1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Chambal Fertilisers
and Chemicals Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2011 and also the
Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended
on that date annexed thereto, in which are incorporated financial
statements of Shipping Division of the Company audited by other
auditors. 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 fi
nancial 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 signifi cant 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. We did not audit the financial statements of shipping division of
the Company whose financial statements refl ect the Company''s share of
total assets of Rs. 140391.83 lacs (previous year Rs. 150757.45 lacs)
as at March 31, 2011, total revenue of Rs. 28521.80 lacs (previous year
Rs. 27846.30 lacs) and cash outfl ows amounting to Rs. 154.45 lacs
(cash infl ows in previous year Rs. 132.97 lacs) for the year then
ended. These financial statements and other information have been
audited by branch auditors whose reports have been furnished to us and
our opinion is based solely on the report of branch auditors.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) issued by the Central Government in terms of sub-section (4A)
of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specifi ed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
Order.
5. 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 and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit
has been received from Shipping Division not visited by us. The Branch
Auditors'' Report of the Shipping Division have been forwarded to us and
have been appropriately dealt with;
iii. The balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash fl ow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account and audited returns from the Shipping Division;
iv In our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
fl ow 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, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualifi ed as on
March 31, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub- section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;
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, 2011;
b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash fl ows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR REPORT OF EVEN DATE CHAMBAL
FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED (THE COMPANY)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fi xed
assets.
(b) Fixed assets have been physically verifi ed by the management
during the year based on a phased programme of verifying all the assets
over a period of two years, which in our opinion is reasonable having
regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its fi xed assets.
No material discrepancies were noticed on physical verifi cation.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fi xed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verifi cation of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verifi cation 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 verifi cation.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted loans to three companies covered in
the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs.3000 Lacs and the
year end balance of loans granted to such parties is Rs.3000 Lacs.
(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 is
as stipulated and payment of interest is also regular.
(d) There is no overdue amount of loans granted to companies, fi rms or
other parties listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
(e) As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or
unsecured from companies, fi rms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Therefore, provisions of clauses 4(iii) (f) and (g) of the Companies
(Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the
Company.
(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 fi xed 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.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing
failure to correct major weakness in internal control system of the
Company.
(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 our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees Five lakhs have been entered
into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having
regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
(vi) In respect of deposits accepted, in our opinion and according to
the information and explanations given to us, directives issued by the
Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or any
other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules
framed there under, to the extent applicable, have been complied with.
We are informed by the management that no order has been passed by the
Company Law Board, National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of
India or any Court or any other Tribunal.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
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.
(ix) (a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, or employees'' state insurance,
income-tax, sales- tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it, have
been regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under Section 441 A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the Company in depositing the same.
(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 material 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, there are no dues
outstanding of income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, custom
duty, excise duty and cess on account of any dispute, other than the
following:
Name of the
Statute Nature of the
Dues Amount Period to
which the Forum where
dispute is
(Rs. in Lacs) amount
relates pending
Rajasthan
Sales-Tax Sales tax demand
on usage of
natural gas 352.34 1996 to 2001 Rajasthan
High Court,
Act, 1994 other than Urea
manufacture.
Jodhpur
The Income Tax
Act, Demand raised on
short deduction of
TDS. 540.67 2007-08 to
2008-09 Commissioner of
Income 1961
Tax (Appeals),
Kota)
Service Tax
Law, Demand raised from
foreign parties in 2.45 2008-09 Assistant
Commissioner,
Finance Act,
1994 respect of service
tax paid on tax
deducted at Central
Excise, Kota
source
(TDS) portion.
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred any cash losses in the current and
immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial
institution, bank or debenture holders.
(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 respect of dealing/trading in shares, securities, debentures
and other investments, in our opinion and according to the information
and explanations given to us, proper records have been maintained of
the transactions and contracts and timely entries have been made
therein. The shares, securities, debentures and other investments have
been held by the Company in its own name.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions. (xvi) Based on information and explanations
given to us by the management, term loans were applied for the purpose
for which the loans were obtained.
(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) The Company does not have any outstanding debentures at the year
end.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
(xxi) 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 oand 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 & Co.
Firm''s Registration No. 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Manoj Gupta
Partner
Membership No.: 83906
Place: Gurgaon
Date: May 10, 2011
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