1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of MATRIX LABORATORIES
LIMITED (the Company) as at 31st March, 2010, the Profit and Loss
Account 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 Companys 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 (Auditors 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 Profit and Loss Account 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 Profit and Loss Account 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 31st March, 2010;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, 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 31st March, 2010 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2010
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the
Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure To The Auditors Report (Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report
of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Companys business / activities
/ results, clauses 4(x), 4(xii), 4(xiii), 4(xiv), 4(xix) and 4(xx) of
CARO are not applicable.
(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of a major portion of
fixed assets.
(b) Some of the fixed assets were physically verified during the year
by the Management in accordance with a programme of verification which,
in our opinion, provides for physical verification of major fixed
assets at reasonable intervals having regard to the size of the Company
and the nature of its assets. 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 inventories:
(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 are adequate internal control systems 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) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are
of the opinion that there are no contracts or arrangements which need
to be entered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.
In view of this, paragraphs 4 v (a) and 4 v (b) of CARO are not
applicable.
(vii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections
58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act,
1956 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 with regard
to the deposits accepted from the public. According to the information
and explanations given to us, no order has been passed by the Company
Law Board or the National Company Law Tribunal or the Reserve Bank of
India or any Court or any other Tribunal.
(viii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a Company appointed by the management have been
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business.
(ix) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of manufacture of bulk drugs and formulations and
are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records
have been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed
examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are
accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the
information and explanations given to us, the Central Government has
not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any other products
of the Company.
(x) 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, Value added Tax,
Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Works Contract 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 Income-tax,
Wealth Tax, Works Contract Tax, Provident Fund, Employees State
Insurance, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Value Added Tax,
Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material
statutory dues in arrears as at 31st March, 2010 for a period of more
than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Value Added Tax, Wealth
Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been
deposited as on 31st March, 2010 on account of disputes are given
below:
Statute Nature of Dues Forum where Period to Amount
Dispute is
pending which the involved
amount (Rs. in
relates Millions)
Sales Tax Sales Tax Apellate
Tribunal 2000-2001 0.60
Andhra Pradesh
General Sales Tax Sales Tax
Appellate
Tribunal 2001-2002 0.51
Sales Tax
Act, 1956 Sales Tax Sales Tax
Appellate
Tribunal 2003-2004 1.08
Andhra
Pradesh Value Value Added Tax AndhraPradesh
High Court 2005-2006 152.08
Added Tax
Act, 2005 Value Added Tax Appellate
Deputy
Commissioner 2007-2008 8.86
Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax Customs,
Excise &
Service
Tax Appellate
Tribunal 2003-2004 18.78
Income Tax Income Tax
Apellate
Tribunal 2000-2001 0.29
Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Income Tax
Apellate
Tribunal 2001-2002 2.92
Income Tax Income Tax
Apellate
Tribunal 2002-2003 16.65
Income Tax Income Tax
Apellate
Tribunal 2003-2004 21.84
Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Commissioner
of Income Tax
(Appeals) 2004-2005 17.38
Excise duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 2003-2004 to
2005-2006 1.39
Excise duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 2005-2006 5.21
Central Excise
Act, 1944 Excise duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT)
2006-2007 1.27
Excise duty Department
of Central
Excise and
Customs 2007-2008 0.51
Excise duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 2008-2009 12.37
Excise duty Deputy
Commissioner
of Central
Excise and
Customs 2008-2009 0.22
Excise duty Assistant
Commissioner
Central
Excise and
Customs 2008-2009 0.20
Customs duty Andhra
Pradesh
High Court 1995-1996 36.00
Customs duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 1998-1999 3.56
Customs
Act, 1962 Customs duty Andhra
Pradesh
High Court 1999-2000 2.21
Customs duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 2000-2001 4.95
Customs duty Appellate
Tribunal
(CESTAT) 2008-2009 2.96
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to
banks.
(xii) 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 are not prima facie
prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
(xiv) 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.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not made preferential allotment of shares to parties and
companies covered in the Register maintained under Section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
(xvi) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the
Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
Registration No.008072S
Ganesh Balakrishnan
Place : Secunderbad Partner
Date : June 14, 2010 Membership No. 201193
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