1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TITAN INDUSTRIES
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 fi
nancial 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 signifi cant
estimates made by the Management, as well as evaluating the overall fi
nancial 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 give in the Annexure a statement on the matters
specifi ed 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 fl ows 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 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the Directors is disqualifi ed 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
business/activities/result, clauses (x), (xii), (xiii), (xiv) and (xx)
of CARO are not applicable.
ii) In respect of fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) Most of the fixed assets were physically verifi ed during the year
by the Management in accordance with a regular programme of verifi
cation which, in our opinion, provides for physical verifi cation of
all fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information
and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on
such verifi cation.
(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 inventories:
(a) As explained to us, inventories were physically verifi ed during
the year by the Management at reasonable intervals.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the procedures of physical verifi cation 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 inventories
and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical verifi cation.
iv) (a) During the year the Company has not granted any loans, secured
or unsecured to companies, fi rms or other parties covered in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. In
respect of unsecured loans, granted to such a party in earlier years,
the maximum amount involved at any time during the year and the year
end balance is Rs. 3193.14 lakhs and Rs. 240.54 lakhs respectively. The
balance has been fully provided as no recoveries are expected and
therefore clauses (iii) (b) to (d) of CARO are not applicable.
(b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, fi rms or other parties listed in the Register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 and therefore clauses
(iii) (f) and (g) of CARO are not applicable.
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/sold are of a special nature and suitable alternative sources
are not readily available for obtaining comparable quotations/ prices,
there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size
of the Company and the nature of its business with regard to purchase
of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and services.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major
weaknesses in such internal control system.
vi) In respect of the contracts or arrangements entered in the Register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section
301 that need to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
Section have been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs.5 lakhs in
respect of any party, and having regard to our comments in paragraph
(v) above, the transactions have been made at prices which are prima
facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time .
vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposits from the public during the year.
In respect of unclaimed deposits, the Company has complied with the
provisions of Sections 58A, 58AA and other relevant provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956.
viii) In our opinion, the Company has an adequate internal audit system
commensurate with the size 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
maintenance of cost records under Section 209 (1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of the manufacture of watches and clocks 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
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. As at 31st March, 2011 there are no arrears of such
undisputed statutory dues outstanding for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable except for Rs 3.68 lakhs
relating to Value Added Tax and the same has been subsequently paid.
(b) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales tax, Wealth tax, Service tax,
Customs duty, Excise duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on
31st March, 2011 on account of any disputes are given below:
Name of Statute Nature of Amount Period to
which the Forum where Dispute
is pending
the Dues (Rs. in
lakhs) amount
relates
Income-tax
Act, 1961 Income tax 2.39 1997-98 Bombay High Court
25.21 2002-03 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal
340.76 2007-08 Dispute Resolution
Panel
Sales Tax
Laws Sales tax 71.55 2000-01 The High court of
Judicature of AP,
Hyderaad
13.81 2000-01 Deputy Commissioner
(Appeals)
37.71 2003-04,
2005-06 &
2008-09 Additional Commissioner
224.84 2001-03 &
2004-08 Deputy Commissioner
5.86 2004-05 Assistant Commissioner
8.55 2010-11 Commercial Tax Inspector
The Customs
Act, Customs 316.94 1989-94 Supreme Court
1962 duty
The Central
Excise Excise duty 2,272.59 May 2005
to March
2009 Supreme Court
Act, 1944
0.42 July 2001
to July
2002 High Court
584.88 March 1987
to February Customs, Excise and
Service Tax
1990, April
1995 to
October Appellate Tribunal
1998 and
2001- 09
3.74 March 2002
to February Commissioner (Appeals)
2003 & July
2007 to
February
2009
9.54 July 1999 –
November
1999 Additional Commissioner
392.56 1996 - 97,
1998-2001, Assistant Commissioner
2004 - 07
xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to
banks and debenture holders.
xii) The Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken from banks
or financial institutions.
xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loan has been applied for the purpose for which
it was obtained.
xiv) 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.
xv) The Company has not made any preferential allottment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the Register maintained under Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
xvi) As per the information and explanations given to us, the Company
has created security in respect of debentures issued.
xvii) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud
on the Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No. 008072S)
B. Ramaratnam
Partner
Mumbai, 29th April, 2011 (Membership No. 21209)
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