Mar 31, 2024
(a) The Company incurred Rs. 561.53 Lakhs for the year ended 31st March, 2024 (31st March, 2023: Rs. 447.39 Lakhs) towards expenses relating to short-term leases and leases of low-value assets. The total cash outflow for leases is Rs. 935.93 Lakhs for the year ended 31st March, 2024 (31st March, 2023: Rs. 918.77 Lakhs), including cash outflow of short-term leases and leases of low-value assets. Interest on lease liabilities for the year ended 31st March, 2024 is Rs. 91.89 Lakhs (31st March, 2023: Rs. 120.25 Lakhs).
(b) Lease contracts entered by the Company majorly pertains for buildings taken on lease to conduct its business in the ordinary course and also taken nodes on lease for customer service.
(c) The weighted average incremental borrowing rate applied to lease liabilities is 8%
(d) The Company does not face a significant liquidity risk with regard to its lease liabilities as the current assets are sufficient to meet the obligations related to lease liabilities as and when they fall due.
* QTL has filed a petition before TDSAT towards financials losses suffered by the Company becuase of refusal by DOT to extend the period of GSM Spectrum and License for another 10 years as per UASL License and the matter is still subjudice, so the value of UASL License has not been retired from books post expiry of the same as on 29-Sep-2017.
The Company has only one class of equity shares having par value of Re. 1 per share. Each holder of equity shares is entitled to cast one vote per share.
(i) 83,070,088 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each (now Re. 1/- each) were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'') Scheme. Out of these, 63,373,110 equity shares were issued by the Company to Industrial Development Bank of India (''IDBI''), at par and the balance of 12,171,778 and 7,525,200 equity shares to Oriental Bank of Commerce (''OBC'') and Kotak Mahindra Bank (formerly ING Vysya Bank Limited (''ING'')), respectively, at a premium of Re. 0.50 per equity share as per provisions of applicable law.
(ii) 86,743,116 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each (now Re. 1/- each) were issued on July 08, 2009, consequent to the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell.
Company is having Authorised Capital for the Preference Share of Rs. 30,000.00 Lakhs in current and previous financial year out of which Rs. 22,484.54 Lakhs of fully paid up 2% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares had been issued/subscribed (refer note no. 24).
* Non Convertible Debentures (NCD) is secured by first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and other movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and future.
** On October 16, 2004, the Company had issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non-Convertible Debentures (''NCDs'') of Rs. 100 each in lieu of interest accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The ''NCD''s earlier redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, then at par on March 31, 2016, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2024 after repayment of the term loans as per CDR Schemes. (Also refer note no. 43 (a))
(i) "6,500,000, 7.5 percent CRPS were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the CDR Scheme, where under the specified part of the
amount due to CRPS Holder by the Company was converted into 7.5 percent CRPS redeemable after the repayment of Rupee Term Loan (in Financial Year 2016-17). As per the CDR Scheme, prior approval of the lenders would be required to declare dividend on 7.5 percent CRPS and all the voting rights attached to the CRPS to be assigned in favour of the term lenders. On June 24, 2005 as per revised CDR Scheme, the dividend percentage was reduced to 2 percent from 7.5 percent with effect from date of issuance of CRPS. The CDR dated August 13, 2009 does not stipulate any reference to aforesaid CRPS. Accordingly the CRPS shall be redeemable after the full settlement of dues to term lenders i.e. in Financial Year 2024-25 as against earlier stipulated repayment in Financial Year 201617. (with reference to CDR dated June 24,2005).
The Shareholder of aforesaid CRPS, Shree Dhoot Trading and Agencies Limited was Amalgamated with Electroparts (India) Private Limited w.e.f. July 19, 2017 vide order of The National Company Law Tribunal.
(ii) 15,984,543, 2% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- fully paid up, aggregating up to Rs. 1,598,454,300 were allotted on November 9, 2010 to the Banks and Financial Institution, namely, IDBI Bank Limited, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Kotak Mahindra Bank (formerly ING Vysya Bank) and State Bank of India (formerly State Bank of Patiala) in terms of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Package (CDR Package) approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (CDR Cell) vide their letter dated August 13, 2009, in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans; the CRPSs shall be redeemed (yearly) over a period of four years commencing from March 31, 2021 at a premium of 34% p.a. The entire amount of 2% CRPS amounting to Rs. 15,984.54 Lakh has been classified as current liability which will be due for payment by March 31, 2025.
The estimates and judgements used in the preparation of the said financial statements are continuously evaluated by the Company, and are based on historical experience and various other assumptions and factors (including expectations of future events), that the Company believes to be reasonable under the existing circumstances. The said estimates and judgements are based on the facts and events, that existed as at the reporting date, or that occurred after that date but provide additional evidence about conditions existing as at the reporting date.
