1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ZENOTECH LABORATORIES
LIMITED (the Company) as at March 31, 2010, the Profit and Loss
Account for the year ended on that date and the Cash Flow Statement for
the year ended on that date, both annexed thereto. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys 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 disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 [CARO],
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of Section 227(4A)
of the Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on
the matters specified in the paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. We invite attention to:
a) Note 21 of Schedule 21 to the Financial Statements regarding
investment of Rs. 105.60 lakhs (31.3.2009 - Rs. 105.60 lakhs) in and
advances of Rs.366.04 lakhs (31.3.2009 - Rs. 398.93 lakhs) made to a
wholly owned subsidiary and in respect of which no provision has been
made for reasons stated therein. We are unable to comment on the
carrying cost of the investment and the recoverability of the amounts
advanced.
b) Note 22 of Schedule 21 to the Financial Statements regarding
investment of Rs. 0.24 lakhs in and loan of Rs. 14.71 lakhs made to an
associate company and in respect of which no provision has been made
for reasons stated therein. We are unable to comment on the carrying
cost of the investment and the recoverability of the loans given.
c) Note 23 of Schedule 21 to the Financial Statements regarding
carrying cost of Fixed Assets of Rs. 1,040.03 lakhs (31.3.2009 - Rs.
1041.65 lakhs) relating to an export oriented unit which is yet to be
commissioned. We are unable to comment on the appropriateness of the
stated value in the financial statements.
d) In the absence of an assessment of indications that the Companys
Plant & Machinery may be impaired and consequential estimation of the
recoverable amounts as required by Accounting Standard (AS) 28 -
Impairment of Assets - we are unable to comment on the appropriateness
of the carrying cost of Plant & Machinery of Rs. 4,845.58 lakhs.
e) Note 25 of Schedule 21 to the Financial Statements in respect of
Product Development Expenditure amounting to Rs. 152.32 lakhs being
carried forward as at March 31, 2010 to be written of in future years
for the reasons stated therein. We are unable to comment in this
regard.
The matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (c) above, were also
subject matters of qualifications in our audit report on the financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2009.
5. Attention is invited to Note 24 (c) regarding absence of
disclosures relating to Earnings Per Share as required in terms of the
Guidance Note on Accounting for Employee Share-based Payment issued by
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
6. The financial statements do not disclose information relating to
amounts due to Micro enterprises and Small Enterprises as at the
Balance Sheet date and other disclosures required in terms of Schedule
VI to the Companies Act, 1956.
7. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above and subject to paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, we report that:
a) we have obtained all the information and explanation, 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, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) 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 Section 211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956;
e) in our opinion and to the best of our information and explanations
given to us, the said accounts, subject to adjustments which may be
required in respect of matters dealt with in paragraph 4 above, the
effect of which we are unable to determine, 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 Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March, 31, 2010;
(ii) in the case of Profit and Loss Account, of the loss for the year
ended on that date, and
(iii) in the case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
8. On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2010 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2010
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274 (1)(g) of
the Companies Act, 1956.
(referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Companys business/ activities/
result, clauses (vi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xviii), (xix) and
(xx) of CARO are not applicable.
(ii) In respect of 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 have been physically verified during the year by
the management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all fixed
assets at reasonable intervals, having regard to the size of the
Company and the nature of its assets. According to the information and
explanations given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on
such verification.
(c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company and
such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
(iii) In respect of inventory:
(a) As explained to us, the inventories have been physically verified
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 loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other 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 explanation 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 such transaction is in excess of rupees five 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) The Company does not have an internal audit system. ,
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for
maintenance of cost records under Section 209 (1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of Pharmaceutical Products 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. .
(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues including, investor education and protection fund,
employees state insurance, income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service
tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess and any other statutory dues
applicable to it with the appropriate authorities. In respect of
provident fund there are delays in depositing dues.
(b) Except for provident fund dues of Rs. 45,000, 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 March 31, 2010 for a period of more than six months from
the date they became payable.
(c) There are no dues of income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service
tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have not been deposited
as at March 31, 2010 on account of any dispute.
(x) The accumulated losses of the Company at the end of the financial
year are not less than fifty percent of its net worth. The Company has
incurred cash loss during the financial year, and in the immediately
preceding financial year.
(xi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has defaulted in repayment of dues to financial institutions
and banks as stated below:
Amount of default (loan and interest) Period of delay
(Rs. Lakhs) (in days)
80.28 121
81.91 304
83.63 486
66.67 669
46.15 852
(xii) 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.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet of the
Company, 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 on or by the Company has been
noticed or reported during the year.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
(Registration No 008072S)
K.Rajasekhar
Place : Secunderabad Partner
Date : August 5, 2010 Membership No.: 23341
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