1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of BAJAJ FINSERV LIMITED
(the Company) as at 31 March 2011, and the related Profit 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
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 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, 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 specified 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, 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 on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified 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 financial 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 affairs of the
company as at 31 March 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the 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 the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of Bajaj Finserv Limited on the financial 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 fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
period of three 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 fixed assets has been
physically verified 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 fixed 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, firms 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, firms 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 fixed assets and for the sale of goods and 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, we have neither come across nor have been informed of any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control system.
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 Rs. 5 lakh 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. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the
meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there
under.
6. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
7. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
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, customs
duty, excise duty, 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, there are no dues of income-tax,
sales-tax, wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess
as at 31 March 2011 which have not been deposited on account of any
dispute.
9. The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31 March 2011 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial 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 financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
11. The Company has not granted any 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 financial institutions during the year.
14. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
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 not issued any debentures.
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
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
20. Considering the nature of the business conducted by the Company,
the other clauses viz (ii), (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 year, since in our opinion there is no
matter which arises to be reported in the aforesaid Order.
For Dalal and Shah
Firm Registration Number: 102021W
Chartered Accountants
Anish P Amin
Partner
Membership Number: 40451
Pune: 17 May 2011
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