Although the Company regularly assesses these estimates, actual results could differ materially from these estimates - even if the assumptions under-lying such estimates were reasonable when made, if these results differ from historical experience or other assumptions do not turn out to be substantially accurate. The changes in estimates are recognised in the financial statements in the period in which they become known.
b) Defined Benefit Plan
The employees'' gratuity fund scheme is partially managed by Life Insurance Corporation of India and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited which is a defined benefit plan. The present value of obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation using the Projected Unit Credit Method, which recognises each period of service as giving rise to additional unit of employee benefit entitlement and measures each unit separately to build up the final obligation and the obligation for leave encashment is recognised in the same manner as gratuity.
a During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs. 1,676.14 Lakh towards Inter-connect Usage Charges (''IUC'') and Access Deficit Charges (''ADC'') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31, 2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs. 993.47 Lakh on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006. These charges are on account of unilateral declaration of the Company''s Fixed Wireless Terminals (FWT) and Fixed Wireless Phone (FWPs) services as Limited Mobility (LM) Services by BSNL. The Company has submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the calculation/basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC by BSNL for Rs. 1,676.14 Lakh. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs. 2082.37 Lakh (including Rs. 1,676.14 Lakh). The Company has submitted details to BSNL for payments already made for Rs. 406.22 Lakh. The Company
has approached Hon''ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was granted on Company''s petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection notice on September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised a supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs. 52.07 Lakh, to which the Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that the matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon''ble TDSAT, no coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the matter has been completed and the Hon''ble TDSAT has pronounced the judgment on May 21, 2010 in Company''s favour and has directed that BSNL and the Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile the differences. BSNL went for appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court vide CA No-7435 of 2010. The matter is yet to be listed in SC for hearing. In the absence of information from BSNL, the Company is not in a position to determine the liability with respect to this matter. The Company, based on expert legal opinion, believes that there would be no financial liability against such bills total amounting to Rs. 2,721.68 Lakh and accordingly, has not recorded any liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills during the period ended March 31, 2024, however the same is considered as contingent liability.
b The Company was in receipt of a demand of Rs. 4,331.58 Lakh from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') on December 20, 2008 on account of unilateral revision of Access Deficit Charges (ADC) vide its letter dated April 28, 2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of the Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company, Association of Unified Service Providers of India ''AUSPI'' (erstwhile Association of Basic Telephone Operators ''ABTO'') and other Basic Service Operators contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges before Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (''TDSAT''). TDSAT vide its reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005 allowed the refund claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates of access charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (''TRAI'') is the final authority for fixing of access charges and access charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as per the Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was granted on October 19, 2006 Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral action on the part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing the status-quo, applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other Operators in the Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005 that was listed for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon''ble Supreme Court passed an order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006 and stayed the refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the TDSAT order dated April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising the access charges demand. The BSNL went for appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C.A No 5834-5836 of 2005 BSNL Vs ABTO & Others. The matter was Tagged with CA-5253 of 2010 to decide the preliminary objection raised by TRAI on the TDSAT"s jurisdiction. Next date of hearing is awaited. The Company based on the legal opinion believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand of Rs. 4,331.58 Lakh and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges during the period ended March 31, 2024, however the same is considered as contingent liability.
c The Company was in receipt of demand of Rs. 70.00 Lakh from Department of Telecommunications (''DoT''), Licensing Group (Access Services) vide their letter dated October 21, 2009 for issuance of SIM cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, where in the Licensee was required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DoT - TERM Cell and the exercise was carried out suo moto and in complete disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT. Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done by the DoT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand of Rs. 70.00 Lakh and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards penalty during the period ended March 31, 2024, however the same is considered as contingent liability.
d As per The Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations 2003, intra circle carriage charges payable per minute for all intra circle calls irrespective of the distance between originating and terminating points. However, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') was charging additional amounts based on distance for the period October 2007 to March 2009 which was against the Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations 2003 of TRAI. The matter was raised to Hon''ble TDSAT by service providers to which Hon''ble TDSAT vide it''s order dated May 21, 2010 upheld the demand of BSNL. The liability of the Company on the basis of BSNL demand is amounting to Rs. 41.11 Lakh. Subsequently TRAI appealed against the order of TDSAT in the Hon''ble Supreme Court vide CA No 271-281 of 2011. The matter is sub-judice and the final decision of the Hon''ble Supreme Court in the matter is still awaited. However the Company has considered the demand of Rs. 41.11 Lakh as contingent liability as at March 31, 2024
e The DoT (Term Cell) Punjab has issued another Show Cause Notice to the Company making a demand for Rs. 3,235.00 Lakh DOT vide letter number 8-8/EMR-QTL/TERM-PB/2013/15C dated December 30,2013, wherein the TERM Cell, Punjab has imposed a penalty for alleged non-compliance for Emission Magnetic Frequency ("EMF'') radiation norms (share site) with respect to 647 Base Transreceiver Stations (''BTS'') as per list attached with said letter, in terms of the Unified Access Services (''UAS'') License granted to the company. The Company has since submitted its response to the TERM Cell vide letter dated January 8, 2014, in reply to above, the Term Cell had issued an amended Show Cause Notice vide letter no. 8-8/EMR-QTL/TERM-PB/2013/24C dated August 7, 2014 superseding its earlier Show Cause Notice and revising the amount of penalty to Rs. 267,000,000 for 534 BTS sites (in place of earlier show cause demanding Rs. 3,235.00 Lakh for 647 BTS sites). The Company filed a case in TDSAT and the matter is listed vide Petition No. 423 of 2014 and pending for hearing but the amount of penalty amounting to Rs. 2,670.00 Lakh has been considered as contingent liability.
