1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Lanco Infratech
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: Lanco Infratech 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 management has conducted physical verification of
inventory (except stocks lying with third parties) at reasonable
intervals during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third
parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them.
(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.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us,
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. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(iii)(a) to (d) of the Order are not applicable
to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(b) 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, the provisions of clause
4(iii)(e) to (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 and
services. 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 Act that need to be
entered into the register maintained under Section 301 have been so
entered.
(b) In respect of transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceeding value of Rupees five lakhs entered into during
the financial year, because of the unique and specialized nature of the
items involved and absence of any comparable prices, we are unable to
comment whether the transactions were made at 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, related to the generation of power 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,
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.
There are no dues on account of cess under Section 441 A of the
Companies Act,1956, since the aforesaid section has not yet been made
effective by Central Government of India.
(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 the
statute Nature of Amount Period to
which the Forum where
dispute is pending
dues ( in lakhs) amount
relates
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income Tax 18.0 Assessment
year 2003-04 Income Tax
Appellate Tribunal
and with The
Honourable High
Court, Andhra
Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
General Sales Tax 8.5 Financial
Year 2000-01 The Sales Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
Sales Tax Act,
1956 Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Tax on Entry Tax 1.8 Financial
Year 2007-08 The Appellate
Deputy Commiss
-ioner CT,
Entry of Goods
Act,2001
Panjagutta-
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
General Sales Tax 2.7 Financial
Year 2001-02 The Sales
Tax Appellate
Tribunal,
Sales Tax Act,
1956 Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
Value Sales Tax 1.3 Financial
Year 2009-10 The Appellate
Deputy Commiss
-ioner CT,
Added Tax Act,
2005 Panjagutta-
Hyderabad
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 13.8 April 2005-
March 2008 Customs,
Central Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 15.9 June 2005-
August 2008 Customs,
Central Excise
and Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 1,292.4 June 2007-
March 2008 Customs,
Central Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 385.9 June 2007-
July 2008 Customs,
Central Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 1,547.4 April 2005-
March 2008 Customs, Central
Excise and Service
Tax Appellate
Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 1.3 April 2008-
March 2009 Commissioner of
Central Excise
(Appeals)
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 37.8 July 2008-
September 2009 Commissioner of
Central Excise
(Appeals)
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 657.8 April 2008-
June 2009 Customs, Central
Excise and Service
Tax Appellate
Tribunal
The Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax 897.9 July 2009-
March 2010 Commissioner of
Central Excise
(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, bank or debenture holders.
(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 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.
(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) Based on information and explanations given to us by the
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
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 any money by public issues and
accordingly, provisions of clause 4(xx) of the Companies (Auditor''s
Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the company.
(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 course of our audit.
For S. R. Batliboi & Associates For Brahmayya & Co.
Firm Registration Number: 101049W Firm Registration Number: 000511S
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
per Sanjay Vij per N. Sri Krishna
Partner Partner
Membership Number: 95169 Membership Number: 26575
Place: Gurgaon Place: Gurgaon
Date: May 29, 2011 Date: May 29, 2011
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