1. We have audited the attached Balance sheet of Mastek Limited (the
“Company”) as at June 30, 2011, and the related Profit and Loss Account
and Cash Flow statement for the year ended on that date annexed
thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. 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 misstatement. 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 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, as
amended by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) (Amendment) order, 2004
(together the “Order”), issued by the Central government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of section 227 of ‘the Companies Act, 1956’
of India (the ‘Act’) and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw your attention to Note 20
of schedule 16, regarding excess remuneration paid during the year to
the Chairman and managing Director and an executive Director of the
Company, aggregating Rs. 63.36 Lacs and Rs. 22.40 Lacs respectively,
for which Company intends to seek approval of the members of the
Company in the ensuing Annual general meeting of the Company, and also
from the Central government.
5. 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;
(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;
(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 Act;
(e) on the basis of written representations received from the
Directors, as on June 30, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on June 30, 2011
from being appointed as a Director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, 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 June 30, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the loss 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 AUDITORS’ REPORT
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditor’s Report of even date to the
members of Mastek Limited on the financial statements for the year
ended June 30, 2011
1. (a) the Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the Management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our
opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
2. 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 for the
purchase of fixed assets and for the sale of goods and services.
Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we have neither come across nor have been informed of any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control system.
3. According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that section. Accordingly, the question of commenting
on transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
does not arise.
4. the Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
thereunder.
5. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
6. The Central government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of
the Act for any of the products of the Company.
7. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is regular in depositing the 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 other material statutory dues as
applicable with the appropriate authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, there are no dues of sales-tax,
wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have
not been deposited on account of any dispute. the particulars of dues
of income-tax as at June 30, 2011 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute are as follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount (Rs.)*
statute
The Income Demand on account 108,825,510
Tax Act, 1961 of transfer pricing
disallowances and
disallowances for other
expenses
The Income Demand on account 48,685,385
Tax Act, 1961 of transfer pricing
disallowances and
disallowances for other
expenses
Name of the Period to which Forum where the
the amount dispute is pending
relates
The Income A.Y 2007-08 Commissioner of
Tax Act, 1961 Income-tax (Appeals),
Ahmedabad
The Income A.Y 2006-07 Income tax Appellate
Tax Act, 1961 Tribunal, Ahmedabad
*Net of amounts paid under protest or otherwise
8. the Company has no accumulated losses as at June 30, 2011 and has
not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that date
or in the immediately preceding financial year.
9. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders as at the balance sheet date.
10. the Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
11. the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
12. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks or financial institutions
during the year, are not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
14. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
15. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
16. During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the management.
17. Clauses (ii), (iii), (xviii), (xix) and (xx) of paragraph 4 of the
Companies (Auditor’s Report) order 2003, as amended by the Companies
(Auditor’s Report) (Amendment) order, 2004, are not applicable in the
case of the Company for the year, since in our opinion there is no
matter to be reported.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 012754N
Chartered Accountants
Pradip Kanakia
Partner
Membership Number: 39985
Mumbai
July 25, 2011
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