1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Honeywell Automation
India Limited (the Company), as at December 31, 2010, 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
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 give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
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 December 31, 2010 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on December 31,
2010 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 December 31, 2010;
(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 Honeywell Automation India Limited on the financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2010]
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 five 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
off 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, having regard to the explanation that certain items
purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sources
do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, 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, the Company
is generally regular in depositing 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, the particulars of dues of
income-tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess as at
December 31, 2010 which have not been deposited on account of a
dispute, are as follows -
Name of the statute Nature of dues Amount*
(Rs.000)
The Central Excise Excise duty, including 1,899
Act, 1944 applicable penalty
The Customs Act, Penalty 753
1962
Maharashtra Sales Sales Tax / Value Added Tax, 15,097
Tax Act, 1960 including applicable interest
Maharashtra Sales Sales Tax 9,974
Tax Act, 1960
Gujarat Sales Sales Tax / Value Added Tax, 900
Tax Act, 1969 including applicable interest
Uttar Pradesh State Inter-State Works Contract Tax 17,060
Trade Tax Act, 1948
and Uttar Pradesh
Value Added Tax
Act, 2008
West Bengal Value Value Added Tax 1,925
Added Tax Act, 2003
Rajasthan Sales Tax Entry Tax 867
Act, 1994 4,130
Income-tax Act, 1961 Income-tax including 281,481
applicable interest
Income-tax Act, 1961 Income-tax including 184,554
applicable interest
Name of the Financial Year
Statue to which Forum where the dispute is pending
the amount
relates
The Central Excise
Act, 1944 2002-03 Customs, Excise and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal
The Customs Act,
1962 2006-07 Customs, Excise and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal
Maharashtra Sales
Tax Act, 1960 1999-00 to Maharashtra Sales Tax
2001-02 Appellate Tribunal
Maharashtra Sales
Tax Act, 1960 2005-06 Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax
(MVAT)
Gujarat Sales
Tax Act, 1969 2000-01 and Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax
2001-02 (Appeals)
Uttar Pradesh State
Trade Tax Act, 1948
and Uttar Pradesh
Value Added Tax
Act, 2008 2004-2005, Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax
2007-2008, (Appeals)
2009-2010
West Bengal Value
Added Tax Act, 2003 2005-06 to Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax
2006-07 (Appeals)
Rajasthan Sales Tax
Act, 1994 2002-2003 High Court, Rajasthan
2008-2009
Income-tax Act, 1961 2005-2006 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Income-tax Act, 1961 2006-2007 Commissioner of Income Tax
(Appeals)
*Net of amounts paid under protest or otherwise
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at December 31, 2010 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 Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
16. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
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 not issued any debentures.
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, 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.
For Price Waterhouse & Co.
Firm Registration No. 007567S
Chartered Accountants
Jeetendra Mirchandani
Place : Mumbai Partner
Date : February 9, 2011 Membership No. 48125
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