1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Bharat Hotels Limited
(the Company) as at March 31,2009 and also 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 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 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) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, 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 account 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 the written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31,2009, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
March 31, 2009 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956; and
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 the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2009;
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 Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date
Re: Bharat Hotels Limited (the Company)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All fixed assets were physically verified by the management in the
previous year in accordance with a planned programme of verifying them
once in three years 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) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by
the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of
the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) The following are the particulars of loans granted by the
Company to companies, firms and other parties covered in the Register
maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956:
SI. Name of Party Relationship with Maximum Year end
No. Company Amount Balance
Rs. Rs.
1. Jyoti Limited Subsidiary 40,903,127 40,903,127
2. Udaipur Hotels
Limited Subsidiary 97,219,422 97,219,422
3. Apollo Zipper
Limited Subsidiary 536,697,857 536,697,857
4. Prime Cellular
Private Limited Subsidiary 240,037,501 240,037,501
5. Prima Buildwell
Private Limited Subsidiary 40,342,662 40,342,662
6. Bharat Hotels
(Thailand)
Company Limited Subsidiary 618,755 618,755
7. Premium Farm
Fresh Produce
Limited Company in
which director 1,500,000 -
is interested
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for
such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In respect of loans granted, repayment of the principal amount and
interest is as stipulated.
(e) As informed, 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 Companies Act, 1956.
(iv) 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 inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. During the course of our audit, no major weakness has been
noticed in the internal control system in respect of these areas.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Act that need to be
entered into the register maintained under section 301 have been so
entered.
(b) In respect of transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs entered into during
the financial year, because of the unique and specialized nature of the
items involved and absence of any comparable prices, we are unable to
comment whether the transactions were made at prevailing market prices
at the relevant time .
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for
the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) 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 and cess
have generally been regularly deposited with the appropriate
authorities though there has been a slight delay in a few cases.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax,
wealth- tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess
and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end,
for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the statute Nature of Amount Period to which the Forum where
dispute
dues (Rs) amount relates is pending
Income tax
Act, 1961 Income tax 3,591,599 Previous year
2001-02 Delhi High
Court
Income tax
Act, 1961 Income tax 36,937 Previous year
2006-07 Commiss
ioner of
Income tax
(Appeals)
Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 8,942,266 2004-05 to
2007-08 Commiss
ioner of
Service tax
Finance
Act, 1994 Service tax 4,947,499 2006-07 Commiss
ioner of
Service tax
Finance Act,
1994 Service tax 8,475,508 2007-08 Commiss
ioner of
Service tax
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and on the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to any bank or debenture
holder. The Company has no outstanding dues in respect of a financial
institution.
xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by others from banks; the
terms and conditions whereof in our opinion are not prima-facie
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(xvi) Based on the information and explanations given to us by the
management, term loans were applied for the purpose for which the loans
were obtained, though idle/surplus funds which were not required for
immediate utilization have been gainfully invested in fixed deposits
with scheduled banks. The maximum amount of idle/surplus fund invested
during the year was Rs 1,299,901,542, of which Rs. 1,160,198,000 was
outstanding at the end of the year.
(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 no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the period covered by our audit report, the Company had issued 1000
debentures of Rs. 1,000,000 each. The Company has created security in
respect of debentures issued except for 250 debentures of Rs. 1,000,000
each which have been issued towards the year end. As informed to us,
the Company is in the process of creating security for these
debentures.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
(xxi) We have been informed that one of the employees of the Company
had misappropriated funds amounting to Rs. 270,193 and sold rooms at
low rates causing a loss of Rs. 1,512,400 during the year under audit.
The Company has filed a case and the matter is pending in the High
Court of Delhi. The Company has withheld full and final settlement
amounting Rs. 18,358, has created provision against remaining amount
and has also not recognized the revenues. Other than the above, based
upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting the
true and fair view of the financial statements and as per the
information and explanations given by the management, we report that no
fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the
course of our audit.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
per Raj Agrawal
Partner
Membership No.: 82028
Place: Gurgaon
Date : 27th June, 2009
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