1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of IFB Industries
Limited (the Company) as at 31st March 2011, the Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended
on that date, both 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 the 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 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) 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 in paragraph 3
above, we report as follows :
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 it appears from our examination of
those books;
c. the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance
with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3 C) of the
Companies Act, 1956;
e. 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
gives 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 and 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.
5. On the basis of written representations received from the Directors
as on 31st March 2011, taken on record by the Board of Directors, and
specially in view of the order dated 14th May 2004 passed by the
Hon''ble Calcutta High Court on a writ petition filed by the Company and
the existing Directors challenging the applicability of Section
274(l)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956 which is pending final disposal,
none of the Directors has been considered as disqualified as on 31st
March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section
274(l)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
ANNEXURE to the Auditors'' Report
(Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s
business/activities/result, clauses (vi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi),
(xviii) and (xix) of CAROare not applicable.
(ii) Inrespectofitsfixedassets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.
(b) Tne fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the
fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
(c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company
and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
(iii) Inrespectofitsinventories:
(a) As explained to us, inventories were physically verified during the
year by the management at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) in our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are
not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there are
adequate internal control procedures 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 in such
internal control system.
(vi) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section
301 that needed to be entered in the Register, maintained under the
said Section has been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transactions is in excess of Rs 500 thousands in
respect of any party, the transactions have been made at prices which
are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market
prices
at the relevant time except in respect of certain purchases for which
comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are
unable to comment.
(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by the internal audit department of the Company and by a
company appointed by the Management have been commensurate with the
size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of manufacture of electrical motors and machine
tools and areof the opinion mat prima facie the prescribed accounts and
records have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determining whether
they are accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and
according to the information and explanations given to us, the Central
Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any
other product of the Company.
(ix) According to information and explanations given to us in respect
of statutory dues:
a. The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
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 with the appropriate authorities.
b. There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident
Fund, Sales Tax. Income-tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty,
Excise Duty Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at
31st March 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable.
c. Details of dues of Sales Tax, Service Tax, Excise Duty and Cess
which have not been deposited as on 31st March 2011 on account of any
dispute are given below:
Name of the Nature of Value Period to Forum where dispute
which is pending
(Rs in
Thousand) amount
relates
Central Sales
Tax Act & Sales tax inclu- 27,977 1996-97, Assessing Officer,
Assistant
Local Sales
Tax Act ding entry tax 1998-99, Commissioner, Joint
and trade tax 2000-01 Commissioner
to and Senior Joint
2006-07 Commissioner,
Commissioner
Appeals, Appellate
and Revisional
Board, Appellate
Tribunal.
Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty, 18,916 2000-01, High Court,CEGAT,
and Chapter V
of the Finance Service tax 2004-05
to Commissioner
Appeals,
Act, 1994, as
amended including 2009-2010 and Assistant /
Additional
penalty Commissioner of
Central Excise,
Central Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal (CESTAT).
Bombay
Provincial Cess including 10,250 2004-05,
2005-06 Civil Judge Court-
Municipal
Corporation interest on 2006-07
and Senior Division,
Thane and
Act, 1949 Cess 2007-2008 Bombay High Court
(x) The accumulated losses of the Company at the end of the financial
year are less than fifty per cent of its net worth and the Company has
not incuned cash losses during the financial year and in the
immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to
banks.
(xii) 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 are not prima facie
prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we
report that funds raised on short term basis have not been used during
the year for long-term investment.
(xiv) The Company has not raised any money through public issues during
the year.
(xv) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the
Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTEHASKINS& SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No. 302009E)
Abhijit Bandyopadhyay
Partner
Kolkata, 27th May, 2011 Membership No. 054785
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