1. We have audited the attached balance sheet of Jyothy Laboratories
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. 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 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 referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date Re:
Jyothy Laboratories 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 programme of verification which,
in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company
and the nature of its assets. As informed, 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 inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable. Inventories lying with outside parties have been confirmed
by them as at year end.
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.
Discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventories were not
material, and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
iii) a) The Company has granted unsecured loan and advance to a
subsidiary company covered in the register maintained under section 301
of the Companies Act, 1956. The maximum amount involved during the year
was Rs.2,965.25 lacs and the year- end balance of loan granted to the
party was Rs.2,871.70 lacs.
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) The loans granted along with interest are re-payable on demand. As
informed, the Company has not demanded repayment of any such loan or
interest during the year, thus, there has been no default on the part
of the parties to whom the money has been lent.
d) There is no overdue amount of loan granted to the subsidiary company
in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act,
1956.
e) According to 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, provisions of clause 4(iii) (e)
and (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.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness
or continuing failure to correct any major weakness in the internal
control system of the company in respect of these areas.
v) a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that
need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have
been so entered.
b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs have been entered
into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having
regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
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) 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, and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed
accounts and records have been made and maintained.
ix) a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident 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. There are no amounts due in respect of investor
education and protection fund.
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, there are no dues of
income-tax, wealth tax, customs duty, employees'' state insurance, and
cess which have not been deposited on account of any dispute. According
to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of sales-tax,
service tax, excise duty, provident fund and cess on account of any
dispute, are as follows:
Amount Rs. in Lacs
Name of the
statute
(Nature of
dues) Forum where the dispute is pending
Period to
which Commissionerate Appelate High Court Total
Amount
the
amount Authorities
relates & Tribunal
Sales Tax
(Tax/
Penalty
/Interest) 2001-02 to 24 - - 24
2002-03
2003-04 to 72 - - 72
2004-05
2005-06 213 - 44 257
2006-07 to 544 - 355 899
2009-10
2010-11 49 - 148 197
The Central
Excise Act,
1944 (Tax/
Penalty) 1999-00 to - 12 - 12
2000-01
2004-05 to 6 8 - 14
2005-06
2006-07 1 - - 1
2009-10 to 110 - - 110
2010-11
Employee
State
Insurance
(Tax/
Penalty) 2002-08 10 - - 10
Provident
Fund (Tax) 1997-98 0.5 - - 0.5
2007-08 5 - - 5
Service
Tax (Tax) 2005-06 13 - - 13
2007-08 3 - - 3
2008-09 to 64 - - 64
2010-11
Others 2003-04 - - 4 4
Total 1,114.50 20 551 1,685.50
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 immediately
preceding financial year.
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 a
financial institution or bank. The Company has not issued any
debentures.
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 Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
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. However, during
the year, the Company has temporarily invested surplus funds in units
of mutual fund and debentures. In our opinion and according to the
information and explanations given to us, proper records have been
maintained of the transactions and contracts and timely entries have
been made therein. The investments have been held by the Company, in
its own name.
xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or
financial institutions, the terms and conditions whereof in our opinion
are not prima-facie prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
xvi) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
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 section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
xx) The Company has not raised money through public issues during the
year.
xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the 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
the year.
For S. R. Batliboi & Associates
Firm Registration Number: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Vikram Mehta
Partner
Membership No.: 41870
Mumbai
Date: May 30, 2011
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