We have audited the attached balance sheet of Morganite Crucible
(India) Limited (''the Company'') as at 31 March 2011 and the related
profit and loss account and the cash flow statement of the Company 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 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.
1 As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (''the
Order'') issued by the Central Government of India 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.
2 Further to our 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 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, 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 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
of the Company as on 31 March 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as at
31 March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g)
of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act; and
f) 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 Act 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 31 March 2011;
(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.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS'' REPORT – 31 MARCH 2011
REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF AUDITORS'' REPORT OF EVEN DATE TO THE
MEMBERS OF MORGANITE CRUCIBLE (INDIA) LIMITED ON THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which all fixed assets are verified every year. In our
opinion, this periodicity of physical verification is reasonable having
regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. No
material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) (a) The inventory, except goods in transit, has been physically
verified by the management during the year. In our opinion, the
frequency of such verification is reasonable.
(b) The procedures for the 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 inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and
the book records were not material.
(iii) (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured,
to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Consequently, clauses 4(iii)(a) to
4(iii)(d) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
(b) The Company has taken loan from a company covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The maximum amount outstanding
during the year was Rs.150,835,726 and the year-end balance of such
loan was Rs.105,050,334.
(c) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
on which loan has been taken from the company listed in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act, are not, prima facie,
prejudicial to the interest of the company.
(d) In the case of loan taken from company listed in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act, the company has been regular
in repaying the principal amount as stipulated and in the payment of
interest.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchases of
certain items of inventories are for the Company''s specialised
requirements and, similarly sale of certain goods, are for the buyer''s
specialised requirements, and suitable alternative sources are not
available to obtain 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 inventories and
fixed assets and with regard to the sale of goods and services. We have
not observed any major weakness in the internal control system during
the course of the audit.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act, have been entered in the
register required to be maintained under that Section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, except for purchases of certain items of inventories which
are for the Company''s specialized requirements and sale of certain
goods which are for the buyer''s specialised requirements, for which
suitable alternative sources are not available, the transactions made
in pursuance of contracts and arrangements referred to in (a) above and
exceeding the value of Rs.5 lakh with any party during the year have
been made at prices which are reasonable having regard to the
prevailing prices at the relevant time. However, on the basis of
information and explanation provided, the same appear to be reasonable.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) The Central Government has not prescribed the maintenance of
cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Act for any of the products
manufactured by the Company.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts
deducted/accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including Income-tax, Sales tax, Provident fund, Service
tax, Customs duty, Excise duty, Value added tax, Employees State
Insurance Corporation, Investor Education and Protection Fund and other
material statutory dues have been generally regularly deposited during
the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities. As explained
to us, the Company did not have any dues on account of Wealth tax.
There were no dues on account of Cess under Section 441A of the Act,
since the date from which the aforesaid Section comes into force has
not yet been notified by the Central Government.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax, Sales tax,
Provident fund, Service tax, Customs duty, Excise duty, Value added
tax, Employees State Insurance Corporation, Investor Education and
Protection Fund and other material statutory dues were in arrears as at
31 March 2011 for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable. (b) According to the information and explanations
given to us, there are no dues of Income-tax, Sales tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Excise duty, Value added tax and Cess which have not been
deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any dispute.
According to the information and explanations given to us, the dues of
Employees State Insurance Corporation, as listed below have not been
deposited by the Company on account of disputes:
Name of the
statute Nature of the
dues Amount Period to which Forum where
dispute
(Rs) the amount
relates is pending
Employees''
State Employees''
state 52,498 October 2004 to Assistant
Director,
Insurance
Act, 1948 insurance March 2005 Employees State
Insurance
Corporation,
Aurangabad
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company did not have any outstanding dues to any
financial institution, banks or debentureholders during the year.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security
by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi / mutual benefit
fund / society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(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 term loans taken by the company have been applied for
the purpose for which they were raised.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long-term investment.
(xviii) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the Company has not made any preferential
allotment of shares to companies/firms/parties covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company did not have any outstanding debentures during
the year.
(xx) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not raised any money by public issues.
(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the
course of our audit.
For B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s Registration No: 101248W
Vijay Mathur
Mumbai Partner
25 May 2011 Membership No: 046476
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