Mar 31, 2024
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 30th Annual Report on the business and operations of your Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024.
The Financial performance of your Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024 is summerised below:
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(Rs. in Lakhs) |
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Particulars |
Consolid |
ated |
Standalone |
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2023-24 |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
2022-23 |
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Total Revenue |
3874.71 |
3544.79 |
3873.44 |
3544.79 |
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Total Expenses |
3661.78 |
3404.73 |
3614.51 |
3379.37 |
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Profit / (Loss) before Tax |
212.93 |
140.07 |
258.94 |
165.42 |
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Less: Tax Expenses |
89.97 |
38.71 |
89.98 |
38.71 |
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Profit / (Loss) for the Year |
122.95 |
101.35 |
168.95 |
126.71 |
The Company is engaged in business of Infrastructure & Construction Project mainly into affordable EWS Housing Project and Urban Infra Projects. The Company is affiliated with Professional Institutes such as Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED), Builder Association of India (BAI), the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), Gujarat Contractor Association (GCA).
The Company is registered as approved Contractors in "AA" Class in R&B Division for the whole of Gujarat State & Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
During the year ended on 31st March, 2024, the revenue from operations of the Company on Consolidated Basis was Rs. 3839.67 Lakhs and net profit for the current year was Rs 122.95 Lakhs. However on Standalone Basis was Rs. 3839.67 lakhs compared to Rs. 3518.33 Lakhs of previous financial year and the net profit on Standalone Basis for the current year was Rs. 168.95 Lakhs compared to Rs. 126.71 Lakhs of the previous year.
During the Financial year 2023-2024, there was no change in the nature of business of the Company.
During the financial year under review, no amount has been transferred to General Reserve.
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of the Company do not recommended any dividend for the financial year 2023-2024.
The Company neither has accepted nor invited any deposit from the public, within the meaning of section 73 of the Companies, Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder.
The paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on 31st March, 2024 was Rs.1250.00 Lakhs. During the year under review, the Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options nor sweat equity.
There are no material changes and commitments which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report.
During the period under review, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of its Subsidiary. In accordance with Section 129(3) of Companies Act, 2013, the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its Subsidiary in accordance with the relevant accounting standards have been prepared which forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statements of the Subsidiary in Form AOC-1 forms an integral part of this report and is annexed as Annexure - V
The Board of Directors of the Company has approved a policy on determining Material Subsidiary which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/. The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements with respect to subsidiary / unlisted material subsidiary as per Regulation 24 of the Listing Regulations.
In accordance with Section 92(3) of the Act read with the Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2021, the requirement of attaching extract of the annual return in Form MGT-9 with the Board''s report is done away with. The Annual Return as referred in Section 134(3)(a) of the Act for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/annual-return/.
Your Company has an appropriate mix of Executive, Non-Executive and Independent Director for proper function of governance and management.
As on 31st March 2024, our Board comprised of 6 members, consisting of 2 Executive Director, 1 Non Executive Non Independent Director and 3 Independent Director.
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The Following is the composition of Board as on 31st March 2024: |
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Name of Director |
Category |
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Mr. Nimesh Patel |
Chairman and Managing Director |
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Mrs. Hiteshi N Patel |
Non Executive Director |
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Mr. Chetan A Patel |
Whole Time Director |
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Mr. Shrikant N. Jhaveri |
Independent Director |
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Mr. Nishit P Patel |
Independent Director |
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Mrs. Dipali S. Patel |
Independent Director |
The relevant details in terms of Sub-regulation (3) of Regulation 36 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, in respect of the Director proposed to be appointed or re-appointed, are provided in the Notice for convening the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
> Retirement by rotation and Re-appointment of Director:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Nimesh D. Patel (DIN: 00185400), Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the 30th Annual General Meeting and is eligible for offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommended his re-appointment.
Pursuant to Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the following are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as on 31st March, 2024:
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Name |
Designation |
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Mr. Nimesh D. Patel |
Chairman & Managing Director |
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Mr. Chetan A. Patel |
Whole Time Director |
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Mr. Pratik Acharya |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Mr. Alfez Solanki |
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer |
Except above, there was no change in the Directors or Key Managerial Personnel during the year.
> Declaration of Independence from Independent Director :
The Company has received declaration of Independence as stipulated under section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) and 25(8) of the Listing Regulations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence and not disqualified from continuing as an Independent Director.
The Board of Directors of the Company is of the view that Independent Directors fulfill the criteria of independence and they are independent from the management of the Company. All Independent Directors of the Company have confirmed that they have registered themselves with Independent Directors'' Database of The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (''IICA'') and have cleared the online proficiency test of IICA, if applicable.
> Annual Performance Evaluation :
In terms of the provisions of Section 134(3)(p) the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(4) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015,the Nomination and Remuneration Committee has carried out the annual evaluation of performance of the Director/Board/ Committees of Board. The Board of Directors have carried out the annual evaluation of performance of its own, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of its committees. The manner in which the evaluation was carried out, is provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this Annual Report.
The Company has framed and adopted the Nomination and Remuneration Policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Key Managerial Personnels (KMPs) and other employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy, covering the policy on appointment and remuneration of Directors and other matters have been outlined in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual Report. The said policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/ codes-policies/.
During the financial year 2023-24, 4 (Four) Board Meetings were convened and held. The details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
The Board of Directors of your Company have already constituted various Committees in compliance with provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and / or the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) 2015 viz. Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
All decisions pertaining to the constitution of Committees, appointment of members and fixing of terms of reference / role of the Committee are taken by the Board of Directors.
Details of the role and composition of these Committees, including the number of meetings held during the financial year and attendance at meetings, are provided in Corporate Governance Section of the Annual Report.
During the year under review, the Independent Directors of the Company met on 12th February, 2024, inter alia to discuss:
i) Evaluation of Performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board of Directors of the Company as a whole.
ii) Evaluation of performance of the Chairman and / or Managing Director of the Company, taking into views of Executive and Non-executive Directors.
iii) Evaluation of the quality, content and timelines of flow of information between the Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform its duties.
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) and Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Direc-
tors of the Company hereby state and confirm that:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
(b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March, 2024 and of the profit and loss of the company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024;
(c) the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
(e) the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
(f) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of the applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
M/s. Meet Shah & Associates., Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad (Firm Registration No. 142114W), was appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 28th Annual General Meeting held on 30th September, 2022 for a period of five years from the conclusion of the 28th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 33rd Annual General Meeting.
The Auditors'' Report is unmodified i.e. it does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer for the financial year on 31st March, 2024. The Notes on financial statements are self explanatory, if any, and needs no further explanation.
The requirement for maintenance of cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, is not applicable to the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed M/s. Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad as the Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for financial year 2023-24.
The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is set out in an as ''Annexure - I'' to this report.
There is no qualification, reservation or adverse remark in the report.
