We have audited the accompanying financial statements of MUNOTH
FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, which comprise the Balance Sheet as at
March 31, 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant
accounting policies and other explanatory information
Management''s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The management and Board of Directors of the Company are responsible
for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013
(''the act'') with respect to the preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with
the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
rule 7 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility
includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with
the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company
and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;
selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,
that are operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view
and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error
Auditor''s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We have taken into account the
provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and
matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the
provisions of the Act and the Rules made there under. We conducted our
audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under
Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatement
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor
considers internal financial control relevant to the Company''s
preparation of the financial statements, that give a true and fair
view, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
whether the Company has in place an adequate internal financial
controls system over financial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
the accounting estimates made by the Company''s management and Board of
Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
financial statements
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion
Basis for Qualified Opinion
The company has not provided for a provision of Rs. 23,138,833/- being
the diminution in the market value of Quoted Investments held by the
Company.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, except for the effects of the matter
described in the Basis of Qualified Opinion Paragraph, the financial
statements give the information required by the Act 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 affairs of the
Company as at 31 March 2015;
ii. In the case of the statement of profit and loss, of the loss 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.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015 (the
Order) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (11) of section143 of the Act, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters Specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we further report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations
which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purpose 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, Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the
applicable Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act,
read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors
as on March 31,2015, and taken on record by the Board of Directors,
none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2015, from being
appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act
f. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, we report as under with respect to other
matters to be included in the Auditor''s Report in accordance with Rule
11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigation on its
financial position in its financial statements Refer Note No. 25 to its
financial statements.
(ii) ''The Company did not have any long-term contracts including
derivative contracts; as such the question of commenting on any
material foreseeable losses thereon does not arise
(iii) There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
company.
Annexure (referred to in paragraph 7) Our Report of even date to the
members of MUNOTH FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED on the accounts of the
company for the year ended 31st March, 2015
On the basis of such checks as we considered appropriate and according
to the information and explanations given to us during the course of
our audit, we report that:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets ;
(b) As explained to us, fixed assets have been physically verified by
the management at regular intervals; as informed to us no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification;
(ii) The nature of business of the Company does not require it to have
any inventory. Hence, the requirement of clause (ii) of paragraph 3 of
the said Order is not applicable to the Company
(iii) The company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under section 189 of the Act and accordingly the provisions of the
clause(iii) of paragraph 3 of the Order are not applicable to the
Company
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is 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. 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, no major
weakness has not been noticed or reported.
(v) The Company has not accepted any deposits and accordingly the
provisions of clause (v) of paragraph 3 of the Order are not applicable
to the company
(vi) As informed to us, the Central Government has not prescribed
maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the
Act
(vii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
based on the records of the
company examined by us, the company has generally been regular in
depositing the undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, ,
Employees'' State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales- tax, Wealth Tax, Service
Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty and other material statutory dues, as
applicable, with the appropriate authorities in India ;
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us the
following are the details of disputed Income Tax dues with the
authority concerned
(In Thousands)
NAME OF THE FORUM WHERE DISPUTE IS PENDING DISPUTED
STATUTORY DUES AMOUNT
Income Tax Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) 58
(c) There has not been an occasion in case of the Company during the
year under report to transfer any sums to the Investor Education and
Protection Fund. The question of reporting delay in transferring such
sums does not arise
(viii) As at 31st March, 2015, the Company has been registered for a
period more than 5 years; and the Company does not have any accumulated
loss at the end of the financial year .
The Company has incurred cash losses of Rs. Nil in the current
financial year and cash losses of 4.62 Lakhs in the immediately
preceding financial year.
(ix) According to the records of the company examined by us and as per
the information and explanations given to us, the company has not
availed of any loans from any financial institution or banks and has
not issued debentures during the year.
(x) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loan taken by
others from a bank or financial institution during the year
(xi) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company has not raised any term loans during the year
(xii) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the company, carried in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India, we have neither come across any instance
of fraud on or by the Company noticed or reported during the course of
our audit nor have we been informed of any such instance by the
Management
For Mardia & Associates
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s registration number: 007888S
(Manish Mardia)
Place: Chennai Proprietor
Date: 22.05.2015 Membership number: 205307