1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Hatsun Agro Product
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) (''the Order'') issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956
(''the Act''), we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters
specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. As more fully described in Note 2(a) of Schedule 19 to the
Financial Statements, certain income tax matters in respect of the
financial year ended March 31, 1996 (financial estimate by the
management of Rs. 15 million) are being contested by the Company and
the matter is pending with the High Court of Judicature, Madras.
Pending a final resolution of the uncertainties in this connection, no
provision towards tax and other consequential adjustment relating to
this matter, if any, have been considered in the financial statements.
Audit report issued on the financial statements for the year ended
March 31, 2010 was also qualified in respect of this matter.
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 Act;
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 Act;
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, subject to the effect of adjustments, if
any, that may be required had the outcome of the matter referred to
paragraph 4 above been known, the said accounts give the information
required by the Act, 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:
Hatsun Agro Product 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 substantial part of the fixed assets
during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(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 and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us,
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. Accordingly, the provisions of clause
4(iii)(a) to (d) of the Order are not applicable to the Company and
hence not commented upon.
(b) According to 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 Act. 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 goods.
During the current year, the activities of the Company did not involve
any 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) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that there are no contracts and
arrangements that need to be entered into the register maintained under
section 301 of the Act during the period. Therefore, the provisions of
clause (v)(a) and (v)(b) of para 4 of the Companies (Auditor''s Report)
Order, 2003 (as amended are not applicable to the Company.
(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 Act 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) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Act for the products of
the Company.
(ix) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities 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 applicable to it.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441A of the Act, 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 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, customs
duty, excise duty and cess on account of any dispute, other than the
following:
Amount Period to
which Forum where dispute
Name of the
Statute NatureofDues {Rs In
000 s) the amount
relates is pending
Income tax Act,
1961 Disallowance of ** FY 1996-97 High Court of
Judicature,
non compete fees Madras
The Tamil Nadu
General Sales tax in
dispute 932 FY 1996-97 Commercial Tax
Officer
Sales Tax Act
The Tamil Nadu
General Sales tax in
dispute 1,083 FY 1996-97 Appellate
Assistant
Sales Tax Act Commissioner
The Tamil Nadu
General Penalty in
dispute *528 FY 2003-04 High Court of
Judicature,
Sales Tax Act Madras
Income Tax Act,
1961 Disallowance
of expense #21,092 FY 2007-08 Commissioner
Appeals
* Net of Rs. 528K paid under protest
#Net of Rs. 5,000K paid under protest
** - Refer to note 2(a) of Schedule 19 to the financial statements
(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 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 (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 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
overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that
the Company has used funds raised on short- term basis from banks and
others to purchase certain fixed assets aggregating to Rs. 728 million.
(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 Act.
(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 by public issues during the
year and accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(
xx) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are
not applicable.
(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 course of our audit.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm Registration No. 101049 W
Chartered Accountants,
Sd/-
Place : Chennai per S Balasubrahmanyam
Date : 25th May, 2011 Partner
Membership No.053315
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