The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report under Regulation 24A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 read with SEBI circular no: CIR/ CFD/
CMD1/27/2019 dated 8th February, 2019, BSE circular no. LIST/COMP/10/2019-20 dated 9th May, 2019 and BSE circular no LIST/COMP/12/2019-20 dated 14th May, 2019, the Company has obtained Annual Secretarial Compliance Report from M/s Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretary on compliance of all applicable SEBI Regulations and circulars/ guidelines issued there under and the copy of the same shall be submitted with the Stock Exchanges within the prescribed due date.
The Auditors has not reported any instance of frauds under sub-section (12) of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 including rules made thereunder.
The information required in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is set out in ''Annexure - II'' to this Report.
Details of Loan, Guarantee and Investments, if any, covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
During the year, the transactions entered by the Company with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and at arm''s length basis and thus disclosure in Form AOC-2 in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 is not required.
During the year, the Company had not entered into any contract / arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions.
The Policy on materiality of related party transactions and on dealing with related party transactions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website at https:// www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/.
There are no materially significant related party transactions having potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large. The details of contracts or arrangements with related parties for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024 is given in Note No. 29 of the financial statements of the Company. The Audit Committee approved such transactions.
During the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024, there were no significant material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company''s operations in future and its future operations.
i) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: The operations of your company are
not energy intensive. However, adequate measure have been initiated for conservation of energy.
ii) The steps taken by the company for utilising alternate sources of energy: Though the operations of the Company are not energy intensive, the Company shall explore alternative source if energy, as and when the necessity arises.
iii) The capital investment on energy conservation equipments: Nil
i) The efforts made towards technology absorption - The minimum technology requirement for the business has been absorbed
ii) The benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution - Not Applicable
iii) In case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year)- Not Applicable
(a) the details of technology imported;
(b) the year of import;
(c) whether the technology been fully absorbed;
(d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons thereof; and
iv) The expenditure incurred on Research and Development - Not Applicable
In compliance with provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a separate report on Corporate Governance along with a certificate from the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance, forming a part of this report and is annexed as Annexure - III.
Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(e) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Management Discussion and Analysis Report is annexed after the Directors'' Report and forming a part of this report and is annexed as Annexure-IV.
The Company has put in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to the financial statements. During the financial year, such internal financial controls were operating effectively and it is commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of the Company and the nature of business of the Company.
The Business Responsibility Report as per Regulation 34(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable to the Company as the Company
does not fall under top 1000 listed Companies on the basis of market capitalization.
Pursuant to Regulation 43A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, top 1000 listed entities based on market capitalization are required to formulate a Dividend Distribution Policy. Accordingly, your Company is not required to formulate the Dividend Distribution Policy.
The provisions relating to establish a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility activities are not applicable to the Company. However, as a good governance practice, the Company has constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee. Details of the role and composition of the Committee are provided in Corporate Governance Section of the Annual Report.
The Company is committed to highest standards of ethical, moral and legal business conduct. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has formulated Whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism Policy in compliance with the provision of Section 177 (9) & (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The policy provides for a framework and process whereby concerns can be raised by its employees against any kind of discrimination, harassment, victimization or any other unfair practice being adopted against them. The Policy of vigil Mechanism of the Company is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/.
During the year under review, the Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
The Board reviews the risks associated with the Company every year while considering the business plan. Considering the size of the Company and its activities, it is felt that the development and implementation of a Risk Management Policy is not relevant to the Company and in the opinion of the Board, there are no risks, which may threaten the existence of the Company.
The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and during the financial year 2023-24, the Company has not received any complaints under the said Act.
All the Members of the Board and the Senior Management Personnel have affirmed their compliance with the Code of Conduct as on 31st March, 2024 and a declaration to that effect, signed by the Managing Director, forms an integral part of this report.
(a) No application has been made under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The requirement to disclose the details of application made or any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the year along with their status as at the end of the financial year is not applicable.
(b) The requirement to disclose the details of difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of onetime settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof, is not applicable.
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and gratitude for the valuable support and co-operation received from the Customers and Suppliers, various Financial Institutions, Banks, Government Authorities, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under review. Your Directors wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the devoted services of the Executives, Staff and Workers of the Company for its success.
Mar 31, 2023
Maruti Infrastructure Limited
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 29th Annual Report on the business and operations of your
Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2023.
The Financial performance of your Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2023 is
summerised below:
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(Rs. in Lakhs) |
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Particulars |
Consolidated |
Standalone |
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2022-23 |
2021-22 |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
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Total Revenue |
3544.79 |
2583.64 |
3544.79 |
2583.64 |
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Total Expenses |
3404.73 |
2499.47 |
3379.37 |
2499.47 |
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Profit / (Loss) before Tax |
140.07 |
84.17 |
165.42 |
84.17 |
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Less: Tax Expenses |
38.71 |
32.60 |
38.71 |
32.60 |
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Profit / (Loss) for the Year |
101.35 |
51.57 |
126.71 |
51.57 |
The Company is engaged in business of Infrastructure & Construction Project mainly into afford¬
able EWS Housing Project and Urban Infra Projects. The Company is affiliated with Professional
Institutes such as Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED), Builder Association
of India (BAI), the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Indian Plumbing Asso¬
ciation (IPA), Gujarat Contractor Association (GCA).
The Company is registered as approved Contractors in "AA" Class in R&B Division for the whole of
Gujarat State & Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
During the year ended on 31st March, 2023, the revenue from operations of the Company on Con¬
solidated Basis was Rs. 3544.79 Lakhs and net profit for the current year was Rs 101.35 Lakhs.
However on Standalone Basis was Rs. 3544.79 lakhs compared to Rs. 2583.64 Lakhs of previous
financial year and the net profit on Standalone Basis for the current year was Rs. 126.71 Lakhs
compared to Rs. 51.57 Lakhs of the previous year.
During the Financial year 2022-2023, there was no change in the nature of business of the Com¬
pany.
During the financial year under review, no amount has been transferred to General Reserve.
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of the Company do not recom¬
mended any dividend for the financial year 2022-2023.
The Company neither has accepted nor invited any deposit from the public, within the meaning of
section 73 of the Companies, Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder.
The paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on 31st March, 2023 was Rs.1250.00 Lakhs.
During the year under review, the Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor
granted stock options nor sweat equity.
There are no material changes and commitments which have occurred between the end of the
financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report.
During the year under review, Your company had incorporated a subsidiary Company namely as
Karnish Infrastructure Private Limited on 10th August, 2022
During the period under review, the Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of its Subsidiary. In
accordance with Section 129(3) of Companies Act, 2013, the Consolidated Financial Statements of
the Company and its Subsidiary in accordance with the relevant accounting standards have been
prepared which forms part of the Annual Report. Further, a statement containing the salient fea¬
tures of the financial statements of the Subsidiary in Form AOC-1 forms an integral part of this
report and is annexed as Annexure - V
The Board of Directors of the Company has approved a policy on determining Material Subsidiary
which is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/.
The Company has complied with the corporate governance requirements with respect to subsid¬
iary / unlisted material subsidiary as per Regulation 24 of the Listing Regulations.
