1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of BAJAJ HOLDINGS AND
INVESTMENT 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 signifcant 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 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, 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 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 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 afairs 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 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 Holdings & Investment Limited on the financial
statements for the year ended 31March 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 Managemen 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 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 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, the particulars of 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 a dispute, are shown in Table 1:
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.
Name of the
statute Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where
(Rs In Lakh) the amount the
relates dispute is
pending
Sales tax - - - -
Income Tax Matters arising
out of 884 AYs (1991-92,
1992-93) High Court
assessment orders
Matters arising
out of 4,137 AYs (2001-02,
2005-06) ITAT (Income Tax
assessment orders Appellate
Tribunal)
Matters arising
out of 9,909 AYs (2006-07,
2007-08) CIT (Commissioner,
assessment orders Income Tax)
Wealth Tax - - - -
Service Tax - - - -
Customs Duty - - - -
Excise - - - -
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. However, during the year company has
allotted shares in respect of warrants issued to promoters and promoter
group in earlier years. The terms and conditions are in accordance with
SEBI (Investor and Protection Guidelines 2000) and hence the price at
which shares have been issued are not prejudicial to the interest of
the company.
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, as they do not relate to the business carried on
by the company.
For Dalal and Shah
Firm Registration Number: 102021W
Chartered Accountants
Anish P Amin
Partner
Membership Number : 40451
Pune :18 May 2011
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