1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of VOLTAS 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 significantestimates
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 give in the Annexure a statement on the matters
specifiedin paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
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 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 afairs 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, we report that none of the Directors is disqualifed 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/transactions etc., clauses (x), (xii), (xiii), (xiv),
(xvi), (xviii), (xix) and (xx) of 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 verifed 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
explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification.
(c) The fixed assets disposed of 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 afected the going concern status
of the Company.
(iii) In respect of its inventory:
(a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verifed 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.
(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loan, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, frms or the 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, 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 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 except in respect of certain purchases for which
comparable quotations are not available and in respect of which we are
unable to comment.
(vii) 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.
(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 the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of air conditioning system and refrigerators 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
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.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax,
Wealth Tax, Customs 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, Service Tax and Excise
Duty which have not been deposited as on 31st March, 2011 on account of
disputes are given below:
Statute Nature of Dues Forum where Dispute
is pending
Income Tax Act,
1961 Income Tax High Court
The Central Excise
Act, Excise Duty Supreme Court
1944
High Court
Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal (CESTAT)
Commissioners/
Adjudicating Authority
Finance Act,
1994 and Service Tax Customs, Excise and
Service Tax Laws Service Tax Appellate
Tribunal (CESTAT)
Commissioner of
Central Excise (Appeals)
Commissioners/
Adjudicating Authority
Central Sales
Tax Act CST, VAT, GST and Entry Supreme Court
and Value Added
Tax Tax (including penalty High Courts
Act of various
States and interest)
Appellate Tribunals
Commissioner (Appeals)
Deputy Commissioner
(Appeals)
Assessing Authority
Statute Period to which the amount Amount
relates involved
(Rs in lakhs)
Income Tax Act,1961 1973-75 1.32
The Central Excise
Act 1993-96 45.74
1986-87 7.95
1983-86 0.27
1975,1982,1984, 1985-91, 1862.19
1992-95, 1997-2008
1998 - 2008 849.94
2003-08 1511.43
1998-99, 2001-10 587.89
1993-94, 1996-2001 543.71
1988-91, 1992-94, 1995-96, 2465.90
1997-98, 1999-2000, 2002-05,
2007-10
1986-88, 1989-90, 1991-93, 847.45
1994-98, 1999-2005, 2006-08
1989-2009 3061.50
1989-92, 2003-07 252.27
1985-89, 1990-2008 125.61
(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.
(xii) 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 and financial institutions
are not prima facie prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(xiii) 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.
(xiv) 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. 117366W)
Nalin M. Shah
Mumbai,
Partner
19th May, 2011 Membership No.15860
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