In accordance with Section 92(3) of the Act read with the Companies (Management and Adminis¬
tration) Amendment Rules, 2021, the requirement of attaching extract of the annual return in Form
MGT-9 with the Board''s report is done away with. The Annual Return as referred in Section 134(3)(a)
of the Act for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023 is available on the website of the Company
at https://www.marutiinfra.in/annual-return/.
Your Company has an appropriate mix of Executive, Non-Executive and Independent Director for
proper function of governance and management.
As on 31st March 2023, our Board comprised of 6 members, consisting of 2 Executive Director, 1
Non Executive Non Independent Director and 3 Independent Director.
The Following is the composition of Board as on 31st March 2023:
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Name of Director |
Category |
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Mr. Nimesh Patel |
Chairman and Managing Director |
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Mrs. Hiteshi N Patel |
Non Executive Director |
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Mr. Chetan A Patel |
Whole Time Director |
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Mr. Shrikant N. Jhaveri |
Independent Director |
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Mr. Nishit P Patel |
Independent Director |
|
Mrs. Dipali S. Patel |
Independent Director |
The relevant details in terms of Sub-regulation (3) of Regulation 36 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, in respect of the Director proposed to be appointed
or re-appointed, are provided in the Notice for convening the 29th Annual General Meeting of the
Company.
> Retirement by rotation and Re-appointment of Director:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Articles of Association of the
Company, Mr. Hiteshi N. Patel (DIN: 01827517), Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the
29th Annual General Meeting and is eligible for offers herself for re-appointment. The Board recom¬
mended her re-appointment.
> Re-appointment of Managing Director :
Mr. Nimesh D. Patel was previously re-appointed as a Managing Director designated as Chairman
and Managing Director for the period from 1st August, 2020 to 31st July, 2023. Pursuant to the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules farmed thereunder, on the recommendation
of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors has re-appointed Mr. Nimesh
D. Patel (DIN: 00185400) as a Managing Director designated Chairman and Managing Director for a
period of three years with effect from 1st August, 2023 and concluding on 31st July, 2026, subject to
approval of Members in General Meeting.
> Re-appointment of Whole Time Director :
Mr. Chetan A. Patel was appointed as a Whole Time Director for the period from 15th December
2020 to 14th December, 2023. Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules
farmed thereunder, on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the
Board of Directors has re-appointed Mr. Chetan A. Patel (DIN: 01827517) as a Whole Time Director
for a period of three years with effect from 15th December, 2023 and concluding on 14th December,
2026, subject to approval of Members in General Meeting.
> Key Managerial Personnel :
|
Name |
Designation |
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Mr. Nimesh D. Patel |
Chairman & Managing Director |
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Mr. Chetan A. Patel |
Whole Time Director |
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Mr. Pratik Acharya |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Mr. Alfez Solanki |
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer |
Except above, there was no change in the Directors or Key Managerial Personnel during the year.
The Company has received declaration of Independence as stipulated under section 149(7) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 16(1)(b) and 25(8) of the Listing Regulations from all the
Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence and not disqualified
from continuing as an Independent Director.
The Board of Directors of the Company is of the view that Independent Directors fulfill the criteria
of independence and they are independent from the management of the Company. All Indepen¬
dent Directors of the Company have confirmed that they have registered themselves with Indepen¬
dent Directors'' Database of The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (''IICA'') and have cleared the
online proficiency test of IICA, if applicable.
In terms of the provisions of Section 134(3)(p) the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(4) of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015,the Nomination and Remuneration Committee has carried out the annual evalu¬
ation of performance of the Director/Board/ Committees of Board. The Board of Directors have
carried out the annual evaluation of performance of its own, the directors individually as well as
the evaluation of its committees. The manner in which the evaluation was carried out, is provided
in the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this Annual Report.
The Company has framed and adopted the Nomination and Remuneration Policy for selection and
appointment of Directors, Key Managerial Personnels (KMPs) and other employee pursuant to the
provisions of Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Dis¬
closure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Re¬
muneration Policy, covering the policy on appointment and remuneration of Directors and other
matters have been outlined in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Annual
Report. The said policy is available on the website of the Company at https://www.marutiinfra.in/
codes-policies/.
During the financial year 2022-23, 5 (Five) Board Meetings were convened and held. The details of
which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings
was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
The Board of Directors of your Company have already constituted various Committees in compli¬
ance with provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and / or the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclo¬
sure Requirements) 2015 viz. Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stake¬
holders Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
All decisions pertaining to the constitution of Committees, appointment of members and fixing of
terms of reference / role of the Committee are taken by the Board of Directors.
Details of the role and composition of these Committees, including the number of meetings held
during the financial year and attendance at meetings, are provided in Corporate Governance Sec¬
tion of the Annual Report.
During the year under review, the Independent Directors of the Company met on14th February,
2023, inter alia to discuss:
i) Evaluation of Performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board of Directors of the
Company as a whole.
ii) Evaluation of performance of the Chairman and / or Managing Director of the Company,
taking into views of Executive and Non-executive Directors.
iii) Evaluation of the quality, content and timelines of flow of information between the Man¬
agement and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably per¬
form its duties.
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) and Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Direc¬
tors of the Company hereby state and confirm that:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023,
the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation re¬
lating to material departures, if any;
(b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made
judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view
of the state of affairs of the company as at 31st March, 2023 and of the profit and loss of the
company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023;
(c) the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate ac¬
counting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safe¬
guarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other ir¬
regularities;
(d) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
(e) the directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and
that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
(f) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of the
applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
M/s. Meet Shah & Associates., Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad (Firm Registration No.
142114W), was appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 28th Annual General Meet¬
ing held on 30th September, 2022 for a period of five years from the conclusion of the 28th Annual
General Meeting till the conclusion of 33rd Annual General Meeting.
The Auditors'' Report is unmodified i.e. it does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse
remark or disclaimer for the financial year on 31st March, 2023. The Notes on financial statements
are self explanatory, if any, and needs no further explanation.
The requirement for maintenance of cost records as specified by the Central Government under
sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, is not applicable to the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 9 of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors of the
Company appointed M/s. Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad as
the Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for financial year 2022-23.
The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is set out in an as ''Annexure - I'' to this report.
There is no qualification, reservation or adverse remark in the report.
The Annual Secretarial Compliance Report under Regulation 24A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Dis¬
closure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 read with SEBI circular no: CIR/ CFD/CMD1/
27/2019 dated 8th February, 2019, BSE circular no. LIST/COMP/10/2019-20 dated 9th May, 2019 and
BSE circular no LIST/COMP/12/2019-20 dated 14th May, 2019, the Company has obtained Annual Sec¬
retarial Compliance Report from M/s Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretary on com¬
pliance of all applicable SEBI Regulations and circulars/ guidelines issued there under and the copy of
the same shall be submitted with the Stock Exchanges within the prescribed due date.
The Auditors has not reported any instance of frauds under sub-section (12) of Section 143 of the
Companies Act, 2013 including rules made thereunder.
The information required in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Companies
Act, 2013, read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Per¬
sonnel) Rules, 2014, is set out in ''Annexure - II'' to this Report.
