1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Reliance
infrastructure 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 fire 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''
(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 give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to 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, 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 March 31, 2011
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit 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
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even
date to the members of Reliance infrastructure Limited on the financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2011
(i) (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of its fixed
assets,
(b) As informed to us, the fixed assets are physically verified by the
Management according to a phased program 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 program, a portion of the fixed assets has been
physically verified by the Management during the year and no material
discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have
been noticed. However, we are informed that distribution system being
underground is not physically verifiable
(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 neither granted nor taken any loan secured or
unsecured, from any company, firm or other party covered in the register
maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, provisions of
clause 4(iii)(b)(c)(d)(f) and (g) of the order are not applicable
(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) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that Section. Accordingly, the question of commenting
on transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
does not arise
(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, the Company
is generally regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues
including provident fund, investor education and protection fund,
employees'' state iinsurance, income-tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service
tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other material statutory dues
as applicable, with the appropriate authorities
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A of the Act, 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,
sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and
other material statutory dues as applicable were outstanding, at the
year end, for a period of more than six months from the date they
became payable
(c) 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 statute Nature of Amount Period to which the
amount relates
dues (Rs. Crore)
Works contract
Act Works 0.05 2004-2005
1999 contract
Tax
Orissa Sales
Tax Act Sales Tax 3.46* 2001-2002
1947
Finance Act
1994 Service Tax 2.71 2004-2006
income Tax Act
1961 income Tax 1,192.58 A.Y.
(for which the 1973-1979,
1996-1997, 1998-
tax authorities 1999-2000, 2001 -2002,
are the 2002-2003,
appellant) 2003-2004, 2004-2005
and 2005- 2006
income Tax
Act, 1961 income Tax 2.54 A.Y
1998-1999 and 1999-2000
income Tax
Act, 1961 income Tax 10.02 A.Y 1999-2000
Name of the Statue Forum where the dispute is pending
Works contract Act,
1999 Deputy Commissioner (Appeal IV) of Sales
Tax,
New Delhi
Orissa Sales Tax Act,
1947 Sales Tax Tribunal, Cuttack
Finance Act, 1994 Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal, New Delhi
income Tax Act, 1961 Bombay High Court
income Tax Act, 1961 income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai
income Tax Act, 1961 income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad
* includes amount of Rs. 0.55 Crore paid under protest,
(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 or debenture
holders 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) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund / nidhi / mutual
benefit fund/ society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of
the order 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. Therefore, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the order are not applicable to the
Company
(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 short-term basis
which have been used for long-term investment except for a short term
loan of Rs. 75 Crore obtained from a bank for capital expenditure has
been used accordingly
(xviii)The Company has made preferential allotment of shares to a
Company covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act
during the year. In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the price at which such shares have been
issued is not prejudicial to the Interest of the Company
(xix) The Company has created security or charge in respect of
debentures issued and outstanding at the year-end
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year,
(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 except in case of
theft of electricity reported by the vigilance department of the
Company, the amount for which is not ascertainable
For Haribhakti & Co. For Pathak H.D. & Associates
Firm Regn. No. 103523W Firm Regn. No. 107783W
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Rakesh Rathi Vishal D. Shah
Partner Partner
Membership No. 45228 Membership No. 119303
Place: Mumbai
Date: May 27, 2011
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