1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of GTL INFRASTRUCTURE
LIMITED, as at March 31,2011 and also the Profit and Loss Account and
Cash Flow Statement of the Company 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 misstatements. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 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 your attention to the Note
no 8 of Schedule P regarding Scheme of Arrangement under lection 391 to
394 of the Companies Act, 1956 pending for the necessary approvals and
preparation of accounts without giving any effects of this scheme and
to give the effects as and when the scheme will be effective.
5. Further to our comments in Annexure referred to in para 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
such 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 mandatory
Accounting Standards referred to in Sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Companies Act, 1956;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31,2011 and taken on records 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.
f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts read together with the
significant accounting policies and notes thereon, in particular Note
No. 9 of Schedule P regarding the accounting treatment of redemption
premium on Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB), 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:
i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31,2011;
ii) in the case of Profit and Loss Account, of the loss of the Company
for the year ended on that date; and
iii) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 issued by
Central Government of India in terms of Section 227 (4A) of the
Companies Act 1956, and on the basis of such checks as we considered
appropriate, we further report that:-
i. In respect of its fixed assets:
a. The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets on the
basis of available information.
b. As explained to us, the Company has physically verified certain
assets, in accordance with a phased program of verification, which in
our opinion is reasonable, having regard to the size of the Company. No
material discrepancies were noticed on such physical verification.
c. During the year, the Company has disposed off certain Fixed Assets.
However it has no effect on the going concern status of the company.
ii. In respect of its inventories:
a. As explained to us, inventories have been physically verified by
the management at reasonable intervals. *
b. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
c. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
the basis of our examination of inventory records, we are of the
opinion that the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. As
explained to us, there was no material discrepancies noticed on
physical verification of inventories as compared to the book records.
iii. In respect of loans, secured or unsecured, granted or taken by the
company to / from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the companies Act 1956:
a. The Company has not granted any loan to such parties. Consequently
the provisions of clauses (iii) (b), (iii) (c) and (iii) (d) of
paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 are not
applicable.
b. During the year the Company has not taken any Loan from parties
covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956 however the loan taken in the Financial Year 2009-10 was
repaid during the year. The maximum amount involved in this respect was
Rs. 2,800,000,000.
c. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions of the
loan taken are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
d. As there was no amount outstanding as on March 31,2011 the question
of overdue amount does not arise.
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, fixed assets and also for the sale of services.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing
failure to correct major weaknesses in internal control system.
v. According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no contracts or arrangements referred to in section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956 that need to be entered in the register required to
be maintained under that section.
vi. According to information and explanations given to us, the Company
has not accepted any deposits from the public and hence directives
issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of sections 58A
and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules framed there under
are not applicable for the year under audit.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
viii. The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under section 209 (1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect
of any of the services provided by the Company.
ix. According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
a. The company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employees'' State Insurance,
Income tax, Sales tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Customs Duty, Excise
Duty, Cess and any other statutory dues with the appropriate
authorities during the year.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441A 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 such statutory dues were
outstanding as at March 31,2011 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable.
c. The disputed statutory dues aggregating to Rs. 80,625,978 that have
not been deposited on account of disputed matters pending before
appropriate authorities are as under:
Period to
which the Amount
(in Rs.) Forumiwhere
dispute
Name of
the Statute Nature of
the Dues amount
relates is pending
2007-08 to
2010-11 53,862,230 Deputy Commiss
-ioner (Appeal)
Central Sales Tax
Act, 1956 and Sales Tax /
Trade Tax / 2009-10 4,947,434 Additional
Commissioner
(Appeals)
Sales Tax Acts of
various states VAT and
Entry Tax 2007-08 3,654,110 Joint Commiss
-ioner (Appeal)
2006-07 to
2008-09 18,162,204 Sales Tax
Tribunal
Total 80,625,978
(*) Net of amount deposited under protest as mentioned in note 1 of
Schedule P to accounts.
x. The Company has accumulated losses at the end of the financial year,
which is less than fifty percent of its net worth. The Company has not
incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by the audit and
in the immediately preceding financial year.
xi. Based on our audit procedures and information and explanations
given by the management, we are of the opinion that the company has not
defaulted in repayment of dues to financial institutions, banks or bond
holders except for interest accrued and due of Rs. 379,056,867, which has
paid in the subsequent month.
xii. In our opinion and according to the explanations given to us and
based on the information available, no loans and advances have been
granted by the Company 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 is not
applicable to the Company.
xiv. The company has maintained proper records of transactions and
contracts in respect of shares and other securities and timely entries
have been made therein. The investments are held by the Company in its
own name.
xv. The Company has given corporate guarantees aggregating to Rs.
10,560,000,000 for loans taken by the subsidiary company from banks and
financial institutions as at March 31,2011. The subsidiary is in the
process of the amalgamation with the Company as mentioned in Note no. 8
of Schedule P. The management is of the opinion that the terms and
conditions are not prejudicial to the interests of the Company. We are,
however, unable to comment on the same.
xvi. The Company has raised new term loans during the year. To the best
of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations
given to us the unutilized term loans outstanding at the beginning of
the year and those raised during the year were prima facie been either
used for the purpose for which they were raised or pending utilisation
been temporarily kept with banks.
xvii. On the basis of review of utilization of funds, which is based on
overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the Company as at March 31,
2011, related information as made available to us and as represented to
us, by the management, we are of the opinion, that funds raised on
short term basis aggregating to Rs. 12,601,935,290 have been utilized for
purchase of Fixed Assets and long term investments.
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 Companies Act, 1956.
xix. During the year, the company has not issued any debenture and
hence clause 4 (xix) of Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 is not
applicable to the company.
xx. We have verified the end-use of money raised by issue of Foreign
Currency Convertible Bonds and the same is disclosed by the management
in Note no 9 of Schedule P to accounts.
xxi. To the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations given to us, no fraud on or by the company
was noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
For Chaturvedi & Shah For Yeolekar & Associates
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg. No. - 101720W Firm Reg.No.-10248W
R- Koria S.S.Yeolekar
Partner Partner
Membership No. - 35629 Membership No. - 36398
Mumbai
Date: November 23,2011
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