Details of Loan, Guarantee and Investments, if any, covered under the provisions of Section 186 of
the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
During the year, the transactions entered by the Company with related parties were in the ordinary
course of business and at arm''s length basis and thus disclosure in Form AOC-2 in terms of the
Companies Act, 2013 is not required.
During the year, the Company had not entered into any contract / arrangement / transaction with
related parties which could be considered material in accordance with the Policy of the Company
on materiality of related party transactions.
The Policy on materiality of related party transactions and on dealing with related party transac¬
tions as approved by the Board may be accessed on the Company''s website at https://
www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/.
There are no materially significant related party transactions having potential conflict with the in¬
terest of the Company at large. The details of contracts or arrangements with related parties for
the financial year ended on 31st March, 2023 is given in Note No. 29 of the financial statements of
the Company. The Audit Committee approved such transactions.
During the financial year ended on 31st March, 2023, there were no significant material orders
passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company''s
operations in future and its future operations.
i) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: The operations of your company are
not energy intensive. However, adequate measure have been initiated for conservation of
energy.
ii) The steps taken by the company for utilising alternate sources of energy: Though the op¬
erations of the Company are not energy intensive, the Company shall explore alternative
source if energy, as and when the necessity arises.
iii) The capital investment on energy conservation equipments: Nil
i) The efforts made towards technology absorption - The minimum technology requirement
for the business has been absorbed
ii) The benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or
import substitution - Not Applicable
iii) In case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the
beginning of the financial year)- Not Applicable
(a) the details of technology imported;
(b) the year of import;
(c) whether the technology been fully absorbed;
(d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons
thereof; and
iv) The expenditure incurred on Research and Development - Not Applicable
In compliance with provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regu¬
lations, 2015, a separate report on Corporate Governance along with a certificate from the Audi¬
tors of the Company regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance, forming a part
of this report and is annexed as Annexure - III.
Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(e) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regu¬
lations, 2015, Management Discussion and Analysis Report is annexed after the Directors'' Report
and forming a part of this report and is annexed as Annexure-IV.
The Company has put in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to the financial
statements. During the financial year, such internal financial controls were operating effectively
and it is commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of the Company and the nature of
business of the Company.
The Business Responsibility Report as per Regulation 34(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is not applicable to the Company as the Company
does not fall under top 1000 listed Companies on the basis of market capitalization.
Pursuant to Regulation 43A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regula¬
tions, 2015, top 1000 listed entities based on market capitalization are required to formulate a
Dividend Distribution Policy. Accordingly, your Company is not required to formulate the Dividend
Distribution Policy.
The provisions relating to establish a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and Corporate
Social Responsibility activities are not applicable to the Company. However, as a good governance
practice, the Company has constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee. De¬
tails of the role and composition of the Committee are provided in Corporate Governance Section
of the Annual Report.
The Company is committed to highest standards of ethical, moral and legal business conduct. Ac¬
cordingly, the Board of Directors has formulated Whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism Policy in
compliance with the provision of Section 177 (9) & (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation
22 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The policy pro¬
vides for a framework and process whereby concerns can be raised by its employees against any
kind of discrimination, harassment, victimization or any other unfair practice being adopted against
them. The Policy of vigil Mechanism of the Company is available on the website of the Company at
https://www.marutiinfra.in/codes-policies/.
During the year under review, the Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards
issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
The Board reviews the risks associated with the Company every year while considering the busi¬
ness plan. Considering the size of the Company and its activities, it is felt that the development and
implementation of a Risk Management Policy is not relevant to the Company and in the opinion of
the Board, there are no risks, which may threaten the existence of the Company.
The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints
Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013 and during the financial year 2022-23, the Company has not received any
complaints under the said Act.
All the Members of the Board and the Senior Management Personnel have affirmed their compli¬
ance with the Code of Conduct as on 31st March, 2023 and a declaration to that effect, signed by
the Managing Director, forms an integral part of this report.
(a) No application has been made under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The require¬
ment to disclose the details of application made or any proceeding pending under the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the year along with their status
as at the end of the financial year is not applicable.
(b) The requirement to disclose the details of difference between amount of the valuation
done at the time of onetime settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the
Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof, is not applicable.
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and gratitude for the valuable
support and co-operation received from the Customers and Suppliers, various Financial Institu¬
tions, Banks, Government Authorities, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under review.
Your Directors wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the devoted services of
the Executives, Staff and Workers of the Company for its success.
Date: 14thAugust, 2023 CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRCTOR
(DIN: 00185400)
Mar 31, 2016
To,
The Members,
Maruti Infrastructure Limited Ahmedabad
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 22nd Annual Report of your Company for the financial year ended on March 31, 2016.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
(Amount in Rs.)
|
PARTICULARS |
Current Year 2015-16 |
Previous Year 2014-15 |
|
Total Income |
17,50,09,530 |
22,02,75,542 |
|
Profit Before Depreciation and amortization expense & Financial charges |
1,17,07,958 |
185,33,452 |
|
Financial charges |
31,45,556 |
10,10,993 |
|
Depreciation and amortization expense |
16,08,725 |
16,65,204 |
|
Profit Before Taxation |
69,53,677 |
1,58,57,255 |
|
Provision For Taxation including Deferred Tax |
22,01,403 |
52,00,810 |
|
Profit After Tax |
47,52,274 |
1,06,56,445 |
|
APPROPRIATIONS: |
||
|
Balance Brought Forward |
2,83,80,984 |
1,77,24,539 |
|
Balance Carried Forward |
3,31,33,259 |
2,83,80,984 |
STATE THE COMPANY''S AFFAIRS AND OPERATIONS:
The Company is engaged in infrastructure Business. The Company is recognized by Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED), Builder Association of India (BAI), Ahmedabad Urban Development Authorities (AUDA) and has affiliated with Professional Institutes such as the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA), Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), Gujarat Contractor Association (GCA).
During the year under review, the total income of the Company was Rs. 17,50,09,530/- compared to Rs. 22,02,75,542/- of previous financial year and net profit for the current year was Rs. 47,52,274/- compared to Rs. 1,06,56,445/- of previous year.
CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS:
During the year under Report, there was no change in the nature of business of the Company.
TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
The Board of Directors do not propose to carry any amount to reserves.
DIVIDEND:
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of the Company do not recommended any dividend for the financial year 2015-16.
FIXED DEPOSIT:
The Company neither has accepted nor invited any deposit from the public, within the meaning of section 73 of the Companies, Act, 2013 and the Rules made there under.
SHARE CAPITAL:
The paid-up equity share capital of the Company as on March 31, 2016 was Rs.12.50 Crores. During the year under review, the Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options nor sweat equity.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANICAL POSITION AFTER THE END OF FINANCIAL YEAR:
There are no any material changes and commitments occurred after the end of the financial year, which is affecting the financial position of the Company.
THE NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR:
There are no holding, subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate company of the Company. During the financial year ended on March 31, 2016, none of the companies have become or ceased to be the subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies of the Company. The performance and financial position of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures as per rule 8(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is not applicable.
