1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Thermax Limited as at
31st March 2011, and also the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement for the year ended on that date, which we have signed under
reference to this report. 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 have 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 227(4A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 of India (the “Act”), and on the basis of such
checks 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 said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above:
(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 have been kept by the
Company as required by law, 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 Section 211(3C) of the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
Directors, as on 31st March 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act; and
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said Accounts, together with the
Notes thereon and attached thereto, give, in the prescribed manner, the
information required by the Act and also 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 for the
year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors Report
(Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
1. (a) The Company has maintained proper records to show full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of its
fixed assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the management at reasonable intervals during the year and the
discrepancies noticed have been properly dealt with in the books of
account.
(c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
off by the Company during the year.
2. (a) The inventory of the Company has been physically verified by
the management during the year. In our opinion the frequency of
verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, 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 records of inventory, in our
opinion, the Company has maintained proper records of inventory and the
discrepancies noticed on physical verification between the physical
stocks and the book records were not material.
3. The Company has neither granted nor taken loans, secured or
unsecured to/from companies, firms or other parties covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. As the Company has
not granted/taken any loans, secured or unsecured, to/from companies,
firms etc., listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of the
Act, paragraphs 4(iii)(a) to (g) of the Order, are not applicable.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are adequate internal control procedures
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 goods and services. Further, during the course of our audit we
have neither come across nor have we been informed of any instance of
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control procedures.
5. (a) On the basis of our examination of the books of account, we are
of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in section 301 of the Act have been entered in the register
required to be maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion, the transactions made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements have been made at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the market prices prevailing at the relevant time as
evaluated on the basis of quotations obtained from parties / prices
charged by the Company in case of similar transactions during the year
and considering that having regard to certain items purchased / sold
are of a special nature in respect of which suitable alternative
sources do not exist for obtaining comparative quotations in general.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits under the provisions of
Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed there under.
7. In our opinion, the Companys present internal audit system is
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
8. We have broadly reviewed the books of accounts maintained by the
company in respect of product where, pursuant to the rules made by the
Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
prescribed under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 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 maintained as aforesaid.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
according to the books and records as produced and examined by us, in
our opinion, the undisputed statutory dues 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, have generally been regularly deposited by the Company
during the year with the appropriate authorities.
(b) As at 31st March 2011, according to the records of the Company and
the information and explanations given to us, the following are the
particulars of disputed dues on account of Sales-tax, Income-tax,
Custom Duty, Wealth tax, Service tax, Excise Duty and Cess matters that
have not been deposited on account of a dispute:
Name of the Nature of dues Amount under Period to
statute dispute not yet which the
deposited amount
(Rs. Crore) relates
Central Sales Tax
Act Sales tax including 0.025 1992-93
and Local Sales
Tax Acts interest and penalty, 0.001 2000-01
(including works
contract) as applicable 0.010 2001-02
5.117 2003-04
6.484 2004-05
0.004 2007-08
1.157 2006-07
0.053 2000-01
0.038 2001-02
0.043 2003-04
0.372 2001-02
0.184 2002-03
0.158 2003-04
0.336 2004-05
The Central
Excise Act, 1944 Excise duty including
interest 0.657 2003-04
and penalty, as
applicable
0.034 2009-10
0.188 2001-02
0.323 2003-04
0.848 2005-06
0.159 2007-08
0.065 2006-07
4.417 1999-00
0.218 2008-09
3.838 2006-07
1.598 1997-98
Customs Act,
1962 Customs duty including
interest 0.321 2005-06
and penalty, as
applicable
Service Tax Service Tax including
intereset 0.406 2003-04
(Finance Act,
1994) and penalty, as
applicable 2.186 2005-06
ESI Act, 1948 Dues, interest and
penalty as 0.022 1989-91
applicable 0.048 1987-89
Income Tax
Act, 1961 Income Tax including
interest 0.846 2005-06
and penalty as
applicable 0.564 2006-07
1.035 2007-08
0.655 2008-09
Maharashtra
Mathadi, Hamal, Work of Mathadi
Nature carried 0.167 2008-09
& other Mannual
Workers Act out by unregistered
workers w.r.t.
1969 applicability of the
Mathadi Act
Name of the statute Forum where the dispute is pending
Central Sales Tax Act Appellate Authority - upto
and Local Sales Tax Acts Commissioners level
(including works contract)
Tribunal
High Court
The Central Excise Appellate Authority-upto
Act, 1944 Commissioners level
Tribunal
Supreme Court
Customs Act, 1962 Tribunal
Service Tax Tribunal
(Finance Act, 1994)
ESI Act, 1948 ESI Court
High Court
Income Tax Act,1961 Appellate Authority-upto
Commissioners level
Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal, Advisory Committee under
& other Mannual Workers Act Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal, & other
1969 Manual Workers Act 1969
10. The Company has neither accumulated losses as at 31st March 2011,
nor has it incurred any cash loss either during the financial year
ended on that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. Based on our audit procedures and on the information and
explanations given by the Management, in our opinion, the Company has
not defaulted in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank
or to debenture holders as at the balance sheet date.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. In our opinion, considering the nature of activities carried on by
the Company during the year, the provisions of any special statute
applicable to chit fund/ nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not
applicable to the Company.
14. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not a dealer or trader in securities.
However, in respect of transactions relating to investment in certain
securities, the Company has maintained proper records of transactions
and contracts during the year and timely entries have been made
therein. Further, such securities have been held by the Company in its
own name.
15. Based on the information and explanations given to us, in our
opinion, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
counter guarantees / corporate guarantees on behalf of its subsidiaries
to the banks during the year, are not prima facie prejudicial to the
interest of the Company.
16. The Company has not taken any term loan during the year.
17. Based on the information and explanations given to us and on an
overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, in our
opinion, funds raised on short term basis have not been used for long
term investments.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
19. No debentures have been issued during the year.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year.
21. During the course of our examination of the books of account
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing
practices in India, we have neither come across any instance of fraud
on or by the Company, either noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
For B.K. Khare & Company
Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg. No. 105102W
H.P. Mahajani
Partner
(Membership no. 30168)
Place: Pune
Date : May 3, 2011
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