f The Company had received a Show Cause Notice/Demand Letter dated 11-08-2015 pertaining to the SAF non-compliance of about 5317 SAFs for the year 2013 with CAF Penalty of Rs. 1,846.25 Lakh. We have got examined all the SAFs pointed out by DoT-TERM Cell and the number of non-compliant SAFs reduced to 4564. In the meantime we have represented the case with DDG (TERM) to reexamine all the referred cases. The non-compliances had been occurred due to one of the distributor in Punjab who manipulated the large numbers of ID which were beyond the control of operators. In the present case, all the SAFs of one of the distributors of all the operators in Punjab are non-complied due to the ID problem. The matter is being re-examined by TERM and other departments to assess as how to protect the TSPs interest in case of such non-compliance is done by the Distributors. Industry is working on it by taking appropriate checking mechanisms in place to avoid such non-compliance happening henceforth in any manner. Also, industry is
taking appropriate legal action against the defaulting distributors without affecting the normal business of the Company. DOT-Term Cell reduced the CAF penalty to Rs. 1,542.25 Lakh for 3956 no. of CAFs in default. So the Company has filed petition in TDSAT vide petition No.13 of 2016 which is pending for final arguments and the Company has considered the same as contingent liability.
g The Company was in receipt demand for Rs. 1,400.00 Lakh vide Show Cause Notice dated September12, 2016 from Department of Telecommunications (''DoT'') for non fulfilment of First and Second phase roll-out obligations of Unified Access Service License (''UASL'') (CDMA) Agreement for Punjab Service Area, wherein, the licensee, as per the terms of the license agreement was required to ensure that at least 10% of the District Headquarter / Towns are covered in the first year and 50% of the District Headquarter will be covered with in the three years of effective dated of License. The date of migration to UASL which commences from the date of Test Certificate issued by Telecom Engineering Centre (''TEC'') as stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice issued, the Company has violated the conditions of UASL and accordingly Liquidated Damages of Rs. 1,400.00 Lakh has been imposed. Company submitted its reply vide letter No. QTL/Reg/DoT/F-11/1611/124 dated November 24, 2016 for personal hearing which has been done on 30.06.2019 at DoT HQ and time has been given by DoT to submit brief submission along with documentary proof. The Company has submitted brief details along with documentary proof to DoT & 2nd personal hearing has been done on 05.11.2019 at DoT HQ and now it is pending at DoT end for finalization. Petition has been filed by QTL challenging the Demand Notice bearing no. 1-5/2016-AS-IV dated 24.06.2020 ("Notice") issued by Department of Telecommunications ("DoT") vide which Company has been directed to pay INR 700.00 Lakh towards imposition of Liquidated Damages ("LD") for default in compliance of 1st Phase Roll-out obligations in respect of Basic Service License agreement CDMA. Company has filed Telecom Petition No. 37 of 2020 before Hon''ble TDSAT against impugned demand dated 24.06.2020 imposing Liquidated Damages of INR 700.00 Lakh. The petition was listed before Hon''ble TDSAT for hearing on 13.07.2020 and interim stay was granted against the impugned demand. The matter is in due course. Interim Order shall continue till the next date of hearing The Company believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand of Rs. 700.00 Lakh and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March 31, 2024 but the same has been considered as contingent liability.
h The Company was in receipt of demand notice for Rs. 700.00 Lakh by Show Cause Notice dated 13th June, 2016 from Department of Telecommunication ("DoT") for Levy of Liquidated Damages (LD) on provisional Basis for default in Compliance of first phase as well as second phase of rollout obligation in respect of dual Technology (Second) spectrum (GSM). AS per NTP -99 was amended introducing two new categories of License and UASL 2007. Principle approval to use GSM Technology (Second Technology) in addition to CDMA technology under the existing UASL (S) was granted to the licensee vide letter No.20-100/2007/Spectrum/AS-I/3 dated 18.10.2007. The Company shall meet the roll-out obligation and other stipulation of the UAS license. As the Company had not fulfilled the first phase Roll out obligation. As per directed to show-cause notice within 21 days from the date of issue of this notice liquidated damages amounting to total Rs. 700.00 Lakh on provisional basis. Company filed reply letter against show cause notice on legal ground on 31.08.2016 for personal hearing which has been done on 30.06.2019 & 05.11.2019 at DoT HQ. Thereafter DoT vide letter dated 28.04.2020 has issued Demand notice of 7 Crores (Seven Crores), so the Company has filed Petition No. 11 of 2020 before Hon''ble TDSAT against impugned demand letter dated 28.04.2020 and Hon''ble TDSAT vide its order dated 14.05.2020 has grant interim stay against the impugned demand letter dated 28-4-2020 and Matter connected with other matter and last listed on 20-August-2020 Next date awaited for arguments, connected matter was listed on 24-May-2022, pleadings and evidences are complete in the matter and the same will be listed before the Hon''ble Bench for hearing in due course. The Company believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand of Rs. 700.00 Lakh and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March 31, 2024 but the same has been considered as contingent liability.
