1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of HCL Infosystems
Limited (the Company) as at June 30, 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 (Auditor''s 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 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, as on June 30, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on June 30, 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 June 30, 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.
[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of HCL Infosystems Limited on the financial statements for the
year ended June 30, 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) 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. 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.
(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.
4. 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 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) 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.
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, except dues
in respect of sales tax and employee state insurance contribution,
where there have been some delays during the year, the Company is
regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues including provident
fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'' state
insurance, 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 and excise duty as at June 30, 2011 which have
not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Statute Nature Amount Amount
of the dues (?/Crores) deposited
under protest
(?/Crores)
Uttar Pradesh Trade
Tax Act, 1948 Sales Tax
(including 23.85 5.12
interest)
Uttar Pradesh Value Commercial tax 0.24 0.27
Added Tax Act, 2008 (including
Penalty)
Delhi Sales Tax Act,
1975 Sales Tax 0.25 0.01
Delhi Value Added Trade Tax 5.61 -
Tax Act, 2004
Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax 0.86 0.27
Sales Tax Act, 1959
West Bengal Sales Tax 3.00 -
Sales Tax Act, 1994
Assam General Sales Tax 0.17 0.01
Sales Tax, 1993
Rajasthan Sales Sales Tax 0.04 0.01
Tax Act, 1994
Rajasthan Value Commercial tax 0.18 -
Added Tax Act, 2003
Kerala General Sales Sales Tax 1.04 0.20
Tax Act, 1963
Maharashtra Sales Sales Tax 0.01 0.01
Tax Act, 1969
Himachal Pradesh Sales Tax
(Including 0.08 0.08
Value Added Penalty)
Tax Act, 2005.
Karnataka Value Sales Tax 1.63 0.58
Added Tax Act, 2003
Andhra Pradesh Value Sales Tax 0.25 0.12
Added Tax Act, 2005
Punjab General Sales Tax
(including 0.06 -
Sales Tax Act, 1948 Penalty)
Punjab Value Added Sales Tax
(including 1.12 0.50
Tax Act, 2005 Penalty)
Jammu & Kashmir Value Sales Tax
(including 2.75 0.08
Added tax Act, 2005 Penalty)
Uttrakhand Value Sales Tax
(including 12.98 0.12
Added Tax Act, 2005 Penalty)
Central Excise Act,
1944 Excise Duty 9.32 0.85
(Including Penalty)
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 3.95 0.89
Total 67.39 9.12
Name of the Statue Period to Forum where
which the the dispute
amount is pending
relates
Uttar Pradesh Trade
Tax Act, 1948 2002-2008 Commercial Tax Tribunal,
Noida / High Court,
Allahabad / Joint
Commissioner (Appeals)
Commercial Tax, Noida/
Additional Commissioner
(Appeals) Commercial
Tax, Noida
Uttar Pradesh Value
Added Tax Act, 2008 2008-2010 Joint Commissioner
(Appeals) of Commercial
Tax, Noida
Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975 1999-2005 Assistant Commissioner
Sales Tax, Delhi /
Deputy Commissioner
(Appeals), Sales Tax,
Delhi / Joint Commissioner
(Appeals) Sales
Tax, Delhi
Delhi Value Added
Tax Act, 2004 2005-2008 Additional Commissioner
of Sales Tax, Delhi
Tamil Nadu General
Sales Tax Act, 1959 1998-2009 Tribunal Commercial Tax,
Chennai / Commercial
Tax Officer,Chennai /
Assistant Appellate
Commissioner, Chennai
West Bengal
Sales Tax Act, 1994 2001-2008 Joint Commissioner
(Appeals) of Sales Tax,
Kolkata
Assam General
Sales Tax, 1993 2001-2007 Superintendent,
Sales Tax, Guwahati/
Deputy Commissioner
of Sales Tax, Guwahati
Rajasthan Sales
Tax Act, 1994 1998-2006 Deputy Commissioner
(Appeals) of Sales Tax,
Jaipur
Rajasthan Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 2006-2008 Deputy Commissioner
(Appeals) of Commercial
Tax, Jaipur
Kerala General Sales
Tax Act, 1963 2001-2011 Tribunals of Sales Tax,
Kochi / Deputy Commiss
-ioner (Appeals)
Sales Tax, Kochi /Check Post
Authorities, Kerala
Maharashtra Sales
Tax Act, 1969 2003-2004 Deputy Commissioner (Appeals)
of Sales Tax, Mumbai
Himachal Pradesh
Value Added
Tax Act, 2005. 2006-2007 Assistant Commissioner
of Sales Tax, Shimla
Karnataka Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 2005-2008 Joint Commissioner
Appeal Sales Tax,
Bengaluru
Andhra Pradesh Value
Added Tax Act, 2005 2005-2008 Commissioner (Appeals) of
Commercial Tax, Hyderabad/
Assistant Commissioner,
Hyderabad
Punjab General
Sales Tax Act, 1948 2004-2005 Assistant Commissioner,
Mohali
Punjab Value Added
Tax Act, 2005 2007-2009 Assistant Commissioner,
Mohali
Jammu & Kashmir Value
Added tax Act, 2005 2007-2009 Deputy Commissioner
Appeals, Jammu
Uttrakhand Value
Added Tax Act, 2005 2007-2009 Joint Commissioner
Commercial Tax, Dehradun
Central Excise Act, 1944 1980-2010 Central Excise & Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal /
Commissioner (Appeals)
Income Tax Act, 1961 1989-2009 Commissioner (Appeals) /
High Court
Total
For detailed listing refer Note 26 on Schedule 21.
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at June 30, 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 explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank 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 terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year, are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
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 purposes 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 created security or charge in respect of
debentures issued and outstanding at the year-end.
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, except for the below mentioned instances of
fraud on the Company during the year that resulted in aggregate loss of
Rs. 0.87 Crores, as informed to us by the Management, 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 any other such
cases by the Management.
(i) Teeming and lading of receipts from customers by an employee, whose
services have since been terminated, resulting in aggregate loss of Rs.
0.42 Crores to the Company by way of write-off of the amounts
misappropriated by the said employee.
(ii) Processing of fraudulent expenses by certain employees, whose
services have since been terminated, resulting in aggregate loss of Rs.
0.05 Crores, by way of write-off of the fraudulent expenses.
(iii) A bank guarantee relating to a customer contract, which upon
presentation to the bank was determined to be forged, resulting in
aggregate loss of Rs. 0.40 Crores by way of write-off of the dues from
the customer.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 301112E
Chartered Accountants
Abhishek Rara
Place : Noida Partner
Date : August 17, 2011 Membership Number: F-77779
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