1. We have audited the attached balance sheet of GMR Infrastructure
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. 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) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 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. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 3 of
Schedule18 (III) in the accompanying financial statements for the year
ended March 31, 2011 in connection with an investment of Rs.
2,763,078,800 (including loans of Rs. 597,194,800 and investment in
equity / preference shares of Rs. 1,926,557,130 being made by
subsidiaries of the Company) in GMR Ambala Chandigarh Expressways
Private Limited (GACEPL). Though GACEPL has been incurring losses since
the commencement of commercial operations, based on management''s
internal assessment and legal opinion obtained by the management of
GACEPL, such investment has been carried at cost.
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;
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 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 disqualified 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 for the
year ended on that date; and
c. in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure to Auditors'' Report
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date Re: GMR
Infrastructure Limited (''the Company'')
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All fixed assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year but there is a regular programme of
verification which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. No material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no disposal of a substantial part of fixed assets during
the year.
(ii) (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(b) 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) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory.
Discrepancies noted on physical verification of inventories were not
material, and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted unsecured loans and unsecured
debentures to six subsidiary Companies covered in the register
maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The maximum
amount involved during the year (excluding interest) was Rs.
16,000,000,000 and the year-end balance of loans/debentures granted
(excluding interest) to such parties was Rs. 15,706,500,000.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and considering the economic interest of the Company in
these subsidiary companies, the rate of interest and other terms and
conditions for such loans/debentures are not prima facie prejudicial to
the interest of the Company.
(c) In respect of loans/debentures granted, repayment of the principal
amount is as stipulated and payment of interest is as per the terms of
the contract.
(d) There is no overdue amount of loans/debentures granted to
companies, firms or other parties listed in the register maintained
under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us, 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 Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the provisions of clause
4(iii)(e) to (g) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and
hence not commented upon.
(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 fixed assets and for the sale of services.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness
or continuing failure to correct any major weakness in the internal
control system of the Company in respect of these areas.
(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 Companies Act, 1956 that
need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have
been so entered.
(b) In respect of transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees five lakhs entered into
during the financial year, because of the unique and specialized nature
of the items involved and absence of any comparable prices, we are
unable to comment whether the transactions were made at prevailing
market prices at the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
rules framed thereunder.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under
clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act,
1956, for the products of the Company.
(ix) (a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, income- tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax,
service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material
statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited with the
appropriate authorities except for professional tax where there have
been delays in certain cases. The provisions relating to employees''
state insurance are not applicable to the Company.
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, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax,
sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty cess and other material 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 information and explanations given to us, there
are no dues of income tax, sales- tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs
duty, excise duty and cess which have not been deposited on account of
any dispute.
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred 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 before 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by others from banks or
financial institutions, the terms and conditions whereof, in our
opinion, are not prima-facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(xvi) Based on the 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 has unsecured debentures outstanding during the year,
on which no security or charge is required to be created.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through public issue during
the year. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xx) of the Order are
not applicable to the Company.
(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 and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm registration number: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Sunil Bhumralkar
Partner
Membership No.: 35141
Place : Bengaluru
Date : May 30, 2011
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