i The company had received a demand of Rs. 759.88 Lakh from a Department of Telecommunications (DOT) vide letter no. 17-41/2018/ LFA/Quadrant dated 31.03.2021 on account of Access Service License Fee dues for F.Y. 2017-18, thereafter, a revised demand notice no. 17- 41/2018/LFA-Quadrant dated 04.07.2023 for Rs 634.78 lakh was received, subsequently the demand notice was revised again vide no. 17- 41/2018/LFA-Quadrant dated 08.01.2024 for Rs 482.19 lakh. The company had received a demand of Rs. 434.14 Lakh from a Department of Telecommunications (DOT) vide letter no. 17-9/2020/LFA/QTL dated 06.01.2022 on account of Access Service License Fee dues for F.Y. 2018-19, thereafter, a revised demand notice no. 17- 9/2020/LFA-QTL dated 10.07.2023 for Rs 352.31 Lakh was received.DoT had offered moratorium for the FY 2017-18 & FY 2018-19, the period which was not covered under the Judgment of hon''ble Supreme Court. The demand raised as per the moratorium offer letter dated 15.06.2022 for the FY 2017-18 was Rs 642 Lakh and for FY 2018-19 Rs 244 Lakh. QTL has accepted moratorium offer vide letter dated 22.06.2022 and the same has been consideration by DOT. Though, DoT has revised its demand for FY 2017-18 from Rs 642 lakh to Rs 482.19 lakh, revised moratorium demand is yet not received. QTL has already provided for license fee amounting to Rs. 267.24 lakh for FY 2017-18 and Rs 231.12 lakh for FY 2018-19 in the books of accounts . So the Company has considered differential demand of Rs. 336.17 Lakh as contingent liability.
j The Company has received a demand of Rs. 5,276.27 Lakh vide letter dated 04-April''2018 and miscellaneous application no. 175 of 2019 from IDEA Cellular Limited (ICL) on account of International SMS Termination Charges for the period from Nov-17 to Feb-18. ICL has billed the Domestic SMS Traffic again to the Company in the pretext of International SMS Traffic, by citing reference to a paragraph of Interim Order of TDSAT vide dated October 13, 2017 towards petition No. 99 of 2017, which is reproduced as " if any International SMS Traffic is terminated from the Company to ICL Network in terms of A2P & P2P based on CLI / GTs or as well as on content, such SMS Traffic shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 5/- per SMS, the CDR reports furnished by ICL shall be considered final & conclusive". Whereas, the Company terminates only Domestic SMS Traffic at the network of ICL. The Company has replied suitably to the above demand letter of ICL vide its letter dated 06.04.2018 and also to the miscellaneous application filed by ICL before TDSAT, but the matter is not yet concluded and it is pending for hearing and the matter is in due course for final arguments. However, the Company is confident that no liability would accrue in future with respect to demand of Rs. 5,276.27 Lakh, however the same is considered as contingent liability .
k The Company (QTL) and Indus Towers Ltd (Indus) had entered into an arrangement/ agreement for Passive Telecom Infrastructure Services, wherein Indus was required to provide Passive Telecom Infrastructure Services under the said agreement. Dispute arisen between the parties, as the Company has closed its GSM operations w. e. f. February 15, 2017.Therefore, Indus has filed a Petition under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act") seeking security i.e. Total Claim Amount of Rs. 6,970.33 Lakh bifurcated into Exit Penalty of Rs. 4885.84 Lakh and disputed Invoices of Rs. 2084.49 Lakh. Consequently, Delhi High Court passed an order on the captioned petition and the applications will be placed before the learned Arbitrator and the learned Arbitrator will treat the petition as an application under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Thereafter, arbitration award was passed against QTL on dated 19-Jul-2019 amounting to Rs. 1,309.51 Lakh along with interest rate @ 15.40% p.a. w.e.f. 08-Mar-17 till realisation as well as arbitration cost of Rs. 37.50 Lakh. Indus has filed a section 34 petition against the arbitration award and QTL has also filed Section 34 petition against the arbitration award and same is listed on 19 May 2023 for Arguments at Delhi High Court. Further, Indus has filed Section 36 petition for the enforcement of arbitration award at Delhi High Court, the matter is now listed on 26.07.2024 for arguments. So the Company has considered contingent liability to the tune of Rs. 1,347.01 Lakh.
l The Company (QTL) and ATC Telecom Infrastructure Ltd (formerly VIOM) had entered into an arrangement/ agreement for Passive Telecom Infrastructure Services, wherein ATC was required to provide Passive Telecom Infrastructure Services under the said agreement. Dispute arisen between both the parties, as the Company has closed its GSM operations w.e.f. February 15, 2017.Therefore, ATC has filed a case under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act") at Delhi High Court on May 11, 2017 for a total claim of Rs. 8,787.00 Lakh bifurcated into Exit Penalty of Rs. 6,683.00 Lakh and disputed Invoices of Rs. 2,100.00 Lakh. It is pertinent to mention herein that as per Clause No 2.4 of supplementary Agreement dated September 12, 2013, if the Company does not pay the dues, Videocon Telecommunications Limited (VTL) has to pay the same on behalf of the Company. Consequently, Delhi High Court has passed an order directing VTL not to withdraw the sum to the extent of Rs. 1757.00 Lakh from the Escrow Account. The matter has been disposed off on 07-Mar''2018 and arbitration award for Rs. 10,463.40 Lakh has been passed against QTL on dated 25-May-2019. QTL has filed Section 34 petition against the arbitration award, next date of hearing is 22-Nov-22 for arguments. Additionally ATC has also filed Section 36 petition for the enforcement of award at Delhi High Court and matter was listed on 12-April-2021 for arguments, but ATC filed withdrawal application to withdraw the petition under Section 36 and as per court order dated 26-Feb-2021 the petition under section 36 is dismissed and the hearing scheduled on 12-April-2021 stands cancelled. Additionally ATC has filed Section 36 petition for the enforcement of arbitration award at Mohali Court (Punjab) and the matter is listed on 04.07.2024. However the arbitration award amounting to Rs. 10,463.40 Lakh has been considered as contingent liability.