ANNUAL RETURN:
The extract of Annual Return as prescribed under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, is set out in an annexure as ''Annexure I'' to this report.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company''s Articles of Association, Shri Paresh M. Patel (DIN: 00185346), Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and is eligible for re-appointment.
The information of Director(s) seeking appointment / re-appointment, details pertaining to brief resume and expertise in functional area is furnished in notes of the 22nd AGM Notice.
All the Independent Directors have submitted the declaration to the Company that they meet the criteria of independence, as per section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
In terms of the provisions of Section 134(3)(p) the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(4) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regu-lations,2015, the Board of Directors has carried out the annual performance evaluation of itself, the Directors individually as well as the evaluation of its committees. The manner in which the evaluation was carried out is provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which is part of this Annual Report.
REMUNERATION POLICY FOR DIRECTORS, KMPS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES:
The Company has framed remuneration policy for Directors, KMPs and other employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is set out in an annexure as ''Annexure II'' to this report.
MEETINGS OF BOARD:
During the financial year 2015-16, 7 (Seven) Board Meetings were convened and held. The details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company hereby state and confirm that:
(a) that in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31, 2016, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
(b) that we have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at March 31, 2016 and of the profits of the company for the year ended March 31, 2016;
(c) they proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis;
(e) that proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively; and
(f) that proper internal financial controls were laid down and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
AUDITORS AND AUDIT: - AUDITORS :
M/s. J. B. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad have been appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for period of three years from the conclusion of 20th Annual General Meeting till the conclusion of 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Company subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM held after the 20th AGM. The members of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of the Company recommended ratifying their appointment as Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2016-17.
A resolution for the ratification of the Appointment of M/s. J. B. Shah & Co. as Auditors is being placed for the approval of the members at forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
There are no qualifications or adverse remarks in the Auditors'' Report which require any clarification/explanation. The Notes on financial statements are self explanatory, if any, and needs no further explanation.
- SECRETARIAL AUDITORS:
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed M/s. Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad as Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for financial year 2015-16.
The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is set out in an annexure as ''Annexure ''III'' to this report.
In connection, with the auditors'' observation in the Secretarial Audit Report, the explanation / clarifications of the Board of Directors are as under:
(i) With regard to the appointment of Chief Financial Officer, it is clarified that the Company is seeking eligible candidate to appoint as a Chief Financial Officer.
(ii) With regard to the appointment of Company Secretary, it is clarified that the Company is seeking eligible candidate to appoint as a Company Secretary.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
The particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is set out in an Annexed ''IV'' to this report.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:
Details of Loan, Guarantee and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES REFERRED TO IN SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 188 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:
During the year, the transactions entered by the company with Related Parties were in the ordinary course of business and at arm''s length basis. The details of contracts or arrangements with related parties for the financial year ended on March 31, 2016 is given in Note No. 26 of the financial statements of the Company. Audit Committee approved such transactions.
During the financial year 2015-16, the Company did not have any material pecuniary relationship or transactions with Non-Executive Directors. In the preparation of financial statements, the Company has followed the Accounting Standards. The significant accounting policies which are applied have been set out in the Notes to Financial Statements. The Board has received disclosures from Key Managerial Personnel, relating to material, financial and commercial transactions where they and/or their relatives have personal interest. There are no materially significant related party transactions having potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large.
MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS AND INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS:
During the financial year ended on March 31, 2016, there were no significant material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and company''s operations in future and its future operations.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS & OUTGO:
1. Conservation of Energy
i) The steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: The operations of your company are not energy intensive. However, adequate measure have been initiated for conservation of energy
ii) The steps taken by the company for utilizing alternate sources of energy: Through the operations of the Company are not energy intensive, the Company shall explore alternative source if energy, as and when the necessity arises.
iii) The capital investment on energy conservation equipments: Nil
2. Technology Absorption
i) The efforts made towards technology absorption - The minimum technology requirement for the business has been absorbed
ii) The benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution - Not Applicable
iii) In case of imported technology (imported during the last three years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year)- Not Applicable
(a) the details of technology imported;
(b) the year of import;
(c) whether the technology been fully absorbed;
(d) if not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not taken place, and the reasons thereof; and
iv) The expenditure incurred on Research and Development - Not Applicable
3. Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo: NIL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
In compliance with provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a separate report on Corporate Governance along with a certificate from a the Auditors of the Company regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance, forming a part of this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(e) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Management Discussion and Analysis Report is annexed after the Directors'' Report and forming a part of this report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY(CSR) COMMITTEE:
The provisions relating to establish a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility activities are not applicable to the Company. However, as a good governance practice, the Company has constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee. Details of the role and composition of the Committee are provided in the Corporate Governance Section of the Annual Report.
WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY / VIGIL MECHANISM:
The Company is committed to highest standards of ethical, moral and legal business conduct. Accordingly, the Board of Directors has formulated Whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism policy in compliance with the provision of Section 177(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The policy provides for a framework and process whereby concerns can be raised by its employees against any kind of discrimination, harassment, victimization or any other unfair practice being adopted against them. The Policy of vigil Mechanism of the company is available on the website of the company at www.marutiinfra.in
BOARD COMMITTEES:
The Board of Directors of your Company already constituted various Committees in compliance with provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and / or the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) 2015 viz. Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee.
All decisions pertaining to the constitution of Committees, appointment of members and fixing of terms of reference / role of the Committee are taken by the Board of Directors.
Details of the role and composition of these Committees, including the number of meetings held during the financial year and attendance at meetings, are provided in the Corporate Governance Section of the Annual Report.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS MEETING:
During the year under review, the Independent Directors of the Company met on February 13, 2016, inter alia to discuss:
i) Evaluation of Performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board of Directors of the Company as a whole.
ii) Evaluation of performance of the Chairman and / or Managing Director of the Company, taking into views of Executive and Non-executive Directors.
iii) Evaluation of the quality, content and timelines of flow of information between the Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform its duties.
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY:
The Board reviews the risks associated with the Company every year while considering the business plan. Considering the size of the Company and its activities, it is felt that the development and implementation of a Risk management policy is not relevant to the Company and in the opinion of the Board there are no risks, which may threaten the existence of the Company.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY:
The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. An Internal Complaints Committee has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy.
During the year 2015-16, no complaints were received by the Company related to sexual harassment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and gratitude for the valuable support and co-operation received from the Customers and Suppliers, various Financial Institutions, Banks, Government Authorities, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under review. Your Directors wish
to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the devoted services of the Executives, Staff and Workers of the Company for its success.
For and on behalf of the Board
Place: Ahmedabad NIMESH D. PATEL
Date: August 11, 2016 CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR
DIN : 00185400
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 21st Annual Report of
your Company for the financial year ended on March 31, 2015.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
(Amount in Rs.)
