1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER
AND HOSPITAL LIMITED, Coimbatore, 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 (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'' of India,
we give 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 paragraph 3 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 (and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit
have been received from branches not visited by us.
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 TO AUDITORS'' REPORT
[Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of Kovai Medical Center and Hospital Limited, Coimbatore on the
financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2011]
1) (a) The Company is in the process of updating its records showing
full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) All the 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 when compared
to the available records.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the company during the year.
2) (a) The inventory has been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(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 carried
out at the end of the year.
3) (a) As informed, 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.
(b) 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.
4) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there exists an adequate internal control system
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business with regard to purchase of inventory, fixed assets and with
regard to the sale of goods and services. During the course of our
audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct weakness
in internal control system of the company.
5) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, 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.
6) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company has not accepted any deposits from the public
within the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules
framed there under.
7) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8) The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the company.
9) (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, excise
duty, cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it.
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, customs duty, excise duty, cess 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 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 Nature of dues Amount Period to
which Forum where
the Statute (Rs.) the amount
relates dispute is
pending
Customs Act Customs Duty 189.46 Lakhs 1999-2000 & High Court,
Chennai.
2000 - 2001
10) 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.
11) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
financial institution, bank or debenture holders.
12) 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 & advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
13) 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.
14) 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
15) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
16) In our opinion, the term loans have been applied for the purpose
for which the loans were raised.
17) 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.
18) According to the information and explanation given to us, the
Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
19) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
debentures have been issued by the company during the year.
20) The Company has not raised money by way of public issue during the
year.
21) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the management.
For Haribhakti & CO.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No.103523W
C.S. SATHYANARAYANAN
Coimbatore
Partner
18.05.2011
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