m TCL vs QTL petition no. 95 of 2017 was filed on 20.09.2017 in Hon''ble TDSAT in respect of downgrade of bandwidth service charges amounting to Rs. 229.00 Lakh. The next hearing of case was held on 22.05.2018 and after that the PO No. 6700000006 dated 08.07.2016 was issued to paramount for the conditions superseding the terms of the customer order form (COF), there by the terms and conditions of said PO shall prevail, the 12 month contract was applicable only from the date of the implementation of bandwidth up to 5000 E1 and an additional bandwidth was enhanced to 7020 E1, but thereafter upon revision of price the same was downgraded by the Company and Terminated to 3020 E1. The PO did not state any contract period for the up-gradation thereafter. So in lieu of the same, the TCL had filed the case before the TDSAT for recovery of outstanding amount claiming to have lock-in-period of another one year till April 2018 as per the agreement executed. Case is listed for hearing before TDSAT in due course and above amount is considered as contingent liability.
n The Company has received Show Cause Notice bearing no. 311-07/ 2019-QoS, dated 01st October 2020 from Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI) towards non-compliance of the provisions of Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference, Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR, 2018) for the month of April, May, June 2020, response for the same is submitted to TRAI vide letter bearing no. QTL/ Reg/TRAI/2010/1366 dated 15th October 2020. After examination, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) vide it letter bearing number 311-08/2019-QoS, dated 23rd November 2020 imposed Financial Disincentive to QTL an amount of INR 141.70 Lakh towards non-compliance of the provisions of Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference, Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR, 2018) for the month of April, May, June 2020. The Company vides it letter bearing number QTL/Reg/TRAI/ 2012/1409 dated 14th December 2020 submit its representation to TRAI on the same. TRAI further raised demand notices for Q2 2020-21 for Rs 150 Lakh, for Q3 2020-21 for Rs 150 Lakh, for Q4 2020-21 for Rs 150 Lakh, for Q1 2021-22 for Rs 149 Lakh, for Q2 2021-22 for Rs 111 Lakh and for Q3 2021-22 for Rs 54 Lakh. TRAI vide its letter dated 25th October 2023 asked to pay the demanded amount. The Company along with Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI) submitted representation vide letter bearing number DG/COAI/2022/121 dated 13th April 2022 and COAI discussed the matter with all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and is now approaching Hon''ble TDSAT on behalf of TSPs against the demands raised by TRAI, so the Company has considered contingent liability to the tune of Rs. 905.60 Lakh. The Company has filed case against demand raised by TRAI in High Court - New Delhi on 08-May''2024.
o The Hon''ble TDSAT on dated 18.10.2019 has allowed the Petition No.169 of 2014 and has set aside the DoT''s decision to include revenue from pure internet services in the AGR for levy of license fee on the ISPs under Unified License. TDSAT has also directed to refund the UL (ISP) the payment received by DoT towards License Fee on Pure Internet Services. DoT has challenged the TDSAT judgment dated 18.10.2019 vide Civil Appeal No. 14382/2020 before Hon''ble Supreme Court of India. The Hon''ble Supreme Court of India has admitted the Appeal and had passed the following order vide dated 05.01.2021. (i) The Appellant shall not be required to refund any amounts in pursuance of the impugned order of the TDSAT dated 18.10.2019, (ii) The Respondents shall, in the event of the Appeal succeeds, be subject to final directions as may be passed by the Court in its judgment. According to DoT demand notes, total license fees liability from FY 2014-15 to FY 2022-23 is Rs. 25,437 Lakh (which includes interest & penalty), payable if the Supreme Court rules in favour of DoT and same has been considered as contingent liability.
p The Company''s pending litigations comprise of claims against the Company and proceedings pending with Tax Authorities / Statutory Authorities. The Company has reviewed all its pending litigations and proceedings and has made adequate provisions, wherever required and disclosed the contingent liabilities, wherever applicable, in its financial statements.
q The Company periodically reviews all its long-term contracts to assess for any material foreseeable losses. Based on such review wherever applicable, the Company has made adequate provisions for these long-term contracts in the books of account as required under any applicable law/accounting standard.
r As at March 31, 2024 the Company did not have any outstanding for long-term derivative contracts.