PARTICULARS Current Year Previous Year
2014-15 2013-14
Total Income 22,02,75,542 8,45,02,936
Profit Before Depreciation and a 1,85,33,452 89,31,742
mortization expense & Financial
charges
Financial charges 10,10,993 8,26,637
Depreciation and amortization 16,65,204 10,89,574
expense
Profit Before Taxation 10,58,57,255 70,15,531
Provision For Taxation including 52,00,810 22,30,170
Deferred Tax
Profit After Tax 1,06,56,445 47,85,361
APPROPRIATIONS:
Balance Brought Forward 1,77,24,539 1,29,39,178
Balance Carried Forward 2,83,80,984 1,77,24,539
OPERATIONS:
The Company is recognized by Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate
Developers (GIHED), Builder Asso- ciation of India (BAI), Ahmedabad
Urban Development Authorities (AUDA) and has affiliated with Profes-
sional Institutes such as The Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and
Architects (GICEA), Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), Gujarat
Contractor Association (GCA).
During the year under review, the total income of the Company increased
from Rs. 8,45,02,936/- to Rs. 22,02,75,493/-. The net profit during the
Financial Year Rs. 1,06,56,482/- which has increased by 122.69% as
against the net profit of previous year of Rs. 47,85,361/-.
DIVIDEND:
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of
the Company do not recom- mended any dividend for the Financial Year
2014-15.
FIXED DEPOSIT:
The Company neither has accepted nor invited any deposit from the
public, within the meaning of section 73 of the Companies, Act, 2013
and the Rules made thereunder.
SHARE CAPITAL
The Company in order to meet with its increasing long term working
capital requirements, long term resources for expansion of current
activities, to carry out the additional residential and commercial
projects, investment in Land and Buildings, infrastructure projects,
for investment in subsidiary Com- pany/Companies and/or Bodies
Corporate, for the repayment of secured and unsecured loan, for gen-
eral corporate purposes and to enable to raise additional borrowing in
case of requirement raised funds by way of issue of 24,71,500 Warrants
converted into equal number of equity shares of Rs. 10/- with a premium
of Rs. 5/- each on preferential basis, to the Promoters and
Non-Promoters in accordance with the Regulations for Preferential Issue
contained in Chapter VII of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations as amended time
to time.
During the year 2014-15, the Company on conversion of warrants into
equity shares issued and allotted 18,71,500 Equity Shares of Rs, 10/-
each at a premium of Rs. 5/- aggregating to Rs. 2,80,72,500/- on 24th
May, 2014 and also allotted the 6,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each
at a premium of Rs. 5/- aggregating to Rs.90,00,000/- on 9th June,
2014.
ANNUAL RETURN:
The extract of Annual Return as prescribed under Section 92(3) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014, is set out in an annexure as 'Annexure I'
to this report.
DIRECTORS:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the
Company's Articles of Associa- tion, Shri Nimesh D. Patel (DIN:
00185400), Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing
Annual General Meeting and is eligible for re-appointment.
Smt. Hiteshi N. Patel has been inducted as an Additional / Director
(Women) with effect from 31st March, 2015 and hold office up to ensuing
Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company has received notice
from member under section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013, signifying
her intention to propose the candidature of above mentioned person for
the office of Director.
The information of Director(s) seeking re-appointment, details
pertaining to brief resume and exper- tise in functional area is
furnished in notes.
All the Independent Directors have submitted the declaration to the
Company that they meet the criteria of independence, as per section
149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement.
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
In compliance with the provision of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause
49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board has carried out the annual
performance evaluation of its own and the Directors individually and
reported under the Corporate Governance Report as annexed hereto.
MEETINGS OF BOARD:
During the financial year 2014-2015, Seven (7) Board Meetings were
convened and held. The details of which are given in the Corporate
Governance Report. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within
the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Based on the framework of internal financial controls established and
maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory,
cost and secretarial auditors, the reviews performed by Management and
the relevant Board Committees, the Board, with the concurrence of the
Audit Com- mittee, is of the opinion that the Company's internal
financial controls were adequate and effective as on 31st March, 2015.
Pursuant to Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of
Directors of the Company hereby state and confirm that:
(a) that in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended
March 31, 2015, the applicable accounting standards have been followed
along with proper explanation relat- ing to material departures, if
any;
(b) that we have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at March 31, 2015 and of the profits of the company for the
year ended March 31, 2015;
(c) they proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance
of adequate account- ing records in accordance with the provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) that the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern
basis;
(e) that proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all
applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and
operating effectively; and
(f) that proper internal financial controls were laid down and that
such internal financial con- trols are adequate and were operating
effectively.
AUDITORS AND AUDIT:
* STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s. J. B. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad have been
appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for period of three
years from the conclusion of the 20th Annual General Meeting till 23rd
Annual General Meeting of the Company subject to ratification of their
appointment at every AGM held after the 20th AGM. The members of the
Audit Committee and Board of Directors of the Company recommended
ratifying their appointment as Statutory Auditors of the Company for
the financial year 2015-16.
There are no qualifications or adverse remarks in the Auditors' Report
which require any clarification/explanation. The Notes on financial
statements are self explanatory, if any, and needs no further
explanation.
* SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration
personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors appointed the M/s.
Bharat Prajapati & Co., Practicing Company Secretaries, Ahmedabad as
Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for
Financial Year 2014-15. The Report of the Secretarial Audit Report is
set out in an annexure as 'Annexure 'II' to this report.
In connection, with the auditors' observation in the Secretarial Audit
Report, the expla- nation / clarifications of the Board of Directors
are as under:
(i) With regard to the appointment of Chief Financial Officer, it is
clarified that the Company is seeking eligible candidate to appoint as
a Chief Financial Officer.
(ii) With regard to the appointment of Company Secretary, it is
clarified that the Company is seeking eligible candidate to appoint as
a Company Secretary.
POLICY ON DIRECTOR'S APPOINTMENT & REMUNERATION:
Your Company's Policy on Director's Appointment & Remuneration and
other matters provided in Sec- tion 178 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013
is set out in an Annexure as Annexure III to this report
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
The particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions of
Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,
2014, is set out in an "Annexer IV" to this report.
The particulars of employees falling under the purview of Section 197
read with Rule 5(2) of The Com- panies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are NIL.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:
Details of Loan, Guarantee and Investments covered under the provisions
of Section 186 of the Compa- nies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to
the Financial Statements.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
All the transactions entered into with related parties as defined under
the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, if any,
during the year were on an arm's length price basis and in the ordinary
course of business. Such transactions have been approved by the Audit
Committee. The Board of Directors of the Company has formulated the
Policy on Related Party Transactions.
During the Financial Year 2014-15, the Company did not have any
material pecuniary relationship or transactions with Non-Executive
Directors. In the preparation of financial statements, the Company has
followed the Accounting Standards. The significant accounting policies
which are applied have been set out in the Notes to Financial
Statements. The Board has received disclosures from Key Managerial
Personnel, relating to material, financial and commercial transactions
where they and/or their rela- tives have personal interest. There are
no materially significant related party transactions which have
potential conflict with the interest of the Company at large.
LISTING:
The Company's Shares are listed on the BSE Limited, Mumbai (BSE). The
Company has paid the Annual Listing Fees to the BSE Limited for the
Financial Year 2015-2016.
