1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of M/s MARG LIMITED as
on 31st March 2011 and the annexed Profit & Loss Account and Cash Flow
Statement for the year ended 31st March 2011. 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. These standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatements. Our 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, issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of subsection (4A) of
Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the annexure
hereto a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of
the said order to the extent they are applicable to this Company.
4. Further to the comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
a. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge were necessary for the purpose of our Audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of
the books.
c. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the Books of Accounts
of the Company.
d. According to the best of our information and explanations given to
us, the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account dealt with by this
report are in compliance with the accounting standards referred to in
Section 21K3C) of The Companies Act 1956, in so far as they are
applicable to the Company.
e. On the basis of written representations received from the Directors
of the company and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report
that none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March 2011 from
being appointed as a director U/s 274(l)(g) 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 accounts read with the notes give the
information required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner required
and give a true and fair view,
i. in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the State of Affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2011;
ii. in the case of Profit and Loss Account of the Profit for the year
ended 31st March 2011; and
iii. in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the Cash Flows for the
year ended 31st March 2011.
ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS'' REPORT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR REPORT
OF EVEN DATE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF MARG LIMITED
1. a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
b) The Company has a programme of Physical verification of Fixed assets
over a period of three years which is, in our opinion, reasonable
having regard to the size of the company and the nature of its assets.
In accordance with this programme, certain fixed assets have been
physically verified by the management during the year and no serious
discrepancies have been noticed on such verification
c) During the year, the company has not disposed off a substantial part
of fixed assets.
2. a) As explained to us, physical verification of inventory has been
conducted by the management, at the end of the year.
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 nature of its business.
c) The company is maintaining proper records of inventory and the
discrepancies noticed on verification between physical stocks and book
stocks were not material.
3. a) The Company has not taken any loan from parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act.
b) The Company has granted unsecured loans to 79 Subsidiary companies
covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies
Act. The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 677.39 Crores
and the year end balance of loans granted to such companies was Rs.
504.82 Crores.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the rate
of interest and other terms and conditions of the loans given are not
prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the company.
d) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
principal amount of the loan along with interest in respect of loan
granted to the Subsidiary Companies, except three subsidiaries, is
repayable on call.
The Subsidiaries have made repayments during the year as and when calls
were made by the Company. In respect of three subsidiaries, the loan
given by the company is sub-ordinated to the secured loans from Banks
and Financial Institutions availed by such subsidiaries and accordingly
the obligation to repay does not arise during the pendency of said
secured loans.
4. In our opinion and according to the explanation given to us there
is an adequate internal control procedure 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 & services. During
the course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to
correct major weaknesses in internal control system.
5. a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the transactions that need to be entered into
the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956
have been so entered.
b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us the transaction in pursuance of contracts or arrangements
entered in the register maintained U/s 301 of The Companies Act, 1956
and exceeding the value of rupees five lakhs in respect of any party
during the year have been made at rates or value which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market rates or values at the relevant
time.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public in terms
of provisions of sections 58A and 58AA and other relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956 and the Rules framed there under.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system,
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
8. We have been informed that the Central Government has not
prescribed the maintenance of Cost Records under the provisions of
Section 209(l)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956.
9. a) According to the records of the Company, apart from certain
instances of delays, the company is regular in depositing with
appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including Provident
Fund, Employee''s State Insurance, Income Tax, Wealth Tax, Custom Duty,
Cess, Sales Tax, Service Tax, and other material statutory dues
applicable to it.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income Tax, Wealth Tax,
Service Tax, Sales Tax, Customs Duty and cess were in arrears as at
31st March 2011, for a period of more than six months from the date
they became payable.
c) According to the records of the Company and the information and
explanation given to us, the dues of Income Tax/Sales Tax/Customs
Duty/Cess, which have not been deposited on account of any dispute, are
as follows:-
Income Tax Dues
Income Tax
Asst. Departmen Amount paid Forum where
Year Demand under protest Dispute is pending
2001-02 16,785,003 16,879,719 Madras High Court
2002-03 8,926,848 9,659,367 CIT
2007-08 1,340,625 13,40,625 ITAT, Chennai
2008-09 52,76,990 52,76,990 CIT(Appeal)
Tax Deducted at Source
Asst. Departmen Amount paid Forum where
Year Demand under protest Dispute is pending
1996-97 21,503 4,931 ITO-TDS
1997-98 2,368,619 2,317,682 ITO-TDS
1998-99 1,628,830 842,934 ITO-TDS
1999-00 1,857,640 581,282 ITO-TDS
2000-01 442,820 65,440 ITO-TDS
10. The Company has no accumulated losses and has no cash losses
during the financial year covered by our audit and the immediately
preceding financial year.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to any
financial institutions and banks.
12. The Company has not granted any loans or advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. The Company is not a Chit Fund or a Nidhi / Mutual Benefit Fund /
Society.
14. The Company is not dealing in or trading in shares, securities,
debentures and other investments.
15. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantees aggregating to Rs. 2277.16 Crores for
loans raised by others from Banks. In our opinion, the terms and
conditions of the guarantees are prima facie not prejudicial to the
interests of the company.
16. In our opinion and according to information and explanations given
to us, the term loans have been applied for the purpose for which they
were raised.
17. According to the information and explanations 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.
18. The Company has made preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the register maintained U/s 301 of the Act
during the year. The price at which the shares have been issued is not
prejudicial to the interest of the company.
19. During the year, the company has not issued any debentures and
therefore the question of creating security or charge in respect
thereof does not arise.
20. The Company has not made any public issue during the year covered
under audit.
21. Based on the audit procedures performed and according to the
information and explanations given to us, we report that no fraud on or
by the Company was noticed or reported during the year.
For K RAMKUMAR & CO.,
Reg no:02830S
Chartered Accountants
R M V BALAJI
Partner
Membership no: 27476
Place: Chennai
Date : 29th August 2011
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