1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Sun TV Network
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 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 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 (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.
4. Furtherto ourcomments in theAnnexure referred to above, we
reportthat:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary forthe 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; and
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: Sun
TV Network Limited
(i) (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. No material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) There was no disposal of substantial part of fixed assets during
the year.
(ii) (a) The Management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by
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 granted unsecured loans to two Companies
covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956. The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 30.9
million and the year-end balance of loans granted to such Companies was
Rs. 28.8 million.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions for
such loan are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) The loans granted are re-payable on demand. We are informed that
the Company has not demanded repayment of any such loan during the
year, and thus, there has been no default on the part of the parties to
whom the money has been lent. The payment of interest has been regular.
(d) There is no overdue amount of loans granted to companies, firms or
other parties listed in the register maintained under section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us, 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
4 (iii) (e) to (g) of Order are not applicable to the Company and hence
not commented upon.
(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 and fixed assets and for the sale of services.
The activities of the Company did not involve sale of goods. During the
course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness or
continuing failure to correct any major weakness in the internal
control system of the company in respect of these areas.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that
need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have
been so entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to information and explanations given
to us, the transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding Rupees five lakhs have been entered into
during the financial year at prices which are reasonable having regard
to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
(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) 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,
1956fortheproductsoftheCompany.
(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, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess
and other material statutory dues applicable to it. The provisions
relating to sales tax are not applicable to the Company.
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, customs duty, excise duty, cess and other
material statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a period
of more than six months from the date they became payable. The
provisions relating to sales tax are not applicable to the Company.
c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax and customs duty, on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount Period to which Forum where
statute (Rs in
million) the amount
relates dispute is
pending
Income tax Income Tax 5.8* FY 2002 - 03 Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Income Tax
(Appeals)
Income tax Income Tax 4.9* FY 2004 - 05 Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Income Tax
(Appeals)
Income tax Income Tax 190.0 FY 2005-06 Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Income Tax
(Appeals)
Income tax Income Tax 387.0 FY 2006 - 07 Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Income Tax
(Appeals)
Income tax Income Tax 142.4 FY 2007-08 Commissioner of
Act, 1961 Income Tax
(Appeals)
Customs Differential 5.0 FY 2007 - 08 Customs,
Excise and
Act, 1962 customs duty Service Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
According to information and explanations given to us, there are no
dues of wealth-tax, service tax, excise duty, sales tax and cess which
are outstanding on account of any dispute.
* Out of the above, an amount of Rs. 10.7 million has been deposited
with the concerned authorities 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 before 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 (Auditor''s 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions.
(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 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 did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) We have verified that the end use of money raised by public issues
is as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.
(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 year.
For S.R. BATLIBOI &ASSOCIATES
Firm registration number: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per S Balasubrahmanyam
Partner
Membership No.:053315
Chennai
May 26,2011
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