1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Cadila Healthcare
Limited (the company) as at 31st March, 2011, Profit and Loss Account
and also 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 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 issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of section 227(4A) 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:
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 section 211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956;
e) on the basis of the written representations received from the
directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that
none of the director is disqualified as on 31 st March, 2011 from being
appointed as a director in terms of section 274 (1)(g) of the Companies
Act, 1956;
f) in our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to
explanations given to us, the said financial statements, read together
with the significant accounting policies and notes thereon, 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;
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
company as at 31st 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 Cash Flow Statement,
of the cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
With reference to the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of the
Auditors Report to the Members of Cadila Healthcare Limited on the
financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2011, we report
that:
1. (a) The company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) Some of the fixed assets were physically verified during the year
by the management in accordance with programme of verification, which
in our opinion provides for physical verification of all the fixed
assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do not
constitute substantial part of Fixed Assets of the Company and such
disposal has not affected the going concern status of the company.
2. (a) The inventories has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of such
verification is reasonable, having regard to the size of the Company
and nature of its business.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures for the physical verification of
inventory followed by management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the company has maintained proper records of inventory. No
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification of
inventory.
3. The company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to Companies, firms or other parties covered in the register
maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act,1956. Accordingly,
clause (iii)(b) to (iii)(d) of paragraph 4 of the Order are not
applicable to the company for the current year.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is 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, we have not observed any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the internal control
systems.
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 Companies Act, 1956, 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, transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding Rs. Five Lacs, in respect of any party
during the year, have been made at prices, which are reasonable having
regard to prevailing market price at the relevant time.
6. The company has not accepted any deposits from the public as per
provisions of sections 58A, 58AA or other relevant provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 and the rules framed there under.
7. The company has an internal audit system, which, in our opinion is
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
8. We have broadly reviewed the books of accounts maintained by the
Company pursuant to the Rules made by the Central Government for
maintenance of cost records under section 209(1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956, 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 same.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the books of account, the
company has been generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory
dues including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth tax, Service
tax, Custom duty, Excise duty, Cess and any other statutory dues during
the year with the appropriate authorities. Moreover, as at 31st March,
2011, there are no such undisputed dues payable for a period of more
than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
particulars of dues of Income tax, Sales tax, Excise duty and Service
tax and other material statutory dues as at 31st March, 2011 which have
not been deposited on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Nature of Amounts Period to Forum where the
Statute dues involved which the dispute is pending
(Rs.in amount
Millions) relates
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax 66.27 2005-06 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
0.2 1995-96 Deputy Commissioner
of Income Tax (OSD)
The Central
Sales Tax and Sales Tax 83.59 1996-97 Commissioner of
to Sales Tax
Local Sales
Tax Acts 1999-00,
2001-02,
2004-05
to
2007-08
1997-98
9.06 2001-02 Tribunal
The Central
Excise Act Excise Duty, 0.04 1985-86, ACCE/DCCE/JCCE/
Add.Comm.
and the Service
Tax Act Service Tax 1987-88,
1988-89,
1992-93
4.61 Various cases
for the Commissioner
(Appeals)
period 1995
to 1998,
2006-07,
2007-08,
2008-09
23.69 Various cases
for the CESTAT
period 1995
to 2000,
2003-04,
2005-06,
2006-07,
2007-08,
2008-09
2.19 Jan. 95 to
Nov. 95 High Court
10. The company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the financial
year and during the immediately preceding financial year.
11. The company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial
institution or bank or debenture holder.
12. The company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares during the year.
13. The company is not a chit fund company/nidhi/mutual benefit
fund/society.
14. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of guarantees / letter of comfort
given by the company for loans taken by subsidiaries and other parties
from banks are not prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
company.
16. Term loans obtained by the Company were applied for the purposes
for which the loans were obtained.
17. According to the Cash-flow statement and other records examined by
us and the information and explanations given to us, on an overall
basis, funds raised on short-term basis have not, prima facie, been
used during the year 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 Companies Act, 1956.
19. The company has created securities in respect of non-convertible
debentures issued so far.
20. The company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. To the best of our knowledge and belief, and according to the
information and explanations given to us, no fraud on or by the company
was noticed or reported during the year.
For MUKESH M. SHAH & CO.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.: 106625W
Mukesh M. Shah
Partner
Membership Number : 30190
Place : Ahmedabad
Date : May 6, 2011
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