1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of LIC Housing Finance
Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2011, the Profit and Loss
Account and also the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that
date, annexed thereto (in which are incorporated the accounts of 5
branches, known as back offices audited by other auditors). These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys
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 disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) (the Order), 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 in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(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 appears from our examination of
those books and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit
have been received from the branches not visited by us. The branch
auditors reports have been forwarded to us and have been appropriately
dealt with;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account
and with the audited returns from the branches;
(d) 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, in so far as they apply to the Housing Finance Company;
(e) 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;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts read with the
significant accounting policies and notes thereon, 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 March 31, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit And Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash-flow statement, of the cash-flows for the
year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
Annexure to the Auditors Report referred to in paragraph 4 of our
Report of even date to the Members of LIC Housing Finance Limited on
the accounts for the year ended March 31, 2011
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets have been physically verified by the management
during the year. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable. According to the information and explanations 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.
(ii) As the Company does not have inventory, the Clauses (ii)(a) to
(ii)(c) of Para 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(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, sub-clause
(b), (c) and (d) are not applicable.
(b) According to the 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, sub-clause (f) and (g)
are not applicable.
(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 with regard
to purchase of fixed assets and for sale of services. The nature of the
Companys business is such that it does not involve purchase and sale
of goods. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any
major weaknesses in the aforesaid internal control system.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 during the year to be entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section. Accordingly, sub- clause
(b) is not applicable.
(vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections
58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956, to the extent applicable to
the Housing Finance Company and the Housing Finance Companies (NHB)
Directions, 2010 with regard to the deposits accepted from the public.
We are informed that no Order has been passed by the Company Law Board
or the Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal.
(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by the Companys internal audit department and by a firm of
Chartered Accountants appointed by the management have been
commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.
(viii) As the Company is not a manufacturing concern, the clause (viii)
of Para 4 of the Order regarding maintenance of cost records under
clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956
is not applicable to the Company.
(ix) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the Company has generally been regular in
depositing undisputed statutory dues, including provident fund,
investor education and protection fund, employees state insurance,
income tax, wealth tax, service tax, custom duty, cess and any other
material statutory dues where applicable, with the appropriate
authorities during the year.
(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 information and explanations given to us and based
on the records of the Company examined by us, the following are the
particulars of disputed dues on account of income tax, wealth-tax,
service tax, custom duty and cess which have not been deposited by the
Company as at March 31, 2011:
No. Name of the Nature of the Amount Amount period to
Statue Dues (Rupees) Paid/ which the
adjusted amount
relates relates
(Rupees) (AY)
1. Income Tax Income Tax 35,00,000 35,00,000 1999-2000
Act, 1961
2. Income Tax Income Tax 2,78,45,437 2,78,45,437 2001-2002
Act, 1961
3. Income Tax Income Tax 6,33,61,000 6,33,61,000 2002-2003
Act, 1961
4. Income Tax Income Tax 2,08,00,000 2,08,00,000 2003-2004
Act, 1961
5. Income Tax Income Tax 9,36,81,691 9,36,81,691 2004-2005
Act, 1961
6. Income Tax Income Tax 35,71,94,000 35,71,94,000 2005-2006
Act, 1961
7. Income Tax Income Tax 23,85,58,159 23,85,58,159 2006-2007
Act,1961
8. Income Tax Income Tax 33,10,50,489 33,10,50,489 2007-2008
Act,1961
No. Forum where the dispute
is pending
1. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
2. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
3. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
4. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
5. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
6. CIT (Appeals)
7. CIT (Appeals)
8. CIT (Appeals)
(x) The Company does not have accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
under report and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(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
financial institutions, banks and debenture holders.
(xii) The Company has maintained adequate documents and records for the
loans and advances granted by it on the basis of security by way of
residential houses and properties and other securities. The Company has
not granted loans and advances by way of pledge of shares and
debentures during the year.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
(xiii) of para 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not dealt/ traded in shares, debentures
and investments other than mutual fund. The Company has maintained
proper records of the transactions and contracts in respect of
investments in mutual funds and timely entries have been made therein.
All 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 not given any guarantee for the loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions during the year.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, term loans availed by the Company were, prima facie,
applied by the Company during the year for the purposes for which the
loans were
obtained, other than temporary deployment pending application.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
the basis of review of Asset Liability Management report prepared for
submission to the Board of Directors of the Company, giving utilisation
of funds on overall basis, we report that funds raised on short term
basis have, prima facie, not been used during the year 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 during the year.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records examined by us, in respect of debentures issued by the Company
during the period covered by our report, security / charge have been
created on two of the immovable properties of the Company and are
further supplemented by a negative lien on all other assets of the
company.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year.
(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books of account
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing
standards in India and as per the information and explanations given to
us, we have not come across any instance of fraud, either noticed or
reported during the year, on or by the Company, except that there have
been instances of misappropriation of funds by way of sanction and
disbursal of non-tenable loans or use of deception to obtain housing
loans by some of the customers involving an aggregate amount of Rs.
87,941,488/-. However, as informed to us, such instances are inherent
in the nature of business of the Company and adequate provision in
respect thereof has been made in the accounts for the year.
For SHAH GUPTA & CO.
Chartered Accountants
FRN. 109574W
Vipul K Choksi
Partner
M No. 37606
For CHOKSHI & CHOKSHI
Chartered Accountants
FRN. 101872W
Vineet Saxena
Partner
M No. 100770
Place: Mumbai
Date: April 28, 2011
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