1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TORRENT POWER 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 Companys 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 (Auditors 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 the 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)
1. Having regard to the nature of the Companys business / activities
/ results, clauses (x), (xiii) and (xiv) of CARO are not applicable.
2. In respect of the Companys 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 over a period of three
years 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 explanations given to us, discrepancies noticed on such
verification have been properly dealt with in the books of account. As
regards underground distribution systems, we have been informed that
the same are not physically verifiable.
(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.
3. 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 explanations
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.
4. 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.
5. 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 weaknesses in
such internal control system.
6. In respect of 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 needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
Section have been so entered.
(b) Transactions during the year exceeding the value of Rupees Five
Lacs in respect of any party have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time. No such transactions have been recorded in the said
register in respect of sale of electricity as the Company is of the
view that such transactions, being for cash at prevailing market
prices, do not require to be entered in the register maintained under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
7. 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.
8. In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during the
year by an entity of Chartered Accountants appointed by the management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
9. 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 generation and distribution of electricity and
are of the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records
have been maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed examination
of the records with a view to determining whether they are accurate or
complete.
10. 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 and Excise Duty, Cess and other material 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 / VAT, 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:
Name of Nature of Forum Period to Amount
Statute Dues where the which the (Rs. in
crores)
dispute is amount
pending relates
Customs
Act, Custom Duty on Supreme Court of 2005-06 0.28
1962 Higher Assessment India, New Delhi
Value
Customs
Act, Custom Duty on Commissioner of 2004-05 0.07
1962 Higher Assessment Appeal, Jamnagar
Value
Kerala
General Sales Tax on Sales Tax Appellate 2001-02 0.20
Sales Tax Works Contracts Tribunal, Calicut
Act, 1963
Andhra
Pradesh Sales Tax on Sales Tax Appellate 1993-94 0.20
General
Sales Works Contracts Tribunal, & 1994-95
Tax Act,
1957 Andhra Pradesh
Income
Tax Demand of Tax Gujarat High Court A.Y. 2.88
Act, 1961 1998-99,
2000-01 &
2001-02
Income
Tax Demand of Tax Income Tax A.Y. 11.40
Act, 1961 Appellate Tribunal 2003-04
& 2005-06
Income
Tax Demand of Tax CIT Appeals A.Y.2006-07 3.38
Act, 1961 & 2008-09
11. 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 financial institutions. The Company has not issued any
debentures.
12. In our opinion, the Company has not granted loans and advances on
the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other
securities.
13. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks and financial institutions.
14. 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, other than temporary deployment pending
application.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
18. The Company has not raised money by public issue during the year.
19. 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 except in
case of theft of electricity reported by the vigilance department of
the Company, the amount for which is not ascertainable.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No.117365W)
Gaurav J. Shah
Ahmedabad Partner
4th May, 2011 Membership No. 35701
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