TO THE MEMBERS
The Directors hereby present their Twenty-sixth Annual Report on the
business operations of the Company along with the audited statement of
accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS :
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Year Ended March 31st
2011 2010
Income 2,917.27 2,930.77
profit / (Loss) before tax 127.00 312.55
Provision for taxation
a) Current Tax 25.30 53.10
b) Deferred Tax 30.70 188.90
c) Excess Tax Provision (30.86) -
Net profit / (Loss) After Tax 101.86 70.55
Add : Balance brought forward 5,187.83 5,117.28
Balance Carried to balance sheet 5,289.69 5,187.83
2. DIVIDEND :
Your Directors do not recommend any dividend for Financial Year ended
31st March, 2011.
3. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS :
Financial year 2010-2011 represents the period of recovery of whole
economy in general and realty sector has edged over the other sectors
of the economy. In spite of recovery of real estate sector, demand
remained subdued for real estate products across all the categories,
apparently due to monetary policy adopted by the Reserve Bank of India
to squeeze the liquidity with the object to contain the infationary
elements from the economy, simultaneously increasing the rate of
interest on home loans which have direct impact on the demand of the
real estate products.
To weather the tremors of slowdown and cash crunch in ever changing
scenario on macro and micro level, the Company
has adopted business strategies such as Joint Ventures in projects,
hived-off projects, to utilize the vacant portion of existing projects
for the development of new projects on such vacant land.
During the year under review, the Company achieved total income of
Rs.2,917.27 lacs as against Rs. 2,930.77 lacs in the previous year.
During the year, Company has earned Net profit after tax of Rs. 101.86
lacs against Net profit of Rs.70.55 lacs in the previous year.
Saturn Trading Pvt. Ltd., a Promoter Group Company, has exercised its
option to convert 22,00,000 Convertible Warrants into 22,00,000 equity
shares. The Board has approved conversion of warrants into aforesaid
equity shares as on 22nd June, 2011. The paid-up capital of the Company
after conversion of warrants is increased proportionately to i.e.
Rs.46,74,92,910/-.
The progress of construction activities at on-going projects such as
Lok Mansarovar, Lok Prabhat and Lok Nirman is satisfactory. The funds
derived from these on-going projects are being utilized for the
expansion of the business of the Company. Further to strengthen itself
fnancially, the Company has focused on improvising productivity and
reducing its costs, utilizing its cash fow most effectively during the
year under review.
To reduce its debt burden, constant interaction and settlement process
with lenders is on-going. In that direction, the Company has settled
and paid to 20 Institutions out of 21 Institutions. Negotiations and
settlement process with remained Institution is reached on advanced
stage.
“Remaking of Mumbai Housing Infrastructure & Finance Ltd. (ROMHIF) has
submitted its proposal to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362
buildings and over 8000 tenements) in the Kalbadevi-Chira Bazar area in
‘C’ Ward of Mumbai. It proposes to demolish these old and dilapidated
buildings and in their place construct high rise structure in the
ear-marked plots. Your Company has 49% stake in the shareholding of
Remaking of Mumbai Development Ltd. which is the holding Company for
ROMHIF which intends to develop this Pilot project of 30 acres and then
increasing its size to 232 acres in the ‘C’ Ward of Mumbai.
There has been a great deal of forward movement with regards to this
redevelopment proposal in the island city of Mumbai. The proposal for
redevelopment has got an approval In-principle from the High Powered
Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Municipal
Commissioner. It has now been proposed to forward to the Urban
Development Ministry of the state of Maharashtra for their consent.
Meanwhile, ROMHIF has divided the 30 acre land into parcels of over 5
acres consisting of over 70 buildings each. It has already entered into
an agreement with Unity Infrastructure Ltd for jointly developing the
frst piece of 5 acres and is in fnal stages of negotiation for the next
5 acre lands with other like-minded developers.”
4. FIXED DEPOSITS:
The Company has not accepted/renewed any Fixed Deposits during the year
under review. The Company had no outstanding Fixed Deposits at the
close of the year under review.
5. IN-HOUSE MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES:
During the year under review, Company has attained turnover of
Rs.168.09 lacs by sale of concrete blocks, against Rs.177.57 lacs in
the previous year.
6. DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:-
In terms of section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors
would like to state that:- (i) In the preparation of the annual
accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(ii) The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs
of the company at the end of the fnancial year and of the profit of the
company for that period;
(iii) The directors have taken proper and suffcient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) The directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
7. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
During the year under review, your Company has taken adequate steps to
ensure that all mandatory provisions of
Corporate Governance stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
have been complied with. A separate Report on Governance along with the
Auditors’ Certifcate on its compliance, forms part of this Report and
is annexed hereto.
8. DIRECTORS:
Shri Prayag K. Parekh, Director of the Company left for his heavenly
abode on 30th December, 2010. The untimely death of Shri Prayag K.
Parekh was irreparable loss to the Company.
Shri Prayag K. Parekh was an Electrical Engineer by profession and
later on he dedicated his life to mission set by Enlightened Soul Sri
Sri Ravishankar who teaches the philosophy of “Art of Living” to the
general masses.
Number of employees, under his able guidance, learnt the Art of Living
course which teaches not only to lead spiritual life but also to
withstand stress occurred during the day-to-day work of a person.
The Board placed on record his momentous contribution to the Company
and expressed heart-felt condolence to the bereaved family.
Ms. Naina M. Shah, Director of the Company shall be retiring at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and she is eligible, for re-appointment.
Shri B.C. Jain resigned as a Director on 12th November, 2010. The Board
places on record its appreciation of the services rendered by him
during his tenure on the Board.
9. AUDITORS’ REPORT :
Notes to the Accounts are self-explanatory and therefore, do not call
for any further clarifcation or explanation with respect to
qualifcations made by the Auditors in their Report.
10. AUDITORS:
The Company’s Auditors, M/s. Bhupendra Shroff & Co., Chartered
Accountants, Mumbai will hold offce upto the conclusion of the 26th
Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
11. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
Information relating to Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption
etc. pursuant to Section 217 (1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read
with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of the
Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is not provided as the same is not
applicable to the Company.
Foreign Exchange earnings are Nil. Outgo on account of traveling
expenses and Professional Fees during the year under review are Rs.Nil
lacs.
12. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
During the year under review, there is no employee who was in receipt
of remuneration, which, in the aggregate, was not less than the sum
prescribed under Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956. Hence,
information as required under Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, is
not forming part of this report.
13. PERSONNEL:
The Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for
the outstanding contribution and devoted services of employees at all
levels of the Company during the year under review.
14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
The Directors acknowledge the valued co-operation and continued support
extended to the Company by its Bankers, Financial Institutions and
various other lenders. The Directors also place on record their
gratitude to various departments of Government of Maharashtra and
Government of India and authorities of different Municipal Corporations
of Maharashtra, Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd., Securities And Exchange
Board of India and the Advisors for their valuable co-operation.
And to you our Shareholders, we are deeply grateful for the confdence
and faith which you have always placed in us.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
DARSHAN L. GANDHI
Chairman & Managing Director
Place: Mumbai.
Dated: 30th June, 2011.
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