1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of IL&FS Engineering and
Construction Company 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 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 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 (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. The accompanying financial statements include the Company’s share
of profit (net) aggregating to Rs. 2.18 Crores (Losses for the year
ended March 31, 2010 – Rs. 1.80 Crores) from Integrated Joint Ventures
in which the Company is a co- venturer. The financial statements of
these Joint Venture entities as at and for the year ended March 31,
2011 were audited by other auditors whose reports have been furnished
to us. We have relied solely on the audit reports of other auditors in
this regard.
5. Without qualifying our opinion, we invite your attention to Note
no. 24 of Schedule 25 to the financial statements pertaining to
remuneration paid by the Company to its directors, which was in excess
of the limits specified under Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956
by Rs. 1.87 Crores, Rs. 0.16 Crore and Rs. 0.48 Crore for the year
ended March 31, 2009, March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011 respectively.
The approval in respect of the aforesaid is awaited from the central
government.
6. As detailed in Note nos. 30(a)(i) and 30(a)(iii) of Schedule 25 to
the financial statements:
a) One of the Integrated Joint Ventures, where the Company is a
co-venturer, namely Maytas SNC (JV), has not prepared its financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2011.
b) The accompanying financial statements include the Company’s share of
loss of Rs. 0.11 Crore from an Integrated Joint Venture, in which the
Company is a co- venturer based on its unaudited financial statements.
The accompanying financial statements do not include the consequential
impacts that may have been required had the audited financial
statements of the joint ventures been made available.
7. As at March 31, 2011, the Company had certain Inter Corporate
Deposits (ICDs) outstanding of Rs. 343.78 Crores (March 31, 2010 – Rs.
391.64 Crores). Management has represented that the Company has taken
steps to recover the amounts and is of the opinion that all deposits
are fully recoverable. Accordingly no adjustments have been made to the
accompanying financial statements in respect of the same. Pending
final outcome of the recovery process, we are unable to comment on the
extent of recoverability of the aforesaid amounts. Our audit report on
the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2010 was also
qualified in respect of the aforesaid matter.
8. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
i. Except as discussed in paragraph 6 and 7 above, 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. Except as discussed in paragraph 6 and 7 above, 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
except to the extent of adjustments, if any, that may have been
required on account of matters discussed in paragraphs 6 and 7 above,
the cumulative effect of which on the financial statements is currently
not ascertainable, the said accounts 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 at March 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 to the Auditors'' Report
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date
Re: IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Limited (''the Company'')
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has conducted physical verification of assets as per
the regular programme of verification, which in our opinion, is
reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and nature of its
assets. Asinformed, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) Management has conducted physical verification of inventory at
reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by
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 in so far as
such records were examined by us and no material discrepancies were
noticed on physical verification which has been properly dealt with in
the books of account.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted unsecured loans to a company covered
in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act,
1956. The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 47.87 Crores,
which was outstanding since previous year and the aggregate balance of
loans as at March 31,2011 was Rs. 47.87 Crores. However as at March 31,
2011, the company is not covered inthe register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for
such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In respect of loans granted, repayment of the principal amount was
not as stipulated and payment of interest has also not been regular.
(d) Based on our audit procedures and the information and explanation
made available to us, in case where overdue amount is more than rupees
one lakh, reasonable steps have been taken by the Company for recovery
of the principal and interest.
(e) As informed, 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 clauses (iii)(f)
and (iii)(g) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(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, 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 majorweakness in
internal control system of the company in respect of these areas.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are
of the opinion that there are no contracts or arrangements entered
during the year which are referred to in section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956 that need to be entered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the provisions of
clause (v) (b) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(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) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund,
investoreducationand protection fund, employees'' state insurance,
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty, cess and other material statutory dues have not been regularly
deposited with the appropriate authorities though the delays in deposit
have notbeen serious.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A 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, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other material 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 records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Statute Nature of Amount
dues (Rs.crores)
AP Valued Added Tax, 2005 Sales Tax and 0.65
Penalty
AP Valued Added Tax, 2005 Penalty 1.44
AP Valued Added Tax, 2005 Sales Tax 27.06
Assam Value Added Tax, 2003 Sales Tax 0.05
UP Trade Tax Act, 1948 Sales Tax 6.37
Central SalesTaxAct, 1956 Penalty for 0.50
Sales Tax
Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Penalty for 0.70
Sales Tax
Finance Act, 1994 Service Tax 9.70
Finance Act, 1994 Penalty on 0.28
Service Tax
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where dispute
the amount is pending
relates
AP Valued Added
Tax, 2005 2005-06, Sales Tax Appellate
2006-07 and 2007-08 Tribunal, Hyderabad
AP Valued Added
Tax, 2005 2007-08 Appellate Deputy
Commissioner,
Hyderabad
AP Valued Added
Tax, 2005 2007-08 High Court of
Andhra Pradesh
Assam Value Added
Tax, 2003 2006-07 Deputy Commissioner
of Taxes and Appeals,
Guwahati
UP Trade Tax Act, 1948 2007-08 Joint Commissioner of
Commercial Taxes,
Lucknow
Central Sales
Tax Act, 1956 2002-03 Sales Tax Appellate
2003-04 Tribunal, Hyderabad
Central Sales
Tax Act, 1956 2007-08 Apellate Deputy
Commissioner,
Chattisgarh
Finance Act, 1994 2007-08 and 2008-09 Office of Commissioner
of Customs &
Central Excise,
Hyderabad
Finance Act, 1994 2006-07 and The Customs, Excise
2007-08 and Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
Bangalore
(x) Without considering the impact of our observations in paragraphs 6
and 7 of the main Audit Report, the effects of which are presently
unascertainable, the Company''s accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year are less than fifty percent of its net vom. The Company
has incurred cash loss during the year and in the immediately preceding
financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, there are no dues to debenture
holders. There have been defaults in repayment ofdues to the financial
institutions and banks during the year, which have been subsequently
settled by way of One time settlement (OTS) execute dupto March31, 2011
as disclosed in the note no. 9 of Schedule 25 to the financial
statements.
The defaults for banks which are not part of OTS discussed above are:
Name of the Bank Nature of dues Amount Due Date Date of Payment
(Rs.Crores)
Allahabad Bank Interest 1.28 Various
dates 27-Jul-2010 and
2-Apr-2011
Bank of
Maharashtra Interest 0.61 Various
dates 27-Jul-2010 and
2-Apr-2011
Punjab
National Bank Interest 0.95 Various
dates 27-Jul-2010 and
2-Apr-2011
State Bank
of India Interest 1.90 Various
dates 27-Jul-2010 and
6-Apr-2011
Vijaya Bank Interest 0.52 Various
dates 27-Jul-2010 and
1-Apr-2011
Bank of India Interest 0.23 Various
dates 27-M-2010
ICICI Bank Interest 2.41 Various
dates 27-M-2010
IDBI Bank Interest 0.93 Various
dates 27-M-2010
Indian Overseas
Bank Interest 0.75 Various
dates 27-M-2010
State Bank
of Hyderabad Interest 1.10 Various
dates 27-M-2010
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to 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 Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in ortrading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
orfinancial institutions.
(xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by 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
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
section 301 ofthe Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view ofthe financial statements and as
perthe information and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the year.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm registration number: 101049W Chartered Accountants
per Vikas Kumar Pansari
Partner
Membership No.:93649
Place :Mumbai
Date : May 25,2011
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