) In our opinion, the company is not a chit fund or a nidhi mutual
benefit fund/society. Therefore, the provisions of para 4(xiii) of the
Companies (Auditors'' Report) (Amendment) Order 2004 are not applicable
to the company.
(XIV) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company is not dealing in or trading in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly the
provisions of para 4(xiv) of the order is not applicable to the
company.
(XV) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the provisions of para 4(xv) of the Companies (Auditors''
Report) (Amendment) Order 2004 are not applicable to the company, as
the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by there from
bank or financial institutions.
(XVI) According to the information and explanation given to us, during
the period covered by our audit report, the company had not raised any
term loans.
(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 the no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for
long-term investment.
(XVIII) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has not made preferential allotment of shares to parties and
companies covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Act.
(XIX) According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the period covered by our audit report, the company had not is- sued
debentures.
(XX) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
provisions of para 4(xx) of the Companies (Auditors'' Report) (Amend-
ment) Order 2004 are not applicable to the company.
(XXI) During the course of our examination of books of account carried
out in accordance with generally accepted practices in India and we
have neither come across any incidence of fraud on or by the Company
nor have we been informed of any such case by the management.
For AGARWAL KEJRIWAL & CO.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Regn. No. : 316112E
(M. Agarwal)
Partner
Place : Kolkata Membership No. : 52474
Date : 30th July''2011 |