1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Graphite India
Limited as at 31st March, 2011 and the related Profit and Loss Account
and the 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 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 (Auditors 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 checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we report that:
i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our
opinion the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(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.
ii) (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
physically verified by the management during the year. In respect of
inventory lying with third parties, these have been confirmed by them.
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 has maintained proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
iii) (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.
(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.
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 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 we been
informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the
aforesaid internal control system.
v) (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 the Section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements 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.
vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Section 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
thereunder.
vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of generation of power and manufacture of steel
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.
ix) (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 during the year 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 as at 31st March, 2011, there
were no dues of Wealth Tax, Income Tax and Cess which have not been
deposited on account of any dispute other than certain disputed Customs
Duty, Sales Tax, Service Tax and Excise Duty
dues, in respect of which amounts involved and forums at which dispute
is pending have been indicated in Note 10 on Schedule 31 to the
Accounts.
x) The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2011, and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date and in the immediately preceding financial year.
xi) 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 bank or to debenture holders as at the Balance
Sheet date. The Company does neither have any outstanding dues to any
financial institution at the beginning of the year nor has it obtained
any loans from such institution during the year.
xii) The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
xiii) The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit
fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
Company.
xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
xv) 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.
xvi) 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 other than to the extent of
Rs. 2500 lakhs which is yet to be utilised.
xvii) 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 short-term basis
which have been used for long-term investment.
xviii) 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.
xix) The Company has neither issued during the year any secured
debentures nor has any outstanding debentures at the year-end.
xx) The management has disclosed the end use of money raised by public
issue vide Note 11 on Schedule 31 to the Accounts which has been
verified by us.
xxi) 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.
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 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, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
applicable 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
and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on 31st 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 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:
(a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March, 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 the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
For PRICE WATERHOUSE
Firm Registration Number - 301112E
Chartered Accountants
(P. LAW)
Partner
Membership No. 51790
Kolkata
9th May, 2011
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