1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of NATCO Pharma Limited
(the ''Company'') as at 31 March 2011, and also the Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date
annexed thereto (collectively referred as the ''financial statements'').
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 (the
''Order'') (as amended), 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 Order.
4. As discussed in note 4 to Schedule 23 to the financial statements,
we report that the Company has not recognized Minimum Alternative Tax
(MAT) credit entitlement in accordance with the Guidance Note on
Accounting for Credit Available in Respect of Minimum Alternative Tax
under the Income-tax Act, 1961. Consequently, the Profit for the year
ended 31 March 2011 and 2010 is understated by Rs.131,527,145 and
Rs.160,607,929 respectively and the balance in loans and advances and
reserves and surplus is understated by Rs.292,135,074 and Rs.160,607,929 as
at 31 March 2011 and 2010 respectively. This had caused us to qualify
our audit opinion on the financial statements for the year ended and as
at 31March 2010.
5. Subject to our comments in paragraph 4 above and 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 financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement
with the books of account;
d. On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on 31 March 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31 March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g)
of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
e. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, except for the affect of adjustment for
the matters discussed in paragraph 4 above, the financial statements
dealt with by this report comply with the accounting standards referred
to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the Act and the Rules framed
there under and 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, in the case of:
i) the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31
March 2011;
ii) the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the year ended on
that date; and
iii) the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on
that date.
Annexure to the Auditors'' Report of even date to the members of NATCO
Pharma Limited, on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March
2011.
Based on the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting a
true and fair view on the financial statements of the Company and
taking into consideration the information and explanations given to us
and the books of account and other records examined by us in the normal
course of audit, we report that:
i. (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets, except for certain plant and machinery assets where the records
are maintained for a group of similar assets and not for each
individual asset.
(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its
fixed assets by which fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over
a period of three years. 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) In our opinion, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been
disposed off during the year.
ii. (a) The inventory has been physically verified during the year by
management. In our opinion, the frequency of 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) The Company has not granted any loan, secured or unsecured to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clauses
4(iii)(b) to (d) of the Order are not applicable.
(e) 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 Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clauses
4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the Order are not applicable.
iv. In our opinion, there is an adequate internal control system
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business for purchase of inventory and for the sale of goods and
services. In our opinion, the internal control system for purchases of
fixed assets needs to be further strengthened to be commensurate with
the size of the Company and the nature of its business. In our opinion,
there is a continuing failure to correct a major weakness in certain
aspects of internal controls for purchase of fixed assets.
v. (a) In our opinion, the particulars of all contracts or arrangements
that need to be entered into the register maintained under Section 301
of the Act have been so entered.
(b) Owing to the unique and specialized nature of the items involved
and in the absence of any comparable prices, we are unable to comment
as to whether the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements have been made at 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 Companies
(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975. Accordingly, the provisions of
clause 4(vi) of the Order are not applicable.
vii. The Company has an internal audit system, the scope and coverage
of which, in our opinion, requires to be further enhanced to be
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
viii. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the Rules made by the Central Government under
section 209 (1)(d) of the Act for the maintenance of cost records and
are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed accounts and
records have been made and maintained. However, we have not made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
they are accurate or complete.
ix. (a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax,
sales-tax, wealth- tax, service-tax, custom duty, excise duty, cess and
other material statutory dues, as applicable, have generally been
regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities, though there have
slight delays, except in the case of tax deducted at source on payments
to contractors. No undisputed amounts payable in respect thereof were
outstanding at the year end for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable.
(b) There are no amounts in respect of sales tax, income tax, customs
duty, wealth tax, service tax, excise duty and cess that have not been
deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of dispute, other
than those referred below:
Name of Nature Amount Amount
the statute of dues (Rs.) deposited
under
protest (Rs.)
The Central Central 8,690,000 2,500,000
Sales Tax sales tax
Act
The Income Income 6,245,659 –
Tax Act, tax
1961 9,346,393 9,000,000
23,261,351 –
25,808,520 15,485,112
74,055,385 34,500,000
Name of the Statute Period to which Forum where
the amount dispute is
relates pending
The Central Sales Tax Act Financial year Honorable
1997-98 High Court of
Andhra Pradesh
The Income Tax Act, 1961 Assessment Income Tax
year 2005-06 Appellate
Tribunal,
Assessment Hyderabad
year 2006-07
Assessment
year 2007-08
Assessment Commissioner of
years 1989-90 to Income Tax
1998-99 (Appeals),
Hyderabad
Assessment
year 2008-09
x. In our opinion, the Company has no accumulated losses at the end of
the financial year and it has not incurred cash losses in the current
and the immediately preceding financial year.
xi. The Company has no dues payable to debenture holders during the
year. In our opinion, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of
dues to a financial institution or a bank during the year.
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. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xii) of the Order
are not applicable.
xiii. In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual
benefit fund/ society. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of
the Order are not applicable.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable.
xv. The Company has not given any guarantees for loans taken by others
from banks or financial
institutions. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xv) of the Order
are not applicable.
xvi. In our opinion, the term loans were applied for the purpose for
which the loans were obtained, though idle/surplus funds which were not
required for immediate utilization have been invested in liquid
investments, payable on demand.
xvii. In our opinion, 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 Act. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xviii) of the
Order are not applicable.
xix. The Company has neither issued nor had any outstanding debentures
during the year.
Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xix) of the Order are not
applicable.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable.
xxi. No fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the period covered by our audit.
For Walker, Chandiok & Co
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No: 001076N
per Sanjay Kumar
Place: Hyderabad Partner
Date: 30 May 2011 Membership No. 207660
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