1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of DIC India Limited
(the Company) as at 31st December 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
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 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 (Auditor''s 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 check 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, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the
Directors is disqualified as on 31st December 2011 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 31 st December, 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 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 DIC India Limited on the financial statements for the year
ended 31st December, 2011
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 and in
transit) has been physically verified by the Management during the
year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have
substantially been confirmed by them and those in transit have been
verified by the management with reference to subsequent receipts and/or
relevant documents. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(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. Hence the provisions of Clause 4 (iii)
(b)
(c) and (d) 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. Hence the provisions of Clauses 4(iii)
(f) and (g) are not applicable.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us having regard to the explanation that some inventory items
purchased are of a special nature and suitable alternative sources do
not exist for obtaining comparable quotation, 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, 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.
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) The transaction for purchase of goods made in pursuance of
contracts or arrangements entered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act and exceeding the value of rupees five lakhs in
respect of a party during the year were of a special nature for which
no comparable market prices were available as explained by the
management of the Company.
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 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 31st December 2011 which have not been deposited
on account of a dispute, are as follows:
Name of the statute Amount (Rs.) Forum where the dispute is
pending
Income Tax Act 11,916,693 Hon''ble High Court at Calcutta
7,905,005 Commissioner (Appeals)
1,477,362 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
372,424 Deputy Commissioner of Income
Tax, Circle 10
Local Sales Tax Act 55,426,153 Additional Commissioner of
Commercial Taxes
1,109,088 Appellate and Revisional Board
Central Sales Tax 1,061,164 Commissioner (Appeals)
135,176,303 Additional Commissioner of
Commercial Taxes
3,000,000 Joint Commissioner (Appeal)
5,600,000 Appellate Tribunal
228,602 Hon''ble High Court at Calcutta
Excise Duty 22,614,641 Commissioner Central Excise
(Appeals)
23,786,608 CESTAT
11,908,624 Jurisdictional Commissioner
of Excise
Service Tax 17,220,846 Commissioner of Service Tax
Customs Duty 3,428,167 Hon''ble High Court at Calcutta
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31st December 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, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institutions or banks 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 purpose 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 and no
debentures are outstanding at the end of 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.
For Lovelock & Lewes
Firm Registration Number 301056E
Chartered Accountants
Sunit Kumar Basu
Kolkata Partner
8th February 2012 Membership Number 55000 |