1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Bajaj Finance Limited
(the Company) as at 31 March 2011 and the related Proft and Loss
Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed
thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. These
fnancial statements are the responsibility of the Companys Management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these fnancial
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
fnancial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the fnancial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and signifcant estimates made
by Management, as well as evaluating the overall fnancial 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 by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the Order), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 of
India (the Act) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specifed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. 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, Proft 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, Proft 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 on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualifed as on 31 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 fnancial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, 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 afairs of the
Company as at 31 March 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Proft and Loss Account, of the proft for the
year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash fows for the
year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report Referred to in paragraph 3 of the
Auditors Report of even date to the members of Bajaj Finance Limited
on the fnancial statements for the year ended 31 March 2011.
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fxed
assets.
(b) The fxed assets are physically verifed by the Management according
to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a period of
3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size
of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the programme,
a portion of the fxed assets has been physically verifed by the
Management during the year and no material discrepancies between the
book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fxed assets has not been disposed of
by the Company during the year.
2. (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, frms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
(b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, frms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
3. 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 fxed assets and for the sale of services. 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, no major
weakness have been noticed or reported.
4. (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 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.
5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has complied with the directives issued by
Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of Sections 58A and 58AA or
any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Companies (Acceptance
of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the
public. According to the information and explanations given to us, no
order has been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law
Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on
the Company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.
6. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
7. As informed to us, the maintenance of cost records has not been
prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Act.
8. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues including
provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees
state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, cess
and other material statutory dues as applicable with the appropriate
authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service-tax and cess as at 31 March
2011 which have not been deposited on account of a dispute are as
follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where
statute (Rs. in Lacs) the amount the dispute is
relates pending
Sales Tax Value Added 218 Year 2005-06, Commissioner
Tax Liability 2006-07 Appeals
2007-08
2008-09
ESIC Employee State 446 Year 1999-2000 Employee
Insurance to 2006-07 State
Corporation Insurance
Court
Employee State 68 Year 1991-92 Deputy
Director,
Insurance to 2002-03 Employee
State
Corporation Insurance
Corporation
9. The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31 March 2011 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the fnancial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding fnancial year.
10. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any fnancial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
11. In our opinion, the Company has maintained adequate documents and
records in the cases where the Company has granted loans and advances
on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and
other securities.
12. In our opinion, the Company has maintained proper records of
transactions and contracts relating to dealing or trading in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments during the year and timely
entries have been made therein.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or fnancial institutions during the year.
14. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
15. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
16. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and Companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
17. The Company has created security or charge in respect of debentures
issued and outstanding at the year-end. The details of security are
disclosed in Note No. 9 in Schedule 13 to the fnancial statements;
18. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
19. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year.
20. Considering the nature of the business conducted by the Company,
the other clauses, viz., (ii), (iii) (b) (c) (d) (f) and (g) and (xiii)
of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004,
are not applicable in the case of the Company for the current year, and
hence in our opinion there is no matter which arises to be reported in
the aforesaid clauses of the order.
For DALAL & SHAH
Firm Registration Number: 102021W
Chartered Accountants
Anish Amin
Partner
Membership Number: 40451
Pune: 17 May 2011
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