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2.25 (0.9%) | Auditor's Report (Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India) | Year End : Mar '12 |
1) We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Mahindra Holidays &
Resorts India Limited as at March 31, 2012, the Statement of Profit and
Loss and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended on
that date, both 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 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 the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and the 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) 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 as follows:
(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 it appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and
Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in
compliance with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C)
of the Companies Act, 1956;
(e) 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:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
5. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on March 31, 2012 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2012
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1) (g) of
the Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of the auditors'' report to the
members of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited on the accounts
for the year ended March 31, 2012
(i) Having regard to the nature of Company''s business / activities /
result, clauses (v), (vi), (viii), (x), (xii) to (xvi), (xviii) and
(xxi) of CARO are not applicable to the Company in the current year.
(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.
(b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the
fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation 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.
(iii) In respect of its inventory:
(a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during
the year by the Management at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(v) 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 purchases 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.
(vi) In our opinion, the Company has an adequate internal audit system
commensurate with the size and the nature of its business.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund,
Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, VAT, Wealth Tax,
Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material
statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident
Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees'' State
Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, VAT, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom
Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as
at March 31, 2012 for a period of more than six months from the date
they became payable.
(c) As on March 31, 2012, there are no dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax,
Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have
not been deposited on account of disputes except the following :
Name of the
statute Nature of
the dues Financial
Years Amount (Rs.) Forum where
the dispute
is pending
Income Tax Income Tax & 2005-06 1,312,279,665 Income Tax
Appellate
Fringe Benefit
Tax to
2007-08 Tribunal
Income Tax Income Tax & 2008-09 651,080,890 Commissioner
of Income
Fringe Benefit
Tax Tax - Appeals
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we
report that funds raised on short term basis have not been used during
the year for long term investment.
(ix) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by or on the Company has been
noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No.008072S)
B. Ramaratnam
Partner
Mumbai, April 25, 2012 (Membership No.21209) |
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