1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Sasken Communication
Technologies Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2011, 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. Without qualifying our report, attention is drawn to Note no. 4(a)
in Schedule 16 of the financial statements regarding write down of the
value of investments amounting to Rs13,058.38 lakhs and adjustment
thereof against Business Restructuring Reserve created out of
Securities Premium Account in accordance with the Scheme of Arrangement
approved by the High Court of Karnataka vide its order dated March 31,
2010, instead of charging off the same to the statement of profit and
loss.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended), 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.
5. 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, 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
Companies Act, 1956;
(e) 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;
6. 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 the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) All fixed assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year but there is a regular programme of
verification which, in our opinion, is reasonable having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets. According to the
information and explanations given to us, no material discrepancies
were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given
to us, in view of the nature of activities of the Company, the
provisions of Clause 4(ii) relating to inventory is not applicable to
the Company.
(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.
(b) 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.
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given
to us, as represented by the management that some items are of a
special nature for which alternative quotations cannot be obtained,
there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size
of the Company and the nature of its business, for the purchase of
fixed assets and for the sale of software products and services.
During the year there was no purchase of inventory. During the course
of our audit, no major weakness has been noticed in the internal
control system in respect of these areas. During the course of our
audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to correct major
weakness in internal control system of the Company.
(a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we are
of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act that need to be entered into the
register maintained under Section 301 have been so entered.
b) None of the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements exceed the value of Rupees five lakhs in respect of any
one such party in the financial year.
The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate
with the size and nature of its business.
To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central Government
has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of
sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for the
software products and services of the Company.
(a) According to the records of the Company, 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 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 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
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty excise
duty and cess on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Forum where dispute
Name of the
Statute Nature of Dues Amount (Rs) Period
is pending
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 9,22,850 AY 1992-93 Karnataka High
Court
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 60,57,471 AY 1999-00 Karnataka High
Court
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 20,07,902 AY 2000-01 Karnataka High
Court
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 70,56,614 AY 2001-02 Karnataka High
Court
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 1,85,91,921 AY 2002-03 CIT (Appeals)
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 5,65,515 AY 2003-04 ITAT
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 34,93,798 AY 2003-04 Karnataka High
Court
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 45,78,380 AY 2004-05 CIT (Appeals)
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 4,18,48,985 AY 2005-06 CIT (Appeals)
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 2,53,29,943 AY 2006-07 CIT (Appeals)
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 5,79,13,076 AY 2008-09 CIT (Appeals)
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 10,050 AY 2008-09 Pending appeal
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income taxes 24,35,034 AY 2009-10
& AY 2010-11 CIT (Appeals)
KST Act, 1957 KST 45,07,973 FY 2002-03 JCCT (Appeals)
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 36,19,006 FY 2003-04 STAT, Karnataka
Forum where dispute
Name of the
Statute Nature of Dues Amount (Rs) Period
is pending
CST Act, 1956 CST 2,24,988 FY 2003-04 STAT, Karnataka
KST Act, 1957 KST 1,57,01,106 FY 2004-05 JCCT (Appeals)
KST Act, 1957 KST 1,18,71,588 FY 2004-05 JCCT (Appeals)
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 1,77,06,763 FY 2005-06 STAT, Karnataka
CST Act, 1956 CST 84,41,022 FY 2005-06 STAT, Karnataka
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 2,06,08,999 FY 2006-07 STAT, Karnataka
CST Act, 1956 CST 1,25,47,166 FY 2006-07 STAT, Karnataka
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 3,24,49,018 FY 2007-08 High Court
CST Act, 1956 CST 30,87,244 FY 2007-08 High Court
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 5,51,01,166 FY 2008-09 High Court
CST Act, 1956 CST 22,14,793 FY 2008-09 High Court
KVAT Act, 2003 KVAT 4,40,90,543 FY 2009-10 High Court
CST Act, 1956 CST 13,85,838 FY 2009-10 High Court
Canadian Income
Tax Laws Income Tax
for 4,51,84,311 FY 2000-01 to
2007-08 Canadian
Revenue
Branches Agency
Canadian Income
Tax Laws Income Tax
for 1,15,05,759 FY 2000-01 to
2007-08 Ministry of
Revenue,
Branches Ontario
Total 46,10,58,822
Of the above, Rs18,78,54,826 has been deposited under protest.
(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 or bank. The Company did not have any outstanding
debentures during the year.
(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
4(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 4(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 guarantee for loans taken by others 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) The Company did not have any term loans outstanding during the
year.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement of
the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have
been used for long-term investment.
(xviii) During the year the Company has not made preferential allotment
of shares to parties and companies covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(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 & Co.
Firm registration number: 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Navin Agrawal
Partner
Membership No.: 56102
Place : Bangalore Date : April 27, 2011
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