1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED
(the Company) as at 31st March, 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. 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.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
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 31st March, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
5. On the basis of the written representations received from the
Directors as on 31st March, 2011 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 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 3 of our report of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Company''s activities, 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 major portions of 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.
Accordingly, the provisions of Sub Clauses (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g)
of the Clause (iii) of paragraph 4 of Companies (Auditors'' Report)
Order, 2003 are not applicable to the Company.
(v) 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 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 explanations given to us, there
are no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered into the
register referred to in Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Accordingly, the provisions of Sub Clauses (a) and (b) of the Clause
(v) of paragraph 4 of Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003 are not
applicable to the Company.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposit from the public during the year.
(viii) In our opinion, the Company has an adequate internal audit
system commensurate with the size and the nature of its business.
(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under
clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the Act. Accordingly,
the provisions of Clause (viii) of paragraph 4 of Companies (Auditors''
Report) Order, 2003 is not applicable to 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, 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.
As explained to us, the Company was not required to deposit any amounts
with the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
(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 31st March, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on
31st March, 2011 on account of disputes are given below :
(Rs. in Million)
Statute Nature of
Dues Forum where Dispute
is pending Period to Amount
which the involved
amount
relates
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Assessing Officer 2001-02 67.88
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax High Court 2001-02 162.55
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Assessing Officer 2002-03 0.55
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax High Court 2002-03 251.44
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Commissioner of
Income Tax
(Appeals) 2002-03 1.97
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Assessing Officer 2003-04 0.14
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal 2003-04 45.21
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Assessing Officer 2004-05 29.45
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal 2005-06 262.58
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal 2005-06 2.83
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Commissioner of
Income Tax (Appeals) 2006-07 508.10
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax Commissioner of
Income Tax (Appeals) 2006-07 28.80
The Income Tax
Act, 1961 Fringe
Benefit Tax Commissioner of
Income Tax (Appeals) 2005-06 10.25
Karnataka VAT
Act, 2003 Sales Tax Joint Commissioner
of Commercial 2005-06 to 9.22
Taxes, Karnataka 2008-09
Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax Commissioner of
Service Tax 2003-04 to 12.86
2006-07
Finance
Act, 1994 Service Tax Commissioner of
Service Tax 2004-05 to 86.60
2007-08
(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 and debenture holders. According to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no dues payable to financial
institutions.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not granted any loans or advances on the basis of security
by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
(xiv) The Company has not availed any term loans during the year.
(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, prima facie, not
been used during the year for long- term investment.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, 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, the
Company has not issued any secured debentures during the period covered
by our audit. Accordingly, the provisions of clause 4 (xix) of the
Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 are not applicable to the
Company.
(xviii) As informed to us, during the period covered by our audit
report, the Company has not raised any money by public issues.
(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. 117366W)
Hemant M. Joshi
Partner
Mumbai, Dated : May 26, 2011 (Membership No.38019)
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