1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Warren Tea Limited
(the Company) as at 31st March, 2011 and the related Profit and Loss
Account and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed
thereto, which we have signed under reference to this report. 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. The report on the audit of Travels Division of the Company by
Messrs. B. M. Chatrath & Co. under Section 228 of the Companies Act,
1956 of India, (the ''Act'') has been forwarded to us as required by
clause (c) of sub-section (3) of that Section which has been considered
in preparing our report.
3. 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 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.
4. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 as
amended by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together ''the Order'') issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act and on the basis of
such checks of the books and records of the Company as we considered
appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we further report that :
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of its fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the Management during the year and no material discrepancies between
the book records and the physical inventory have been noticed. In our
opinion the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
(ii) (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties), has been
physically verified by the Management during the year. In respect of
inventory lying with third parties, these have been confirmed by them.
In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company has maintained proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
(iii) (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured,
to companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
(b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act.
(iv) 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, for the
purchase of inventory, fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and
records of the Company and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor have been
informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the
aforesaid internal control system.
(v) (a) In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the particulars of contracts or arrangements
referred to in Section 301 of the Act 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 such contract or
arrangements 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.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
thereunder.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company in respect of Tea, where, pursuant to the Rules made by the
Central Government of India, the maintenance of cost records has been
prescribed under Clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 209 of the
Act and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed accounts
and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a
detailed examination of the records with a view to determine whether
they are accurate or complete.
(ix) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
has generally been regular in depositing during the year the undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues as
applicable with the appropriate authorities.
As explained by the Management, the Employees'' State Insurance Scheme
is not applicable to the Company.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, as at 31st March, 2011, there
have been no dues in respect of Customs Duty, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited on account of
dispute other than certain disputed Income Tax and Sales Tax dues, in
respect of which amounts involved and forums at which dispute is
pending have been indicated in Note 10 on Schedule 18 to the Accounts.
(x) The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2011, and
it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any bank as at the Balance Sheet date. The
Company has neither issued any debenture nor has outstanding loan from
any financial institution.
(xii) 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) The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit
fund/nidhi/mutual benefit fund/societies are not applicable to the
Company.
(xiv) In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
(xv) 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 or financial institutions during the year.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
(xvii) On the basis of an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of
the Company, in our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
(xviii) 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 during the year.
(xix) The Company has not issued any debenture and accordingly the
question of creation of securities in respect of debentures does not
arise.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the
year.
(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with the generally accepted
auditing practices in India, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we have neither come across any instance of
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the management.
5. Further to our comments in paragraph 4 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, 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 comply with the
accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(e) On the basis of 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 clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give in the prescribed
manner except for the non-ascertainment and non disclosure of the value
of Green Leaf consumed as indicated in the Note 14(a)(viii) on Schedule
18 to the financial statements, the information required by the Act,
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 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.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number – 301112E
Chartered Accountants
(P. Law)
Kolkata Partner
30th May, 2011 Membership Number 51790
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