1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of SINTEX INDUSTRIES
LIMITED (the Company) as at March 31, 2011, the Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended
on that date, both annexed thereto. 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 misstatements. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and the significant estimates
made by the 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 opinion, we draw attention to Note 4 of
Schedule 20 to these financial statements, regarding the Scheme of
Arrangement (the Scheme) approved by the Honourable High Court of
Gujarat, as per which Scheme, in the year 2008-09 the Company earmarked
Rs.200 crore from Securities Premium Reserve to International Business
Development Reserve Account (the IBDR) and has adjusted against the
earmarked balance of IBDR, Rs.187.73 crore upto March 31, 2011 (including
Rs.46.47 crore during the year) being expenses of the nature as specified
under the Scheme. The said accounting treatment has been followed as
prescribed under the Scheme. The relevant Indian Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, in absence of such Scheme, would not permit the
adjustment of such expenses against the Securities Premium Reserve /
IBDR. Had the Company accounted for these expenses as per Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles in India, instead of accounting for as
per the Scheme, the balance of Securities Premium Reserve / IBDR would
have been higher by Rs.187.73 crore as at March 31, 2011 and profit after
tax would have been lower by Rs.46.47 crore for the year ended on March
31, 2011.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227(4A) 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 in paragraph 4
above, we report as follows:
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 it appears from our examination of those
books;
c) the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance
with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211(3C) of the
Companies Act, 1956;
e) 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:
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
6. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on March 31, 2011 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 Section 274(1)(g) of the
Companies Act, 1956.
Annexure to the Auditors'' Report
(Referred to in paragraph 4 of our report of even date)
i) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s
business/activities/result, clauses (x), (xiii) and (xiv) of CARO are
not applicable.
ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.
b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the
fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company
and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
iii) In respect of its inventory:
a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during
the year by the Management at reasonable intervals.
b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of special nature and suitable alternative sources are
not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations, there is an
adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the
Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchases of
inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and services. During
the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness in
such internal control system.
vi) According to the information and explanation given to us, there
were no contracts or arrangement referred to in Section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956 which were required to be entered in the register
maintained under that section.
vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposit from the public during the year.
In respect of unclaimed deposits, the Company has complied with the
provisions of Sections 58A & 58AA or any other relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956.
viii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
ix) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of textile division and are of the opinion that
prima facie the prescribed accounts and records have been made and
maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the
records with a view to determining whether they are accurate or
complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the information
and explanations given to us, the Central Government has not prescribed
the maintenance of cost records for any other product of the Company.
x) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
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
applicable to it with the appropriate authorities.
b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax,
Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues in arrears as at March 31, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
c) Details of dues of Value Added Tax and Central Sales Tax which have
not been deposited as on March 31, 2011 on account of disputes are
given below:
Statue Nature of Dues Forum where Period to which the Amount
involved
Dispute is
pending amount relates (Rs. in
crores)
Central
Sales Tax Central Sales
Tax JointCommissi
oner, Uluberia, 2008-09 0.25
Act,1956 West Bengal
Central
Sales Tax Central Sales
Tax CTO Circle C,
Jaipur, 2007-08 & 0.43
2008-09
Act,1956 Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Value
Added Value Added
Tax CTO Circle C,
Jaipur, 2007-08 & 1.67
2008-09
Tax Act,
2003 Rajasthan
xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to
banks, financial institutions and debenture holders.
xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any loans and advances on the basis of security
by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
xiii) 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 and financial institutions
are not prima facie prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we
report that funds raised on short-term basis have not been used during
the year for long- term investment.
xvi) The Company has not made preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the period covered by our audit report, the Company had issued 3500 -
9% Secured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures of Rs.10,00,000 each.
The Company has created security in respect of the debentures issued.
xviii) The Management has disclosed the end use of money raised by FCCB
issue as per Note no.5 of schedule-20 and we have verified the same.
xix) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the
Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No. 117365W)
Gaurav J. Shah
Ahmedabad Partner
Date: April 30, 2011 Membership No. 35701
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