39 During the year 2021-22, IDBI Bank the lead Bank of the consortium of the Lenders enforce its security interest in respect of Secured non-core assets comprising assets held for sales related to obsolete GSM equipment lying at Bharuch and 1 flat in Surat & 2 flats in Mumbai having total net book value of Rs. 342.14 Lakh as at March 31, 2022 and IDBI Bank has been taken the possession of above mentioned non-core properties located at Mumbai on dated 24-March''2022 and property at Surat and Obsolete GSM equipment lying at Bharuch Warehouse (Gujarat) on dated 12-May''2022. Out of these, IDBI Bank had sold one of the non core property located at Mahim - Mumbai at sale consideration of Rs. 516.00 Lakh and in the FY 2023-24, IDBI Bank sold another non core property (Kandiwali Flat in Mumbai) at a sale consideration of Rs. 138.01 Lakh under SARFAESI auction and the sale proceeds of the said property was shared by the IDBI bank along with other consortium Lenders. The said action by the IDBI Bank is not expected to hamper the operations of the Company in any manner.
40 The Company is in process of reconciliation / adjustments, if any, on its balances of some of the trade payable, other liabilities, advances and security deposits pertaining to erstwhile GSM business. The requisite accounting effect, if any, will be given upon such reconciliation. However the management is in process of reconciliation / adjustments, if any, on its balances of some of the trade payable, other liabilities, advances and security deposits pertaining to erstwhile GSM business. The requisite accounting effect, if any, will be given upon such reconciliation. The management however doesn''t expect any material variances.
41 The Company has incurred a net loss of Rs. 11,396.77 Lakhs during the year and the accumulated losses as at March 31, 2024 amounted to Rs. 2,56,687.68 Lakhs, resulting in, the erosion of its net worth, its current liabilities material exceeds current assets, and all the NCD issued to consortium of financial creditors becomes due. Further the financial creditors had filed application before NCLT Mumbai under Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 on 2nd April 2024, these event and conditions indicate material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. However, the accounts of the Company have been prepared on a going concern for the factors stated in the aforesaid note. However, auditor is claiming in their audit report that they have not obtained sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding management''s use of the going concern assumption in the preparation of the financial statements of the company and with the events and conditions more explained in the Note no. 5 of the statement does not adequately support the use of going concern assumption in preparation of the financial statements of the Company. However the management is confident of generating cash flows from continue business operations through increasing subscriber'' base and ARPU as well as through restructuring of bank loans along with the support of other stakeholders and the application filed under Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 is under scrutiny not admitted. In view of the above, the accounts of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis.
a As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders had signed Master Restructuring Agreement (''MRA'') for restructuring of their Debts and Security Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders had entered into an agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11, 2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated at Mahim & Kandivali (East) at Mumbai, and properties situated at Mohali & Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and other movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and future. Further, the same are also secured by assignment of all rights, title, benefits, claims and interest in, under the project documents, insurance policies, all statutory, government and regulatory approvals, permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently, pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved under CDR mechanism on June 24, 2005, the Company had entered into amendatory Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security Trusteeship Agreement (''STA'') on March 9, 2006, whereby HDFC Bank Limited (formerly Centurion Bank of Punjab) had also joined as one of the lenders and has agreed to appoint ITSL as their custodian for security and signed the STA in line with other lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (''CDR'') vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No. 138 / 2009-10 (''CDR Letter'') dated May 20, 2009 had approved the interim revised restructuring package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan (''FITL'') would not carry any interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly instalments commencing from December 1, 2009, and has rescheduled the principle instalments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'') cell vide their letter no. CDR (JCP) No. 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 had approved a new restructuring scheme, which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term lenders had given their acceptance to the new restructuring scheme. The new restructuring scheme was made effective from April 1, 2009 and accordingly an amount of Rs. 3,730.97 Lakh towards FITL from July 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 has been considered as term loan.
In pursuant to the new restructuring scheme vide letter no. CDR (JCP) No 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009, The Company had allotted 15,984,543, 2 % Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- each aggregating to Rs. 15,984.54 Lakh on November 9, 2010 to Financial Institution / Banks in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August 13, 2009 the Company had repaid on July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an amount of Rs. 15,984.54 Lakh being 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August 13, 2009, the Company had allotted 31,969,088 Redeemable Secured Non-Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') of Rs. 100 each aggregating to Rs. 31,969.09 Lakh on January 21, 2013 to Financial Institution/ Banks in conversion of 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
In terms of CDR Package dated August 13, 2009 stipulating the reduction of paid up capital and pursuant to the Order of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court dated July 4, 2014 under Section 100 to 105 of Companies Act, 1956, which was duly registered by the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai on Sept 3, 2014, the paid-up value of the 61,22,60,268 equity shares stood reduced from Rs. 10/- per share to Re. 1/ - per share w.e.f. Sept 3, 2014; Consequently, paid up equity share capital also stood reduced from Rs. 61,226 Lakh to Rs. 6,122 Lakh and the Accumulated Losses were written-off to the extent of Rs. 55,103 Lakh on Sept 3, 2014. The trading of Equity Shares with reduced face value of Re. 1/- per share has commenced on December 29, 2014 at BSE Ltd.
b The above-mentioned security has been further extended to the amount of secured loans and working capital assistance, together with the interest, compound interest, additional interest, default interest, costs, charges, expenses and any other amount payable by the Company in relation thereto and in terms with MRA and STA entered into between the lenders and ITSL. The Company has complied with all the terms and conditions of Corporate Debt Restructuring Scheme as approved by the CDR Cell letter dated August 13, 2009.
