1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of HT Media 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 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 (as
amended) 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. 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
Companies Act, 1956;
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 Companies Act, 1956;
vi. in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts 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;
a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as atMarch 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 referred to in paragraph [3] of our report of even date
Re: HT Media 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 program 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 a substantial part of fixed assets during
the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during theyear.
(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 Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(iii)(a) to (d) of the Companies (Auditors
Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) (herein referred to as the Order), are
not applicable to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(b) According to the 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 Companies Act, 1956.
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 and
services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any
major weakness or continuing failure to correct any maj or weakness in
the internal control system of the Company inrespect of these areas.
(v) In our opinion, there are no contracts or arrangements that need to
be entered in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4 (v) (b) of
the Order are not applicable to the Company and hence not commented
upon.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(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 Companies Act, 1956 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, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it. The
provisions relating to excise duty are not applicable to the Company.
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 provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees
state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, cess,
customs duty and other undisputed 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 information and explanation given to us, the dues
of income tax which have not been deposited on account of any dispute
are as follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount(Rs.) Period to Forum
Income Tax Penalty order passed u/s 271 236,545 Assessment CIT (A)
Act, 1961 (l)(c)ofthe Income
Tax Act Year
2004-05
Income Tax Assessment order passed 3,451,930 Assessment CIT (A)
Act, 1961 u/s 143(3) of the Income Year
Tax Act for which stay is 2006-07
being taken.
Income Tax Demand in respect of 61,879,399 Assessment CIT (A)
Act, 1961 expenses disallowed by Year
Assessing Officer 2008-09
According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no
dues of sales-tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty
and cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
(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
immediatelyprecedingfinancialyear.
(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 banks. The Company
has no outstanding dues in respect of debentures or financial
institution.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced before 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 Order 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 (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by others from banks and
financial institutions, the terms and conditions whereof, in our
opinion, are not prima-facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(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
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report
that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section301 ofthe Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during
theyear.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue
duringtheyear.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view ofthe 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
theyear.
For S.R. Batliboi & Co.
Firm Registration No.: 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Manoj Gupta
Partner
Membership No.: 83906
Place :NewDelhi
Date : May 17,2011
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