1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Wire and Wireless
(India) Limited (''the Company'') as at March 31, 2011 and also the
Profit and Loss account and the cash flow statement for the year ended
on that date 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 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 (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as
amended) 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.
4. Without qualifying our opinion and without considering the
consequential effect of the matter stated in paragraph 6 below, we draw
attention to Note 1 (b) of schedule 21 of accompanying financial
statements related to the conditions which indicate the existence of a
material uncertainty on Company''s ability to continue as a going
concern. In view of the mitigating factors, which have been more fully
discussed in Note 1 (b) of schedule 21 of accompanying financial
statements, these financial statements have been prepared under the
going concern assumption.
5. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to non compliance
of certain terms and conditions of the Listing agreement with
Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which the management is in
the process of regularizing. Pending the final outcome of this matter,
no adjustments have been made to the accompanying financial statements
in this regard.
6. Attention is drawn to note no. 19 of schedule 21 of accompanying
financial statements in respect of advances of Rs. 1806.30 million
(including Rs. 1,386.65 million being advanced subsequent to year end)
given to various companies (including Rs. 1510.00 million to
subsidiaries) for meeting working capital requirements and acquisition
of MSOs / direct points etc. In view of the reasons stated in the said
note, management of the Company is of the view that no provision is
required there against. Having regard to the nature and size of
operations of the recipients of said advances and in the absence of
concrete plans for acquisition of MSO/ direct points, we are unable to
comment on their ability to repay/ adjustments of these advances, and
consequent adjustments, if any, that may be required to the carrying
values of such advances.
7. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
i. Subject to the matters stated in paragraph 6 above, 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;
ii. Subject to the matters stated in paragraph 6 above, 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;
iii. Subject to the matters stated in paragraph 6 above, the balance
sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement dealt with by
this report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. Subject to the matters stated in paragraph 6 above, in our opinion,
the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement
dealt with by this report comply with the accounting standards referred
to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2011, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
March 31, 2011 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi. Subject to the matters stated in paragraph 6 above; whose impact on
the financial statements is presently 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;
a) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2011;
b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the loss for the year
ended on that date; and
c) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
Annexure referred to in paragraph [3] of our report of even date
Re: Wire and Wireless (India) Limited
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets, except for some of the network equipments taken over in the
Scheme of Arrangements where the records are maintained for group of
similar assets and not for each individual asset. The fixed assets
register does not contain item- wise depreciation and accumulated
depreciation.
(b) All fixed assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year but there is a regular programme of
verification. No material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification. In our opinion, the frequency of physical verification of
the network equipment needs to be improved further having regard to the
size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
(c) There was no disposal of a substantial part of fixed assets during
the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of
inventory at reasonable intervals during the year.
(b) 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) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no
material discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us,
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 Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(iii)(a) to (d) of the Order are not applicable
to the Company and hence not commented upon.
(e) The Company had taken loan from two companies covered in the
register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1 956. The
maximum amount involved during the year was Rs.l, 081 million and the
year-end balance of loans taken from such parties was Rs. Nil.
(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 and fixed assets and for the sale of goods,
advertising and carriage services. During the course of our audit, no
major weakness has been noticed in the internal control system in
respect of these areas. However, the internal control system for the
sale of services for analogue subscription is inadequate since the
company does not have written agreements with customers in some cases
which is an industry issue as per management. In our opinion this is a
continuing failure to correct major weakness in the internal control
system.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the
management, we are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or
arrangements referred to in section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956 that
need to be entered into the register maintained under section 301 have
been so entered.
(b) In respect of transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or
arrangements and exceeding the value of Rupees five lakhs entered into
during the financial year, because of the unique and specialized nature
of the items involved and absence of any comparable prices, we are
unable to comment whether the transactions were made at prevailing
market prices at the relevant time.
(vi) The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost records under clause
(d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for
the products of the Company.
(a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor
education and protection fund, employees'' state insurance, sales-tax,
wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, cess and other material
statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited with the
appropriate authorities though there has been slight delay in a few
cases of tax deducted at source. Excise duty is not applicable to the
Company.
Further, since the Central Government has till date not prescribed the
amount of cess payable under section 441 A of the Companies Act, 1956,
we are not in a position to comment upon the regularity or otherwise of
the company in depositing the same.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us,
undisputed dues in respect of provident fund, investor education and
protection fund, employees'' state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax,
service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, cess and other material statutory
dues which were outstanding, at the year end for a period of more than
six months from the date they became payable are as follows:
Name of the
statute Nature of the
dues Amount Period to which
the Due Date Date of
Payment
(Rs
million) amount relates
Andhra Pradesh
State Entertainment
Tax 3.32 For the months
from 25th of
each Not yet
paid
Entertainment
Tax, November 2006 to month
subsequent
1939 September 2009 to the
month of
collection
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty and cess
on account of any dispute, are as follows:
Name of the
statute Nature of dues Amount (Rs) Period to which
the Forum where
dispute is
amount relates pending
The Income
Tax Act,1961 Income Tax
Penalty Rs.24.99
million Assessment Year
2004-05 Income Tax
Appellate
Tribunal
(x) The Company''s accumulated losses af the end of the financial year
are more than fifty percent of its net worth. The Company has incurred
cash losses during the year and in the immediately preceding financial
year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in repayment of dues to a financial
institution, bank or debenture holders.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the documents and records produced to us, the Company has not
granted loans and advances on the basis of security by way of pledge of
shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi /
mutual benefit fund / society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003 (as amended)
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 Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order,
2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank
or financial institutions.
(xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by the
management, 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 report
that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term
investment.
(xviii) The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares
to parties or companies covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company had, during the previous year, issued 1920 debentures of Rs. 1
million each. The Company has created security or charge in respect of
debentures issued.
We have verified the end use of money raised by way of Rights issue as
disclosed in note no. 17 of Schedule 21 to the financial statements.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of
reporting the true and fair view of the financial statements and as per
the information and explanations given by the management, we report
that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during
the course of our audit.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES
Firm registration number: 101049W
Chartered Accountants
per Yogesh Midha
Partner
Membership No.:94941
Place : Gurgaon
Date : 19-05-2011
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