43 Unsecured Loans
a On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 Zero Percent Non-Convertible Debentures (''NCDs'') of Rs. 100/- each in lieu of interest accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The ''NCD''s earlier redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, then at par on March 31, 2016, and now redeemable at par on March 31, 2024 after repayment of the term loans as per CDR Schemes.
b The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of businesses amounting to Rs. 4,995 Lakh from Infotel Digicomm Private Limited (''IDPL''). The convertible loan was repayable on demand with an option to convert the Loan into Equity Shares, subject to getting necessary approvals and subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm Private Limited (''IDPL'') had entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IDPL had assigned the above convertible loan of Rs. 4,995 Lakh to DEIPL. The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had taken buyer''s credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom project amounting to Rs. 4,107 Lakh from Infotel Business Solutions Limited (''IBSL''). IBSL had the option to convert the loan including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 IBSL had entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IBSL had assigned the above buyer''s credit facility of Rs. 4,107 Lakh to DEIPL. On May, 2018 Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL'') had entered into an Novation agreement with Hyundai Electronics India Limited (''HEIL''), wherein DEIPL had assigned the above both convertible loan amounting to Rs. 9,102 Lakh to HEIL. On November 1, 2019 Hyundai Electronics India Limited (''HEIL'') had entered into an Novation agreement (effective from 01.04.2020) with Electroparts (India) Private Limited (''EIPL''), wherein HEIL had assigned the above convertible loan of Rs. 9,102 Lakh to EIPL. Again on June 1, 2020 Electroparts (India) Private Limited (''EIPL'') had entered into an Novation agreement with Videocon Infinity Infrastructure Private limited (''VIIPL'') wherein EIPL had assigned the above convertible loan of Rs. 9,102 Lakh to VIIPL. All the terms and conditions relating to the convertible loan remained the same. VIIPL have agreed to waive off interest amounting to Rs. 546.12 Lakh from 01-Apr''23 to 31-March''24. Therefore no provision for such interest has been provided in the books of accounts. Consequent to the addendum to the Novation agreement, the convertible loan from VIIPL is now repayable after 14 years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009. However the management is in process to take the extension for another three years.
c The Company had taken an unsecured loan from Dombell Electronics India Private Limited on July 01, 2010 of Rs. 15,985 Lakh at the interest rate of 8% per annum, the interest accrues at the end of each quarter. On May, 2018 Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL'') had entered into an Novation agreement with Akai Consumer Electronics India Limited (ACEIL), wherein DEIPL had assigned the above unsecured loan to ACEIL. The lender has agreed to waive off the interest from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 amounting to Rs 1,278.80 Lakh. Therefore no provision for such interest has been provided in the books of account. The aforesaid unsecured loan is repayable on demand after 18 years from the commencement of the unsecured loan from the date of assignment agreement dated December 01, 2010 i.e. November 30, 2028.
d During the FY 2016-17, the Company has issued 1,20,00,000 Unsecured Zero Coupon Compulsory Convertible Debentures of face value of Rs. 1,000/- each convertible into 12,00,00,000 2% Non-Cumulative, Non-Convertible, Redeemable Preference Shares of face value of Rs. 100/- each against advance of Rs. 121,939.75 Lakh received from M/s Videocon Telecommunications Limited to fund the entry fee for using GSM Technology and to support business operations for Punjab Service Area on the following terms and conditions:
⢠Zero Coupon CCDs shall be converted into 2% NCRPS at par, after settlement of entire obligations under CDR. Since the entire obligations under CDR is to be settled/cleared by the year 2024 as per CDR letter dated August 13, 2009, accordingly, the conversion of Zero Coupon CCDs into 2% NCRPS shall not happen before the Settlement Date (hereinafter referred as "Settlement Date") i.e. April 1, 2025.
⢠2% NCRPS shall be redeemed in 5 yearly equal instalments payable on 31st March of each year, at par, as mutually agreed between
parties and as approved by the Board and, subject to necessary approvals as may be required in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 of the Act, out of profits available or out of proceeds of fresh issue of shares made for the purpose of redemption or combination of both.
e During the year 2017-18, the Company has issued 8,60,000 Unsecured Zero Coupon Compulsory Convertible Debentures of face value of Rs. 1,000/- each convertible into 86,00,000 2% Non-Cumulative, Non-Convertible, Redeemable Preference Shares of face value of Rs. 100/ - each against outstanding balance of M/s Videocon Telecommunications Limited on the following terms and conditions:^ Zero Coupon CCDs shall be converted into 2% NCRPS at par, after settlement of entire obligations under CDR. Since the entire obligations under CDR is to be settled/cleared by the year 2024 as per CDR letter dated August 13, 2009, accordingly, the conversion of Zero Coupon CCDs into 2% NCRPS shall not happen before the Settlement Date (hereinafter referred as "Settlement Date") i.e. April 1, 2025. ⢠2% NCRPS shall be redeemed in 5 yearly equal instalments payable on 31st March of each year, at par, as mutually agreed between parties and as approved by the Board and, subject to necessary approvals as may be required in accordance with the provisions of Section 55 of the Act, out of profits available or out of proceeds of fresh issue of shares made for the purpose of redemption or combination of both.
