1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Uniproducts (India)
Limited as at March 31, 2010, the Profit & Loss Account and also the
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date, 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 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, 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. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
(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 appears from our examination of
those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, Profit & 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 & 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.
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on March 3.1, 2010 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
March 31, 2010 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts, read together with the
notes thereon, 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 March 31, 2010,
ii) in the case of the Profit & Loss Account, of the Frofit for the
year ended on that date and
iii) in the case of the 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 on the
Accounts of Uniproducts (India) Limited, for the year ended March 31,
2010.
i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) According to information and explanations given to us, physical
verification of fixed assets is being conducted in a phased manner by
the management under a programme designed to cover all the fixed assets
over a period of three years, which, in our opinion, is reasonable
having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
Discrepancies noticed on such verifications were not material and have
been properly dealt with in the books of accounts.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not disposed off a substantial part of fixed assets during
the year under review.
ii) .(a) As explained to us, the inventories have been physically
verified by the management at reasonable intervals during the year,
except for materials lying with third parties for which certificates
confirming stocks held by them have been obtained in most of the
cases..
(b) In our opinion and according to information and explanations given
to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories followed
by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size
of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion and according to information and explanations given
to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its inventories.
Discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventories were not
material and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
iii) (a) The Company has granted unsecured loan to a company covered in
the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs.50,00,000 and
balance of the loan granted to such company was Rs. NIL as at March 31,
2010.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, terms and conditions of such loan are-not, prima-facie,
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(c) The receipt of the principal amounts and interest is as stipulated.
(d) There is no overdue amount of such loans granted to the aforesaid
company.
(e) The Company has taken unsecured loan from a company covered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956,The
maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 40,00,000 and the
balance of loans taken from such companies was Rs. NIL as at March 31,
2010.
(f) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions of
such loans are not, prima facie, prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(g) The Company has been regular in repaying the principal amount, as
stipulated.
iv) 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. During the course of our audit, we have neither come
across nor have been informed of any continuing failure to correct
major weaknesses in the internal control systems.
v) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us, we
are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been entered
in the register maintained under that section.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions made in pursuance of contracts or
arrangements entered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 and exceeding the value of Rupees five lakhs in
respect of any party during the year have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time except for items stated to be of a specialised nature
where no comparison is possible.
vi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposits
from the public to which provisions of Section 58A and 58AA of the
Companies Act, 1956, and Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975
apply. Accordingly, the provisions of clause (vi) of Paragraph 4 of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the Rules
made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records
under Section 209(1 )(d) of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect of the
automobile components and are of the opinion that prima- facie the
prescribed accounts have been made and maintained. We have, however,
not made a detailed examination of the records with a view to determine
whether they are accurate and complete.
ix) (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory 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.
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,
sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, custom duty, excise duty, cess were
in arrears, as at March 31, 2010 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
details of statutory dues of income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service
tax, custom duty, excise duty, cess which have not been deposited on
account of any dispute are given below:
Name of the Statute Nature of Amount Period to
the Dues (In Rs.) Which the
amount
relates
The Central Excise Excise Duty 93,08,488 1999-2010
18,15,47,204 2001-2010
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 7,20,857 2000-2001
1,81,256 2002-2003
241,556 2003-2004
The Central Sales Sales Tax 5,78,743 1987-1989
Tax Act, 1956 2,25,64,674 2000-2005
Haryana Local Area Local Area 52,04,866 2007-2010
Development Tax Development
Act, 2000 Tax
Name of the Statute Forum Where
dispute is pending
The Central Excise -Assistant/Additional/
Act, 1944 Deputy Commissioner
-Commissioner
Income Tax Act, 1961 Commissioner appeal
The Central Sales -Assistant Commissioner
Tax Act, 1956 (Appeal)
-Additional Commissioner
(Appeal)
Haryana Local Area -Supreme Court
Development Tax
Act 2000
x) The Company has no accumulated losses and has not incurred cash
losses at the end of the financial year covered by our audit and in the
immediately preceding financial year.
xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a
financial institution or bank or debenture holders.
xii) According to the information and explanations given to 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, provisions of clause (xiii) of
Paragraph 4 of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company is not dealing or trading in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause (xiv) of Paragraph 4 of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on
which the Company has given guarantees for loans taken by others from
banks and financial institutions,
are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the Company. xvi)
To the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations given to us, the
term loans availed by the Company were applied for the purposes for
which the loans were obtained. xvii) According to the information
and.explanations given to us and on an overall examination of the
Balance
Sheet of the Company, we reportthat the no funds, raised on short-term
basis have been used for long term investment.
xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
xix) The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
Therefore, the provisions of clause (xix) of Paragraph 4 of the Order
are not applicable to the Company.
xx) The Company has not raised any money through public issue during
the year.
xxi) To the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations given to us, no fraud on or by the Company
has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
For S. N. DHAWAN & COMPANY
Chartered Accountants
SURESHSETH
Partner
Place : New Delhi Membership No. : 10577
Dated : April 24, 2010 Firm Regn. No. 000050N |