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0.8 (2.41%) | Auditor's Report (Williamson Magor and Company) | Year End : Mar '12 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Williamson Magor &
Co. Limited (the Company) as at 31st March, 2012 and the related
Profit and Loss Statement 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. 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.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors'' Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors'' 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 Companies Act, 1956''
of India (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 give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the 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 appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Statement 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 sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of the
Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on 31st March, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2012
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, 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, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Statement, 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.
Annexure to the Auditors'' Report
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of Williamson Magor & Co. Limited on the financial statements
for the year ended 31st March, 2012
i. (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the Management during the year and no material discrepancies have been
noticed on such verification. 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
off by the Company during the year.
ii. The Company does not hold any inventory. Therefore, the provisions
of Clause 4(ii) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.
iii. (a) The Company has granted unsecured loan to two companies
covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The
maximum amount involved during the year and the year-end balance of
such loans aggregated to Rs. 928,000 thousand and Rs.573,000 thousand
respectively.
(b) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(c) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the parties are repaying the
principal amounts, as stipulated, and are also regular in payment of
interest as applicable. The payment terms are in accordance with the
demand / call loan policy framed by the Company under Clause 6A of the
NBFCs Prudential Norms (RBI Directions), 1998 issued by the Reserve
Bank of India.
(d) In respect of the aforesaid loans, there is no overdue amount more
than Rupees One Lakh.
(e) The Company had taken unsecured loans, from three companies covered
in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. The maximum
amount involved during the year and the year-end balance of such loans
aggregated to Rs. 885,000 thousand and Rs. Nil respectively.
(f) In our opinion, the rate of interest and other terms and conditions
of such loans are not prima facie prejudicial to the interest of the
Company.
(g) In respect of the aforesaid loans, the Company is regular in
repaying the principal amounts, as stipulated, and is also regular in
payment of interest, as applicable.
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 fixed assets and for the sale of services. The Company''s
operations do not involve purchase of inventory and 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. According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements that need to be entered in the
register maintained under Section 301 of the Act.
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
there under.
vii. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and nature of its business.
viii. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the
maintenance of cost records under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of
Section 209 of the Act for any of the products of the Company.
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, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax,
wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and other material
statutory dues, as applicable, with the appropriate authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty and excise
duty, as applicable, as at 31st March, 2012 which have not been
deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows :
Name of the Nature of
dues Amount Period to
which the Forum where the
statute (Rs. thou
-sand) amount
relates dispute is pending
Central
Excise Interest on
Excise 711 1987-88 Hon''ble High Court
Act,
1944 Duty of Chennai
Finance
Act, Service Tax,
penalty 14,652 and 2005-06,
2006-07, Customs, Excise and
1994 and interest
thereon interest
thereon 2007-08,
2008-09 Service Tax
Appellate Tribunal,
East Zonal
Bench, Kolkata
Finance
Act, Service Tax,
penalty 4,580 plus
penalty 2004-05, Customs, Excise and
1994 and interest
thereon and interest 2005-06 Service Tax
Appellate
thereon Tribunal, East
Zonal Bench,
Kolkata
x. The accumulated losses of the Company did not exceed fifty percent
of its net worth as at 31st March, 2012 and it has not incurred cash
losses in the financial year ended on that date and or in the
immediately preceding financial year.
xi. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution as at the balance
sheet date. The Company has neither any outstanding dues to any banks
or debenture holders at the beginning of the year nor has it obtained
any such loans during the year. Therefore, the provisions of Clause
4(xi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
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.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 4(xii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiii. As the provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund
/ nidhi / mutual benefit fund / societies are not applicable to the
Company, the provisions of Clause 4(xiii) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xiv. In our opinion, the Company is not dealing in or trading in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of Clause 4(xiv) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company.
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.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xv) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xvi. 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.
xvii. According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report
that the Company has used funds raised on short-term basis aggregating
to Rs.293,620 thousand for long-term investment (i.e. Non-current
investments).
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. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause
4(xviii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xix. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year and does
not have any debentures outstanding as at the beginning of the year and
at the year end. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xix) of the
Order are not applicable to the Company.
xx. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 4(xx) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
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 any such case by the Management.
For LOVELOCK & LEWES
Firm Registration No - 301056E
Chartered Accountants
(P. Law)
Partner
Kolkata, 29th June, 2012 Membership No. 51790 |
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