1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Moser Baer India
Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 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 further report that:
i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
period of 3 years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to
the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the
programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been physically verified
by the Management after the year end and no material discrepancies
between the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed.
(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.
ii. (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
physically verified by the Management during the year. In respect of
inventory lying with third parties, these have substantially been
confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
iii. The Company has not granted/ taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/ from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act and accordingly
clauses (iii)(b), (iii)(c), (iii)(d), (iii)(f) and (iii)(g) of
paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company for the
current year.
iv. 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 inventory, 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.
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, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees Five Lakhs in respect of
any party during the year have been made at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
vi. 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
there under.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
viii. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
prescribed under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Act, and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts
and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
they are accurate or complete.
ix. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, except some
delays in the deposit of dues of service tax, sales tax, professional
tax and income tax, the Company is regular in depositing the undisputed
statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and
protection fund, employees'' state insurance, wealth tax, service tax,
customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues as
applicable with the appropriate authorities. The extent of the arrears
of statutory dues outstanding as at March 31, 2011 for a period of more
than six months from the date they became payable are as follows:
Name of the
statute Nature of dues Amount Period to Due Date
(Rs.) which the
amount
relates
Income Tax Act,
1961 Interest on delay
of TDS 64,052 June''10 04.08.2010
Central Sales
Tax Act, 1956 Central Sales Tax 239,248 2008-09, Various (20th
of the
2009-10 next month)
Professional Tax
Act, 1975 Professional Tax 21,067 2008-09 Various
(last day of
next month)
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise
duty and cess as at March 31, 2011 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute are as follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to Forum where the
statute (Rs.) which the dispute is
amount
relates pending
Central
Excise Excise duty 9,749,862 2008-09 High Court,
Allahabad
Act, 1944
Excise duty 1,650,802 2006-07 Additional
Commissioner,
Noida
Customs Act,
1962 Customs duty 290,248,356 2006-07, Commissioner,
Customs &
2007-08 Central Excise,
Noida
Customs
Act, 1962 Customs duty
and penalty
thereon 2,747,885 2001-02, CESTAT, New Delhi
(4,500,696) 2010-11
Customs duty 13,924,896 2007-08 CESTAT, Chennai
Customs duty 59,124 2009-10 Assistant
Commissioner,
CE Noida
Customs duty 35,183 2008-09 Commissioner,
Appeals
Finance Act,
1994 Service tax
and penalty
thereon 824,004 2000-02 Commissioner
(Appeals),
Customs & Central
Excise,
Noida
Service tax 72,043,193 2000-02,
2003-04 Commissioner
Customs &
(2,953,470) 2008-09 Central Excise,
Noida
Service tax 5,440,788 1999-00 Deputy Commissioner
Customs & Central
Excise, Noida
Service tax
and penalty
thereon 3,920,092 2000-02 High Court,
New Delhi
Service tax
and penalty
thereon 63,316,764 2005-06 CESTAT, New Delhi
Service tax 6,061,032 2008-09,
2009-10 Additional
Commissioner,
2010-11 Noida
Central
Sales Tax Sales tax 10,601,742 2006-07 Joint Commissioner
Act, 1956 (4,543,604) (Appeals), Noida
Sales tax 441,000 2007-08 Additional
Commissioner
(Appeals)
UP Trade Tax Sales tax 212,375 2004-05 Joint Commissioner
Act, 1948 (Appeals), Noida
Sales tax 195,050 2007-08 Commercial Tax
Tribunal,
Noida Bench
Sales tax 735,146 2007-08 Additional
Commissioner
(Appeals)
Income Tax Income tax 50,794,174 2004-05,
2005-06 Commissioner of
Income
Act, 1961 (34,500,000) 2006-07,
2007-08 Tax (Appeals)
Notes:
1. The above details exclude appeals made by the Department to higher
appellate authorities as there is no stay on the order passed by lower
appellate authorities in favour of the Company and the amount is not
ascertainable.
2. The figures in brackets represent amounts deposited under protest
and demands shown against them are net of such deposits.
x. The Company has no accumulated losses as at March 31, 2011 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
xi. 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 as at the
balance sheet date.
xii. 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. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund /
nidhi / mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
xv. 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.
xvi. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
xvii. 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.
xviii. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
xix. The Company has not issued any debentures and accordingly clause
(xix) of paragraph 4 of the Order is not applicable to the Company for
the current year.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. The Management has disclosed the end use of money raised by a
public issue in an earlier year (Refer Note 16 (b) of Schedule 22
Part-B) which has been verified by us.
xxi. 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.
4. Further to our comments 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 March 31, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 March 31, 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.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 012754N
Chartered Accountants
Place: New Delhi Anuradha Tuli
Date: August 25, 2011 Partner
Membership No: F-085611
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