1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of CESC 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 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 misstatements. 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 the 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,
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 attached Annexure, a statement
on matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in paragraph 3 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
the 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 requirements
of the accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section
211 of The Act;
v. On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on 31 March 2011, which have been taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified 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;
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account and Cash Flow Statement 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:
a. in case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of the affairs of the
Company as at 31 March, 2011;
b. in case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the year
ended on that date; and
c. in 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 the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of CESC Limited on the financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2011]
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company, except those in the transmission
and distribution system for which, we have been informed that, physical
verification is not practicable, have been physically verified by the
management according to a phased programme designed to cover all items
over a period of three years, which in our opinion is reasonable having
regard to the size of the company and nature of its assets. Pursuant to
the programme, a portion of the fixed assets have been physically
verified by the management during the year and no material
discrepancies between book records and 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
off by the Company during the year.
2. (a) The inventories (excluding inventories in transit) have been
physically verified by the management during the year. In respect of
inventories in transit, these were verified with reference to
subsequent receipts. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, 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 loan, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of The Act.
(b) The Company has not taken any loan, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of The Act.
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
purchase of inventory, fixed assets and for sale of energy. 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.
5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no contracts or arrangements referred to in
Section 301 of The Act that need to be entered into the register
required to be maintained under that section.
6. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections
58A and 58AA of The Act and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits)
Rules, 1975 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no order has
been passed by the Company Law Board or National Company Law Tribunal
or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal on the
Company in respect of the aforesaid deposits.
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 product 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 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 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, there are no dues of income tax,
sales tax, service tax, customs duty, wealth tax and cess which have
not been deposited on account of any dispute. According to the
information and explanations given to us and the records of the Company
examined by us, the particulars of dues as at 31 March 2011 which have
not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows -
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to Forum where
statute dues (Rs.Crores) which the dispute is
amount pending
relates
West Bengal Sales tax on 0.30 1992-93 HonbleHigh
Sales Tax
Act, meter rentals Court at
1994 Calcutta
Water Water Cess 6.74 2009-10 West Bengal
(Prevention and interest and Pollution
and Control thereon 2010-11 Control Board
of
Pollution)
Cess Act,
1977
10. 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.
11. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanations given to us, during the year 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. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
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. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
21. 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 except in cases of
theft of electricity reported by the loss control cell of the Company
the amount for which is not ascertainable.
For Lovelock & Lewes
Firm Registration Number-301056E
Chartered Accountants
Prabal Kr. Sarkar
Partner
Kolkata, 24 June, 2011 Membership Number 52340
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