1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of IFGL Refractories
Limited (the Company) as at 31 st 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 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 misstatements. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and the 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. Without qualifying our report, attention is invited to Note 12 (d)
on Schedule 15 regarding remuneration paid to the Chairman and Managing
Director in excess of the limits laid down in the Companies Act, 1956
aggregating Rs. 86.94 lacs awaiting approval of the Central Government.
5. 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 (3C) 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 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 31 st 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.
6. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on 31 st March 2011 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31 st March 2011
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1 )(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,
clauses (x), (xii), (xiii) and (xiv) of CARO are not applicable.
(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.
(b) The 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) In respect of its inventory:
(a) As explained to us, the 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 not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
In respect of loans, secured or unsecured, taken by the Company from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the Register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, according to the
information and explanations given to us:
(a) The Company has taken and repaid loans aggregating Rs. 200 lacs from
a party during the year. At the year-end, the outstanding balance of
such loans taken aggregated Rs. Nil and the maximum amount involved
during the year was Rs. 208.41 lacs (number of party -one).
(b) The rate of interest and other terms and conditions of such loans
are, in our opinion, prima facie not prejudicial to the interests of
the Company.
(c) The payments of principal amounts and interest in respect of such
loans are as per stipulations.
(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 is an
adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the
Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of
inventory and fixed assets and 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 Section
301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
Section have been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess ofRs. 5 lakhs 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 sale of certain goods for which
comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are
unable to comment.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposit from the public during the year.
At the year end the Company had no unclaimed deposits in respect of any
earlier years.
(viii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
(ix) 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 of the products of the Company.
(x) According to the 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, Custom 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 IncomeTax,
Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues in arrears as at 31 st March 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on
31 st March 2011 on account of disputes are given below:
statute Nature of
Dues Forum where Period to
which Amount
involved
Dispute is pending the amount
relates (Rs. in
lacs)
Sales Tax
Central Sales
Tax Act,1956 Sales Tax Sales Tax Tribunal 1995-96 1.14
Sales Tax Additional
Commissioner of 1997-98 0.47
SalesTax
Sales Tax Orissa High Court 1999-00 2.17
Sales Tax Assistant
Commissioner of 2003-04 0.25
Sales Tax
Orissa Sales
Tax Act,1947 Sales Tax Orissa Sales Tax
Tribunal 1996-97 and
1997-98 39.91
Sales Tax Orissa High Court 1999-00 0.11
Total 44.05
Income Tax
The Income
Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax Income Tax Appellate Assessment
Year 15.88
Tribunal, Kolkata 2005-06
Fringe
Benefit Tax Deputy Commissioner Assessment
Year 0.51
of lncome Tax 2007-08
Income Tax Deputy Commissioner of Assessment
Year 68.00
IncomeTax 2008-09
Fringe
Benefit Tax Deputy Commissioner of Assessment
Year 1.19
Income Tax 2008-09
Total 85.58
Service Tax
Service Tax
Rules,1994 Service Tax Joint Commissioner of 2006-07 1.54
Central Excise, Customs
& Service Tax
(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
any banks. The Company has neither any outstanding dues to any
financial institutions or debenture holders at the beginning of the
year nor has it obtained any loans from such parties during the year.
(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 and financial institutions
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, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
(xiv) 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.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has made preferential allotment of shares to parties and
companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956 at a price which is prima facie not prejudicial to
the interests of the Company.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has neither any outstanding debenture at the beginning of the
year nor has it issued any debentures during the year.
(xvii) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year.
(xviii) 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
A Bhattacharya
Kolkata Partner
25th May 2011 Membership No. 054110
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