1. We have audited the attached Amended Balance Sheet of Vikas WSP
Limited (the Company) as at 31 March 2011, Amended Profit and Loss
Account and also the Amended Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the
year ended on that date, annexed thereto. These Amended financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company''s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these amended financial
statements based on our audit.
2. Attention is drawn to note 1 of schedule 18, wherein it is
explained that the Board of Directors had adopted the financial
statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2011 in their
meeting held on 30 May 2011 (referred to as original financial
statements) on which we issued our Audit Report dated 30 May 2011.
However, subsequent to the issuance of our earlier audit report dated
30 May 2011 on the original financial statements we noted that:
- complete/correct information and documents particularly in relation
to term loan and packing credit loan taken from IFCI Limited and in
respect of certain guarantees given by the Company were not provided to
us; and
- the representations provided by the management to us with respect to
the above matters during the course of our audit were not appropriate;
In accordance with the provisions of Standards on Auditing 560
(Revised) ''Subsequent Events'' issued by The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India, we have carried out additional audit procedures
necessary in the circumstances including corroboration with other
evidences for representations made by the management during the course
of our earlier audit. We are issuing this audit report on the amended
financial statements. Our audit report dated 30 May 2011 on the
original financial statements is superseded by this audit report.
3. 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
amended financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the
amounts and disclosures in the amended financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall amended
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (''the
Order''), 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.
5. 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 Amended Balance Sheet, the Amended Profit and Loss Account and
the Amended Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in
agreement with the books of account;
(d) in our opinion, the Amended Balance Sheet, the Amended Profit and
Loss Account and the Amended Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this
report comply with the applicable 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 31 March 2011, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors of the Company are disqualified as on
31 March 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g)
of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;
(f) Attention is invited to note 15 of schedule 19 with regard to a
corporate guarantee given to a bank by the Company in respect of a loan
amounting to Rs. 100,000 thousand taken by a public company, in which
some of the directors of the Company were interested as directors. As
per Section 295 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Company is required to
take prior approval from the Central Government for such transactions,
which the Company had not obtained.
(g) subject to paragraph 5(f) above, the impact of which is not
ascertainable, 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 Amended Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs
of the Company as at 31 March 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Amended Profit and Loss Account, of the profit
for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Amended Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows
for the year ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of the Amended Auditors'' Report to
the Members of Vikas WSP Limited on the accounts for the year ended 31
March 2011
(i) a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
b) The Company has a programme of physical verification of fixed assets
by which all the fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over a
period of three years. In our opinion, this periodicity of physical
verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and
the nature of its assets. No material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification during the year.
c) Fixed assets disposed off during the year were not substantial, and
therefore, do not affect the going concern assumption.
(ii) a) The inventory, except goods-in-transit, has been physically
verified by the management during the year. In our opinion, the
frequency of such verification is reasonable.
b) The procedures for the 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) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on verification between the physical stocks and
book records were not material and have been properly adjusted in the
books of account.
(iii) As informed to us, the Company has neither granted nor taken any
loans, secured or unsecured, to or from companies or firms or other
parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanation that purchases of
certain raw materials and fixed assets are for the Company''s
specialised requirements and similarly certain goods sold are for the
specialised requirements of the buyers and suitable alternative sources
are not available to obtain 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 purchase of inventories and
fixed assets and with regard to sale of goods. As explained to us, the
Company does not render any sale of services. We have not observed any
major weakness in the internal control system during the course of our
audit. Also refer to paragraph 2 of our main audit report and our
comments in clause (xxi) of this annexure.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the contracts or arrangements, referred to in
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been entered in the
register required to be 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 and
arrangements referred to in (a) above and exceeding the value of Rs 5
lakh are for purchases of certain items of inventories which are for
the Company''s specialised requirements and similarly sale of certain
goods are for the specialised requirements of the buyers and for which
suitable alternative sources are not available to obtain the comparable
quotations. However, on the basis of information and explanations
provided, the same appear reasonable.
(vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and as explained in note 18 of schedule 19, the Company
has given a corporate guarantee for loans aggregating Rs 100,000
thousand disbursed by a public sector bank to individual group leaders
as per the scheme of crop loan under tie up arrangement with the
Company. Under this scheme, the Company is required to identify
eligible farmers, who are represented collectively in groups designated
as joint liability group (JLG). During the current year, funds
aggregating to Rs. 99,520 thousand, obtained under the said scheme were
transferred from the JLG account''s to the Company''s account and
temporarily utilised (for less than three months) by the Company for
its business purposes. These funds, during the year itself, were
subsequently paid into the JLG''s accounts. In our opinion, acceptance
of the above mentioned funds from the group leaders by the Company is
in contravention of Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 and
Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 1975. As informed to us, there
have been no proceedings before the Company Law Board or Reserve Bank
of India or any Court or any other Tribunal in this matter and no order
have been passed by any of the aforesaid authorities.
(vii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, though the Company has an internal audit system, the same
needs to be strengthened to make it commensurate with the size and
nature of its business.
(viii) As informed to us, the Central Government has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(l)(d) of the Companies
Act, 1956.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts
deducted/ accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed
statutory dues including, Provident Fund, Sales tax, Income tax,
Service tax, Excise duty, Wealth tax, Customs duty, Investor Education
and Protection Fund, Cess and other material statutory dues to the
extent applicable, have generally been deposited regularly during the
year by the Company with the appropriate authorities though there have
been slight delays in a few cases in respect of tax deducted at source.
There were no dues on account of cess under Section 441A of the
Companies Act, 1956 since the date from which the aforesaid section
comes into force has not yet been notified by the Central Government.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Income-tax,
Sales tax, Service tax, Customs duty, Wealth tax, Investor and
Education Fund, Excise duty, Cess and other material statutory due were
in arrears as at 31 March 2011 for a period of more than six months
from the date they became payable. (b) According to the information
and explanations given to us, there are no dues of Sales tax, Wealth
tax, Service tax, Excise duty, Customs duty and Cess, which have not
been deposited with the appropriate authorities on account of any
dispute. As informed to us, due relating to Income tax which has been
deposited under protest on account of any dispute is as follows:
Name of the Nature of Amount Period to Forum
statute the dues (Rs) which the where
amount dispute is
relates pending
Income-tax Income tax 3,072,093 1995-96 High
Act, 1961 Court of
Punjab and
Haryana
(x) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
financial year and has not incurred cash losses in the financial year
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 its
bankers except, as explained in note 16 of schedule 19 regarding
defaults in payment of loan instalments and interest due to a Financial
Institution till 31 March 2011 aggregating to Rs. 167,150 thousand.
Pursuant to the order of Debt Recovery Tribunal, Delhi dated 8 August
2011, the Company has paid all overdue instalments along with interest
by 30 September 2011. The Company did not have any outstanding
debentures during the year.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security
by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ society.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading in shares, securities, debentures and
other investments.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company, for loans taken by others from banks during the year, are,
prima facie, not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
term loans were applied for the purpose 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 are of
the opinion that the funds raised on short-term basis have not been
used for long- term investments.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to companies or firm covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956. As mentioned above, there are no other
parties listed in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956.
(xix)The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the
year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by way of public issues
during the year.
(xxi)As explained in paragraph 2 of our main report and note 1 of
schedule 18, during the course of our audit of the financial statements
of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2011, complete/correct
information and documents particularly in relation to term loan and
packing credit loan taken from IFCI Limited and in respect of certain
guarantees given by the Company were not provided to us and certain
representations made to us earlier by the management were not
appropriate. Except for the matter mentioned above, based on the audit
procedures performed and according to the information and explanations
given to us, no other fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or
reported during the course of our audit.
For B S R and Co
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No:128510W
Sd/-
Rajesh Arora
Place: Sriganganagar Partner
Date: 16 January 2012 Membership No.: 076124 |