The Company has already applied for delisting of its securities from
the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Lim- ited (being the Regional Stock
Exchange) on October 20, 2004. The same is still pending with the
Exchange and the Company has not received any communication from the
said Exchange till date. Hence, the listing fees of the Ahmedabad Stock
Exchange Limited has not been paid.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO:
The additional information required under the provisions of section 134
of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014, is not applicable as the Company is engaged in Infra- structure
Development.
1. Conservation of Energy : NA
2. Technology Absorption : NIL
3. Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo : NIL
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Corporate Governance, in accordance with the Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreements, on Corporate Gov- ernance forms part of the Annual Report.
The Auditors' Certificate on the compliance of Corporate Governance
Code embodied in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is attached hereto
and forms part of this Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
Pursuant to clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Management
Discussion and Analysis Report is annexed after the Directors' Report
and forms a part of this Report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY(CSR) COMMITTEE:
The provisions for Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and
Corporate Social Responsibility ac- tivities are not applicable to the
Company. However, as good governance practice the Company has
constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
Details of the role and composition of the Committee are provided in
the Corporate Governance Section of the Annual Report.
ESTABLISHMENT OF VIGIL MECHANISM:
The Company promotes ethical behaviour in all its business activities
and has put in place a mechanism for reporting illegal or unethical
behaviour. The Company has adopted a Whistle-Blower Policy/ Vigil
mechanism, which provides a formal mechanism for all employees of the
Company to make protected disclosures to the Management about unethical
behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of the Company's Code
of Conduct. Disclosures reported are addressed in the manner and within
the time frames prescribed in the Policy. During the year under review,
No employee of the Company has been denied access to the Audit
Committee.
BOARD COMMITTEE:
The Board of Directors of your Company had already constituted various
Committees in compliance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
and / or Listing Agreement viz. Audit Committee, Nomination and
Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee. During the
year under review, in compliance with the provisions of Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement.
All decisions pertaining to the constitution of Committees, appointment
of members and fixing of terms of reference / role of the Committee are
taken by the Board of Directors.
Details of the role and composition of these Committees, including the
number of meetings held during the financial year and attendance at
meetings, are provided in the Corporate Governance Sec- tion of the
Annual Report.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS MEETING:
During the year under review, the Independent Directors of the Company
met on March 2, 2015, inter alia to discuss:
i) Evaluation of Performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board
of Directors of the Company as a whole.
ii) Evaluation of performance of the Chairman and / or Managing
Director of the Company, taking into views of Executive and
Non-executive Directors.
iii) Evaluation of the quality, content and timelines of flow of
information between the Manage- ment and the Board that is necessary
for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform its duties.
RISK MANAGEMENT :
The Board reviews the risks associated with the Company every year
while considering the business plan. Considering the size of the
Company and its activities, it is felt that the development and imple-
mentation of a Risk management policy is not relevant to the Company
and in the opinion of the Board there are no risks which may threaten
the existence of the Company.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY:
The Company has in place a Prevention of Sexual Harassment policy in
line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. An
Internal Complaints Committee has been set up to redress complaints
received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (permanent,
contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy.
During the year 2014-2015, no complaints were received by the Company
related to sexual harassment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and
gratitude for the valuable support and co-operation received from the
Customers and Suppliers, various Financial Institutions, Banks, Gov-
ernment Authorities, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under
review. Your Directors wish to place on record their deep sense of
appreciation for the devoted services of the Executives, Staff and
Workers of the Company for its success.
On behalf of Board of Directors
For, MARUTI INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Place: Ahmedabad NIMESH D. PATEL
Date: August 14, 2015 CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Mar 31, 2014
The Members,
Maruti Infrastructure Limited
Ahmedabad
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 20th Annual Report of
your Company for the financial year ended on March 31, 2014.
FINANCIAL RESULTS: (Amount in Rs)
PARTICULARS Current Year Previous Year
2013-14 2012-13
Total Income 8,45,02,936 7,68,79,816
Profit Before Depreciation & Financial 89,31,742 58,96,866
charges
Financial charges 8,26,637 897,372
Depreciation 10,89,574 1,010,777
Profit Before Taxation 70,15,531 39,88,717
Provision ForTaxation including DeferredTax 22,30,170 12,00,098
Profit After Tax 47,85,361 27,88,619
APPROPRIATIONS:
Balance Brought Forward 12,939,223 10,150,604
Balance Carried Forward 1,77,24,584 12,939,223
OPERATIONS:
The Company is recognized by Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate
Developers (GIHED), Builder Association of India (BAI), Ahmedabad Urban
Development Authorities (AUDA) and has affiliated with Professional
Institutes such as The Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and
Architects (GICEA), Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), Gujarat
Contractor Association (GCA).
During the year under review, the total income of the Company increased
from Rs. 7,68,79,816/- to Rs. 8,45,02,936/-. The net profit during the
Financial Year Rs. 47,85,361/- which has increased by 71.61% as against
the net profit of previous year of Rs. 27,88,574/-.
DIVIDEND:
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of
the Company do not recommended any dividend for the Financial Year
2013-14.
CAPITAL RAISING/ PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENT OF WARRANTS CONVERTING TO
EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF EQUITY SHARES AND UTILIZATION OF PROCEEDS RECEIVED
FROM PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENT:
Preferential Issues of Warrants :
i. In order to meet with increasing long term working capital
requirements, long term resources of the Company for expansion of
current activities, to carry out the additional residential and
commercial projects, investment in Land and Buildings, infrastructure
projects, for investment in subsidiary Company/Companies and/or Bodies
Corporate, for the repayment of secured and unsecured loan, for general
corporate purposes and to enable the Company to raise additional
borrowing in case of requirement, during the year under review, the
Company has proposed to issue and allot warrants convertible into equal
number of equity shares of Rs. 10/- each on preferential basis to the
promoters and non promoters, at the issue price calculated under SEBI
(Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009, on
preferential basis duly approved by Shareholders and the Board of
Directors of the Company.
ii. On 13th March, 2014, the Company issued and allotted 24,71,500
Warrants convertible into equal number of equity shares of Rs. 10/- each
at a premium of Rs. 5/- each, aggregating Rs. 40,72,500/- to the promoters
and non-promoters on preferential basis [in accordance with the
Regulations for Preferential Issue containing in the Chapter VII of the
SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2009].
The Conversion of warrants into equal number of Equity Shares have not
made at the end of the year.
iii. Subsequently, on May 24, 2014, the Company has allotted 18,71,500
equity shares of Rs. 10/ - each on conversion of 18,71,500 Warrants to
Non Promoters and on June 09, 2014, the Company has allotted 6,00,000
equity shares ofRs. 10/- each on conversion of 6,00,000 Warrants to
Promoters pursuant to the approval of the shareholders of the Company
accorded in the Extra Ordinary general Meeting held on March 8, 2014.
DIRECTORS:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the
Company''s Articles of Association, Shri Nimesh D. Patel, Managing
Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Pursuant to provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, the
Board of Directors, at its meeting held on August, 14, 2014,
recommended the appointment of Shri Nishit P. Patel, Shri Chetan A.
