1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of HOV SERVICES LIMITED
as at 31st March, 2011, also the Profit & Loss Account and the Cash
Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. 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 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 issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of
Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the
Act), we annex hereto 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 the
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 Section 211(3C) of the Act, to the extent
applicable;
e) On the basis of the written representation received from directors
as on 31st March, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
we report that none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st March,
2011 from being appointed as a director of the Company in terms of
clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
f) In our opinion and to best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the said accounts read together with
Significant Accounting Policies and Notes to Accounts in Schedule 14
and other notes appearing elsewhere in the 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:
i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March, 2011;
ii) in the case of the Profit & Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF AUDITORS REPORT OF EVEN DATE ON
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 OF
HOV SERVICES LIMITED
On the basis of such checks as we considered appropriate and according
to the information and explanations given to us during the course of
audit, we state that:
1. a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
b) As explained to us, all the fixed assets have been physically
verified by the management at the year end, which in our opinion is
reasonable considering the size of the Company and nature of its fixed
assets. No discrepancies have been noticed on such physical
verification.
c) During the year, no substantial part of fixed assets has been
disposed off by the Company.
2. The Company does not have any inventory. Therefore, the provisions
of clause 4 (ii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
3. The Company has not granted or taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to / from companies, firms of 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 purchased of certain
items of fixed assets and sale of services are of a special nature for
which suitable alternative source do not exist for obtaining comparable
quotations, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and nature of its business for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of services. The activities
of the Company do not involve purchase of inventory and sale of goods.
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) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that 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) According to the information and explanations given to us, in our
opinion, the aforesaid contracts or arrangements aggregating during the
year to Rs. 5,00,000 or more in respect of each party, have been made
at prices which are reasonable considering interalia the transfer
pricing report issued by an expert under the Income Tax Act, 1961
according to which the prices for such transactions are at arms length.
6. The Company has not accepted any public deposits within the meaning
of Section 58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Act and
rules framed thereunder.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.
8. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records
under clause (d) of sub section (1) of Section 209 of the Act for the
services rendered by the Company.
9. a) The Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues including Provident
Fund, Employees State Insurance, Investor Education and Protection
Fund, Income Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Sales Tax, Customs Duty,
Excise Duty, Cess and other statutory dues applicable to the Company
with appropriate authorities. As explained to us, no undisputed amounts
payable in respect of the aforesaid statutory dues were outstanding as
at the last day of the financial year for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
b) According to the records of the Company, there are no dues of Income
Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Wealth Tax, Excise Duty and
Cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute except the
following :
NAME OF NATURE OF PERIOD TO AMOUNT FORUM WHERE
THE STATUTES DUES WHICH IT
RELATES (IN RS.) DISPUTED
Central Excise Act, Service tax 2008-09 557,079 Customs Excise
1944 Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
10. The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information given to us, the
Company has not taken any loan from the banks/financial institutions.
Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xi) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
12. During the year, 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. 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 Order are not applicable to the Company.
14. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in shares, securities,
debentures and other investments. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
15. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
guarantees for loans taken by others from banks and financial
institutions, are not, prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
16. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not taken any term loans during the year.
17. The Company has not raised any funds on short term basis.
Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xvii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
18. During the year, 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 or in the recent past.
19. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year or in
the recent past.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year or in the recent past.
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 LODHA & COMPANY
Chartered Accountants
A. M. Hariharan
Partner
Membership No.38323
Firm Registration No. 301051E
Place: Mumbai
Date : 27th May, 2011
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