1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Mundra Port and
Special Economic Zone Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2011 and
also the Profit and Loss account and the Cash Flow Statement for the
year ended on that date 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 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) (the Order) issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 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 above, we
report that:
i. 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;
ii. 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;
iii. The Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. 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
Companies Act, 1956;
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that 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 Companies Act, 1956;
vi. 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;
a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2011;
b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
c) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph [3] of our report of even date
Re: Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (the Company)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained 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 three 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 have been physically
verified by the management during the year and no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The inventory of stores and spare parts, fuel and lubricants
has been physically verified by management during the year. In our
opinion, the frequency of such physical verification is reasonable.
(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 the nature of its business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) As informed, 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 Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, the provisions of clause (iii) (b), (c) and (d) of the
Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended), are not
applicable to the Company.
(e) As informed, the Company has not taken any loans, secured or
unsecured from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, the provisions of clause (iii) (f) and (g) of the
Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended), are not
applicable to the Company.
(iv) Part of the Companys purchases of fixed assets and sale of
services are stated to be of unique and specialized nature, and hence,
in such cases, the comparison of prices with the market rates or with
purchases from/sales to other parties cannot be made. Read with the
above, 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 and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any
continuing failure to correct major weakness in internal control system
of the company.
(v) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that there are no particulars of
contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the register
maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(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) As the Company does not manufacture any products, the provisions
of clause (viii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) regarding maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of
sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 are not
applicable.
(ix) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities 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 applicable to it.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the company in depositing the same.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for
a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
service tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess on account of any
dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where
dispute
is pending
statute (Rs. in Lacs) the amount
relates
Customs Act, Show cause notice
from the Custom
Authorities 26.60 November, 2004 Customs,
Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate
1962 for recovery of
custom duty in
relation to import Tribunal,
Mumbai
of Crude Petroleum
Oil
Customs Act, Show cause notice
from the Custom
Authorities 14.20 July, 2003 Assistant
Commissioner
of Customs,
1962 for recovery of
custom duty in
relation to import Mundra
of Acrylonitrile
Customs Act, Show cause notice
from the Custom
Authorities 207.15 March, 2005 Customs,
Excise and
Service Tax
Appellate
1962 for recovery of
custom duty, fine
and penalty Tribunal,
Ahmedabad
on the import of a
tug and bunkers
Customs Act, Order from Deputy
Commissioner Customs, 2.62 March, 2007 Commissioner
of Customs
(Appeals),
1962 Mundra directing to
pay differential
duty and Ahmedabad
penalty for short
delivery of imported
goods of various
customers
Customs Act, Order from Deputy
Commissioner Customs 7.59 February, 2007 Commissioner
of Customs
(Appeal)
1962 directing to pay
differential duty
and penalty Ahmedabad
for short delivery of
imported goods of
various customers
Customs Act, Demand Notice from
Deputy Commissioner 4.62 2005-06 Deputy
Commissioner
of customs,
1962 of Customs directing
to pay education cess Mundra
against import of
Steel Sole Plates
Customs Act, Demand Notice from
Deputy Commissioner 25.03 August, 2007 Deputy
of Commissioner
of Customs,
1962 Customs directing to
pay duty by holding
that Mundra
Company wrongly
availed duty benefit
under DFCEC Scheme
on import of
equipment
Customs Act, Demand Notice from
Assistant
Commissioner 1.28 January, 2008 Commissioner
of Customs
(Appeals),
1962 of Customs directing
to pay duty by
holding Mumbai
that Company wrongly
availed duty
benefit on import of
equipment components
Finance Act, Show Cause Notice
from Commissioner of 871.57 2005-06 High Court
of Gujarat
1994 Customs and Central
Excise disallowing and
recovering duty,
interest and penalty
holding that Company
wrongly availed
Service Tax Credit/
Cenvat Credit and
Education Cess on
steel and cement etc.
(Net of deposit
Rs. 250 Lacs)
Finance Act, Show Cause Notice from
Commissioner of 4,608.83 April,
2006 to Commissioner
of Customs
and Central
1994 Customs and Central
Excise disallowing and March,
2009 Excise, Rajkot
recovering duty, interest
and penalty holding 797.90 April,
2009 to Commissioner
of Service Tax,
that Company wrongly
availed Service Tax March,
2010 Ahmedabad.
Credit/ Cenvat Credit
and Education Cess on
steel and cement etc.
Finance Act, Show cause notices
received from 851.70 April,
2004 to Customs, Excise
and Service Tax
1994 Commissioner of
Customs and Central
Excise, August,
2009 Appellate
Tribunal,
Ahmedabad
Rajkot and Commissioner
of Service Tax, 829.87 Sept,
2009 to Commissioner
of Service Tax,
Ahmedabad in respect
of levy of service tax March,
2010 Ahmedabad
on various services
provided by the Company
and wrong availment of
CENVAT credit by the
Company.
Customs Act, Demand Notice from
Commissioner of Customs 200.00 June,
2008 Commissioner of
Customs &
Central
1962 for recovery of penalty
in connection with Excise,
Ahmedabad
import of aircraft, owned
by Karnavati Aviation
Private Limited - Sub
sidiary of the Company.
Customs Act, Show cause notice from
the Custom Authorities 5.00 May,
2010 Commissioner
of Customs
(Appeals),
1962 for recovery of penalty
in relation to import of Kandla
gas oil (HSD)
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses at the end of the financial
year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current and immediately
preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial
institution, banks or debenture holders.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
(xiii) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are
not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause (xiv) of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given guarantees for credit facilities taken by the body
corporate from bank or financial institutions, the terms and conditions
whereof in our opinion are not prima-facie prejudicial to the interest
of the Company.
(xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by the
management, term loans were applied for the purpose for which the loans
were obtained.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us 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.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) The Company has created security or charge in respect of
debentures issued in earlier years and outstanding at the year end.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per
the information and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm Registration No: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Arpit K. Patel
Place: Ahmedabad Partner
Date: May 9, 2011 Membership No.: 34032
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