Patel, and Shri Niketan R. Shah as Independent Directors of the
Company, not liable to retire by rotation to hold office for 5 (five)
consecutive years for a term up to September 30, 2019, subject to
approval of the members of the Company. These Directors have given the
declarations to the Board that they meet the criteria of independence
as provided under Section 149(6) of the said Act and confirmed that
they will abide by the provisions as mentioned in Schedule IV of the
Companies Act, 2013.
The brief resume/details relating to Directors who is to be
appointed/re-appointed is furnished in the notes.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), your Directors
confirm that:
i. In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, for the year ended March
31, 2014 the applicable accounting standards have been followed by the
Company along with proper explanation relating to material departure,
if any:
ii. Th ey have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at March 31, 2014 and of the profits of the Company for
the year ended March 31,2014;
iii. They have taken proper and sufficient care for the 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 fraud and other irregularities;
iv. They have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.
FIXED DEPOSIT:
The Company neither has accepted nor invited any deposit for the
public, within the meaning of section 58A and 58AA of the Companies,
Act, 1956 and the Rules made thereunder.
LISTING:
Equity Shares of the Company are listed on the BSE Limited, Bombay and
the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, Ahmedabad.
The Company has paid the Annual Listing Fees to the BSE Limited for the
Financial Year 2014-2015.
The Company has already applied for delisting of its securities from
the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Limited (being the Regional Stock
Exchange) on October 20, 2004. The same is still pending with the
Exchange and the Company has not received any communication from the
said Exchange till date. Hence, the listing fees of the Ahmedabad
Stock Exchange Limited has not been paid.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
The particulars of employees falling under the purview of Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars
of Employees) Amendment Rules, 2011 are NIL.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO:
The additional information required under the provisions of section
217(l)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988, is not applicable as the Company is engaged in Infrastructure
Development.
1. Conservation of Energy : NA
2. Technology Absorption : NIL
3. Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo : NIL
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Compliance Report, in accordance with the Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreements with Stock Exchanges, on Corporate Governance forms part of
the Annual Report. The Auditors'' Certificate on the compliance of
Corporate Governance Code embodied in Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement is attached hereto and forms part of this Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
Pursuant to clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Management
Discussion and Analysis Report is annexed after the Directors'' Report
and forms a part of this Report.
AUDITORS:
M/s. J. B. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the
Company, retire at the ensuing annual general meeting and they have
confirmed their eligibility pursuant to the provision of the Section
139 of The Companies Act, 2013 and willingness to be re- reappointed.
The Members of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of the
Company recommended to appoint M/s J. B. Shah & Co, Chartered
Accountants as Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the 20th
Annual General Meeting to the conclusion of the 23rd Annual General
Meeting of the Company, subject to ratification of the appointment by
the members at every AGM held after the ensuing AGM.
There are no qualifications or adverse remarks in the Auditors'' Report
which require any clarification/ explanation. The Notes on financial
statements are self explanatory, if any, and needs no further
explanation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and
gratitude for the valuable support and co-operation received from the
Customers and Suppliers, various Financial Institutions, Banks,
Government Authorities, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under
review. Your Directors wish to place on record their deep sense of
appreciation for the devoted services of the Executives, Staff and
Workers of the Company for its success.
On behalf of Board of Directors
For, MARUTI INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Place : Ahmedabad NIMESH D. PATEL
Date: August 14,2014 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 16th Annual Report of
your Company for the year ended on 31st March, 2010.
FINANCIAL RESULTS :
(Amount in Rs.)
2009 - 2010 2008 - 2009
Total Income 1,77,99,291 1,30,69,405
Profit before Depreciation
and Financial Charges 29,59,139 18,05,903
æ Financial Charges 2,21,937 71,591
Depreciation 12,87,956 6,78,680
Profit before taxation 14,49,246 10,55,632
Provision for taxation 3,16,674 3,01,516
Profit after tax 11,32,572 7,54,116
APPROPRIATION
Balance Brought Forward 65,47,585 57,93,469
Balance Carried Forward 76,80,157 65,47,585
OPERATIONS AND CURRENT WORKING
During the year company had won and executed the contract with respect
to construction of Exhibit centre at the Kamala Nehru Zoological
Garden, Kankaria for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. In the affordable
housing and commercial construction segment, Company has developed and
delivered Scheme of Apartments in Town planning scheme of Ahmedabad.
During the year the company has undertaken the development work of
Luxury Apartment scheme in Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad. Further company is
in advanced stage of negotiation of two different developments of
affordable housing projects.
The total income for the Financial Year under review was Rs.
1,77,99,291 as against Rs. 1,30,69,405of the , same for the previous
financial year increased by above 36%. The Net Profit during the
Financial Year was Rs. 11,32,572 as against Rs. 7,54,116 for the
previous Financial Year showing increase of above 50%.
DIVIDEND
In order to conserve the financial resources, the Board of Directors of
the Company do not recommend any dividend for the Financial Year
2009-2010.
DIRECTORS
Mr. Chetan A. Patel and Mr. Nimesh D. Patel, Directors of the Company
retire as Director by rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for
re-appointment.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter
referred to as "the Act"), your Directors confirm that:
(i) in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended on
31st March, 2010, the applicable accounting standards had been followed
by the Company along with proper explanation relating to material
departures, if any ;
(ii) they had selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of Financial Year and of the profit of the
Company for that period ;
(iii) they had taken proper and sufficient care for the 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 fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) they had prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.
FIXED DEPOSIT
The Company has neither accepted nor invited any deposit from public,
within the meaning of section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956
and the Rules made there under.
LISTING
Pursuant to the requirement of the Listing Agreement, the Company
declares that its equity shares are listed on Ahmedabad Stock Exchange
Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited. The Company has already paid
the Listing Fees to the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.
The Company has already applied for delisting of its securities from
Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Limited (being the regional stock exchange) on
20th October, 2004. The same is still pending with the exchange and the
Company has not received any communication from the said exchange till
date. Hence the listing fees to the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange Limited
has not been paid.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
There are no employees falling under the purview of Section 217(2A) of
the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of
Employees ) Rules, 1975.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS & OUTGO
The additional information required under the provisions of Section
217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988, is not applicable as the Company is engaged in infrastructural
development.
1. Conservation of Energy : Nil
2. Technology Absorption : Nil
3. Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo : Nil
AUDITORS
J. B. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the
Company, retires at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible
for re-appointment.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Corporate Governance Report in accordance with the Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges forms part of this Annual
Report. The Auditors certificate on the compliance of Corporate
Governance Code embodied in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement is
attached hereto and forms part of this Report. The Management
Discussion and Analysis Report is also annexed hereto and form part of
this report.
APPRECIATION
Your Directors take note of and record their sincere appreciation for
the valuable co-operation and support received from Customers and
Suppliers, Banks, Government Authorities, Employees, Business
Associates, Auditors and Shareholders during the year under review.
By order of the Board of Directors
Place : Ahmedabad Nimesh D. Patel
Date : 31st July, 2010 Chairman & Managing Director
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