1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Bosch Limited (the
Company) as at December 31, 2010, 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 December 31, 2010 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31,
2010 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 December 31, 2010;
(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 Auditors Report Referred to in paragraph 3 of the
Auditors Report of even date to the members of Bosch Limited on the
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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 inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
physically verified by the Management during the year. In our opinion,
the frequency of verification is reasonable. In respect of inventory
lying with third parties, these have substantially been confirmed by
them.
(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 the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
3. (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, accordingly sub clauses (b), (c) and (d)
of clause (iii) of Paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable.
(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, accordingly sub clauses (f) and (g) of
clause (iii) of Paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable.
4. 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 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 no major weakness have been noticed or
reported.
5. (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 Lakhs 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.
6. 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.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Act, and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts
and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
they are accurate or complete.
9. (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 generally 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 December 31, 2010 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows:
Name Nature Amount Period to Forum
of the of dues (Rs.)* which the where the
statute amount dispute is
relates pending
Central Excise 23,333,744 1992-95, Up to Com-
Excise duty, 2002-04, missioners
Act, Service 2005-10 Level
1944 Tax and 4,309,443 1998-01, Customs,
interest 2003-05 Excise,
Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
6,466,479 2002-04 High Court
29,015,788 1985-86, Supreme
1987-88, Court
1994-95
Customs Customs 57,555,103 1991-92, Up to Com-
Act, duty and 2009-10 missioners
1962 interest Level
Income Income 940,734 1979-80, Up to Com-
Tax Act, tax and 1983-84 missioners
1961 interest Level
71,711,985 1990-91, High Court
1992-94,
1995-01,
2002-04
State and Sales tax, 80,407,645 1993-94, Up to Com-
Central interest 1995-02, missioners
Sales Tax and 2003-07, Level
Acts penalty 2008-10
15,911,541 1989-93, Sales Tax
1996-97, Tribunal
1998-99,
2000-01,
2002-05
Entry Entry tax 6,720,662 1993-94, Up to Com-
Tax Act and 1998-01, missioners
interest Level
3,477,597 1991-93 High Court
* Net of payments made in the normal course of appeal proceedings.
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at December 31, 2010 and
it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. 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.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15. 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.
16. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
17. 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.
18. 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.
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, nor have we been informed of such case by the Management.
20. The other clauses, (xix) and (xx) 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 Price Waterhouse & Co.
Firm Registration Number: 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Radhakrishnan B
Place : Bangalore Partner
Date : February 28, 2011 Membership Number-. F25516
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