1.We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of California Software
Company Limited as at March 31,2011 and the related Profit and Loss
Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date, which
we have signed under reference to this report. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company’s 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 as
amended by The Companies (Auditor’s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
issued by the Government of India in terms of section 227(4A) 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 said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(a) Subject to our remarks in paragraph 4 above, 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) 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 have been prepared in all
material respects in compliance with the applicable accounting
standards referred to in section 211(3C) of the Act.
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the Directors
and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on March 31, 2011 from being appointed as a director in
terms of Section 274(1)(g) 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 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 March 31, 2011 ;
(ii) In the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the Loss 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 our Report of even date to the members
of California Software Company Limited on the financial statements for
the year ended March 31,2011)
1.(a) The Company is in the process of maintaining proper records to
show full particulars including quantitative details and situation of
fixed
assets.
(b) It has been represented to us that the fixed assets of the Company
are physically verified by the management during the year; however
documentation of the same comparing the physical inventory and the book
inventory is not made available to us.
(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 granted an unsecured loans to its 100%
subsidiaries Aspire Commuications P Ltd (Rs.25.56 lakhs)
Infosolutions Private Limited (Rs. 397.31 lakhs)covered under register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The maximum amount involved
during the year Rs.422.87lakhs
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loan are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company
(c) In respect of the aforesaid loan, reasonable steps have been taken
by the Company for the recovery of the principal amount and interest,
where applicable.
(d) 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, having regard to the explanation that certain items
purchased/ services rendered are of special nature for which suitable
alternative sources do not exists for obtaining comparative quotations,
there is generally an adequate internal control systems 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 explanation
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, having regards to our comments in paragraph 3 above, the
transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
entered into the register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the
Act 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.
5.In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has in general, complied with the provisions
of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under,
with regard to the deposits accepted from public. According to the
information and explanations given by the Company, no order under
aforesaid sections has been passed by the Company Law Board on the
Company in respect of the aforesaid deposits
6.In our opinion, the company has internal audit system commensurate
with its size and nature of its business.
7.The Government of India has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records by the Company under Section 209(1)(d) 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 has generally been regular in depositing the undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Income-Tax, Sales tax,
Value Added Tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Excise duty,
Cess and other material statutory dues as applicable with the
appropriate authorities in India.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of Sales Tax,
Value Added Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty and
Cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. The
particulars of dues of Income Tax, Service tax and Sales tax which has
not been deposited on account of a dispute are indicated in Note 24 of
Schedule 21.
9 The Company has no accumulated losses as at March 31, 2011 and it has
not incurred any cash losses dur ing the year en ded 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 its due to any financial institution or bank 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 and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company during the year for loans taken by others from banks or
financial institutions, are not prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
13 In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an over all basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
14 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.
15 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.
16 During the course of our examination of the books of account,
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing
practices in India, 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.
17 Clauses, (ii), (xiii), (xiv), (xix) and xx of paragraph 4 of the
Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order 2003 as amended by the Companies
(Auditor’s Report) (Amendment) order, 2004, are not applicable in the
case of the Company for the current year, since in our opinion there is
no matter which arises to be reported in the aforesaid order.
CAKJ TOMY BSc FCA
Partner
(Membership No: 0 22768)
For and on behalf of
Tomy & Francis
Chartered Accountants
FRN: 010922 S
Chennai
June 27, 2011
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