We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of MESSRS.MAC CHARLES
(INDIA) LIMITED (''the Company'') as at 31 March 2011 and also the Profit
and Loss Account and 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.
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 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.
As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, (''the
Order'') as amended, issued by the Central Government in terms of
sub-section (4A) of section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, (''the Act'')
we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
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, subject to Note No.20 of Schedule No. 19 - Notes on Accounts -
regarding non-confirmation of balances;
(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 written representations received from the
Directors, as on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the Directors is disqualified as on
31 March 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 31 March 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 THE AUDITORS''REPORT DATED 28 JULY 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 and no material discrepancies were noticed during such
verification.
(c) Fixed Assets disposed off during the year were not substantial.
(ii) (a) Physical verification of inventory has been conducted by the
management at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures, of physical verification of
inventories 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 its inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of stocks as compared to
book records are not material and have been properly dealt with in the
books of account.
(iii) (a) The Company has granted an unsecured loan to its wholly owned
subsidiary. The maximum amount outstanding during the year was
Rs.3,44,70,430/- and the year-end balance of the loan is
Rs.3,25,98,614/-.
(b) Having regard to the fact that the loan granted to its wholly owned
subsidiary is interest free and unsecured and also that no
agreement/contract is entered into with the subsidiary, the terms and
conditions of loan granted to the subsidiary are in our opinion prima
facie not prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(c) In the absence of an agreement/contract there is no stipulation as
to repayment and as such paragraph 4(iii)(c ) of the order is not
applicable to the Company in respect of repayment of the principal
amount.
(d) Since there is no stipulation regarding repayment of principal,
paragraph 4(iii)(d) of the order is not applicable to the Company in
respect of overdue amount in excess of rupees one lakh.
(e) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured from
companies, firms or parties covered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, paragraphs 4(iii)(e) to 4(iii)(g)
of the Order are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the company''s explanations that some of
the items purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative
sources are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations,
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 inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness
in such internal control system.
(v) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information
and explanations given to us :
a) the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section
301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
section have been so entered.
b) where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs.5/- Lakhs in
respect of any party, we are unable to comment whether such
transactions have been made at prices which are reasonable having
regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time since such
transactions are in respect of certain purchases for which comparable
quotations are not available.
(vi) The Company has not accepted deposits to which the directives
issued by Reserve Bank of India and provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA or
any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules
framed thereunder apply.
(vii) The Company has an internal audit system commensurate with its
size and the nature of its business.
(viii) As informed to us, the Central Government has not prescribed
maintenance of cost records under Section 209 (l)(d) of the Companies
Act, 1956, for the Company.
(ix) (a) According to the records of the Company and the information
and explanations given to us, the Company is regular in depositing
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 any other
statutory dues with the appropriate authorities during the year.
(b) To the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations given to us, details of disputed statutory
dues which has not been deposited in the case of Income Tax are given
in the table below :
SI. Nature of Period to
Which the Amount
No. Dues Dispute
relates in Rupees Forum where the
Dispute is
Pending Remarks
1 Income Tax A.Y.
1997-98 9,55,691 Honourable High
Court of
Karnataka The amount
in dispute
is adjusted
by the
Income Tax
Department
out of
refund due
to the
Company
2 Income Tax A.Y.
2001-02 9,54,168 Honourable High
Court of
Karnataka The amount
in dispute
is adjusted
by the
Income Tax
Department
out of
refund due
to the
Company
3 Income Tax A.Y.
2007-08 14,90,801 CIT (Appeals) -
III The amount
in dispute
is adjusted
by the
Income Tax
Department
out of
refund due
to the
Company
4 Income Tax A.Y.
2008-09 27,01,461 CIT (Appeals) -
III -
(x) The Company has neither accumulated loss as at 31 March 2011 nor
has it incurred any cash loss during the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) The Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to financial
institution or bank.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, and
records examined by us, during the year the company has not granted
loan or advance on the basis of security by way of pledge of shares,
debentures and other securities.
(xiii) The provisions of any special statute as specified under clause
(xiii) of paragraph 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 is not a dealer or trader in securities.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not obtained any term loan 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 by the Company.
(xviii)The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
during the year.
(xix) The Company has not issued any debenture during the year.
(xx) The Company has not raised money by public issue during the year.
(xxi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported
during the year.
For K. B. Nambiar & Associates
Chartered Accountants
(Firm Regn. No. 002313S)
Bangalore V. V. Gabriel
28 July 2011 Partner (M.No.213936)
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