1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of V-GUARD 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
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 and 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
business/activities/result, clauses (iii) (b) to (d), (f) and (g),
(vi), (xii), (xiii) and (xix) of Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (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 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, the reconciliation of physical verification
reports with fixed asset register is in progress and in the opinion of
the Management, the impact of the discrepancies may not be material.
(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.
(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) 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 Section
301 that needed 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, the transactions have been made at prices which
are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market
prices at the relevant time.
(vii) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the 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 PVC Insulated Electrical Cables, LT Power &
Control Cables, Pumps and Electric Fans 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.
(ix) 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 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 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:
Statute Nature of Dues Forum where Period to which Amount
dispute is the amount involved
pending relates (Rs. in
lakhs)
Central Sales Central Sales
Tax Dy. Commissioner 1998-99 62.28
Tax Act (Appeals), Cochin
Tamil Nadu
Value Value Added
Tax High Court of
Madras 2008-09 59.70
Added Tax Act
Jharkhand Value Value Added
Tax & Commercial Taxes 2009-10 2.30
Added Tax Act Penalty Tribunal
Andhra Pradesh
Value Value Added
Tax Addl.Dy.Commiss
ioner 2005-06 0.75
Added Tax Act (CT), Hyderabad
Income Tax Act Income Tax Assessing Officer 2007-08 4.53
(x) In our opinion, the Company does not have accumulated losses at the
end of the financial year. Further, the Company has not incurred cash
losses during the financial year covered by our audit and 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 the repayment of dues
to banks and financial institutions.
(xii) Based on our examination of the records and evaluations of the
related internal controls, the Company has maintained proper records of
the transactions and contracts in respect of its dealing in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments, and timely entries have
been made therein. The aforesaid securities have been held by the
Company in its own name.
(xiii) According to information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from
banks or financial institutions.
(xiv) 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.
(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 not been used during
the year for long- term investment.
(xvi) According to 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 Act.
(xvii) The Management has disclosed the end use of money raised by
public issues and we have verified the same.
(xviii) 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. 008072S)
Sd/-
M. Ramachandran
Partner
Kochi, 17th May, 2011 (Membership No.16399)
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