The Company''s principal financial liabilities, other than derivatives, comprise loans and borrowings, trade and other payables. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Company''s operations and to provide guarantees to support its operations. The Company''s principal financial assets include loans, trade and other receivables, and cash and cash equivalents that derive directly from its operations.
The Company''s business activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, namely liquidity risk, market risk and credit risk. The Company''s senior management has the overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company''s risk management framework. The Company''s risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Company, to set appropriate risk limits and controls and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company''s activities.
Management of Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will face in meeting its obligations associated with its financial liabilities. The Company''s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure that it will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities when due without incurring unacceptable losses. In doing this, management considers both normal and stressed conditions.The following table shows the maturity analysis of the Company''s financial liabilities based on contractually agreed undiscounted cash flows as at the Balance Sheet date.
Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: interest rate risk, currency risk and other price risk, such as equity price risk. Financial instruments affected by market risk include loans and borrowings, deposits, FVTOCI investments.
Credit risk is the risk that counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables) and from its financing activities, including deposits with banks and financial institutions and other financial instruments.
Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the Company established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual credit limits which are defined in accordance with this assessment. Outstanding customer receivables are regularly monitored. As at 31st March 2024, the Company had top10 customers (As at 31st March 2023: top 10 customers) that owed the Company more than INR 5.51 Cr (As at 31st March 2023: 5.93 Cr ) and accounted for approximately 24.67 % (As at 31st March 2023: 24.61 % ) of all the receivables outstanding.An impairment analysis is performed at each reporting date on an individual basis for major clients. In addition, a large number of minor receivables are grouped into homogenous groups and assessed for impairment collectively. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of financial assets disclosed in Note 10. The Company does not hold collateral as security. The Company evaluates the concentration of risk with respect to trade receivables as low, as its customers are located in several jurisdictions and industries and operate in largely independent markets.
Financial Instruments and Cash Deposits
Credit risk from balances with banks and financial institutions is managed by the management in accordance with the Company''s policy. Counterparty credit limits are reviewed by the management on an annual basis, and may be updated throughout the year. The limits are set to minimise the concentration of risks and therefore mitigate financial loss through counterparty''s potential failure to make payments.The Company''s maximum exposure to credit risk for the components of the balance sheet at 31st March 2024 and 31st March 2023 is the carrying amounts as illustrated in Note 11.
Capital Management
Capital includes issued equity capital and share premium and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders. The primary objective of the Company''s capital management is to maximize the shareholder value.
Management has assessed that cash & cash equivalents, other balances with banks, loans, trade teceivables, other financial assets, borrowings, lease liabilities, tarde payables and other financial liabilities carried amortised cost approximate their carrying amount lergely due to the short term maturities of these instruments
1. Fair Value Measurement
Fair Value Hierarchy and valuation technique used to determine fair value.
The fair value hierarchy is based on inputs to valuation techniques that are used to measure fair value that are either observable or unobservable and are categorized into Level 1 , Level 2 and Level 3 inputs.
The Company undertakes transactions denominated in foreign currencies; consequently, exposures to exchange rate fluctuations will arise. The Company has not taken any forward contract to hedge its foreign exchange fluctuation risk.
50 As per master circular on Import of Goods and Services vide ref no. RBI/2015-16/82 Master Circular No.13/2015-16, Dated July 01, 2015 (Amended up to November 27, 2015) remittances against imports should be completed not later than six months from the date of shipment. Non payment against import from nine parties beyond stipulated time amounting to Rs. 51.06 Lakhs as at March 31, 2024 (Rs. 50.78 Lakh as at March 31, 2023).
i) The title deeds of all the immovable properties, (other than immovable properties where the Company is the lessee and the lease agreements are duly executed in favour of the Company) disclosed in the financial statements included in property, plant and equipment and Right of Use Assets are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date
ii) The Company has not revalued its property, plant and equipment (including right-of-use assets) or intangible assets or both during the current or previous year.
iii) There are no investment in properties
iv) The Company does not have any Benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Company for holding any Benami property.
v) The Company has not advanced any loans or advances in the nature of loans to specified persons viz. promoters, directors, KMPs, related parties; which are repayable on demand or where the agreement does not specify any terms or period of repayment.
vi) The Company has not raised fund from issue of securities or borrowings from banks.
vii) The Company has not been declared as a wilful defaulter by any lender who has powers to declare a company as a wilful defaulter at any time during the financial year or after the end of reporting period but before the date when financial statements are approved.
viii) The Company has not been sanctioned working capital limits from banks or financial institutions. However there is non fund bassed limit of Rs. 832 Lakh as on 31-March''2024 from Lender Bank on account of Bank Guuarantees issued on behalf of Company.
xii) The Company has complied with the number of layers prescribed under clause (87) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Restriction on number of Layers) Rules, 2017.
xiii) The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) beyond the statutory period.
xiv) The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
(a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
xv) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
(a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
52 The Company had filed application for Compounding in respect offences under various sections of the Companies Act, 1956 before the Hon''ble Company Law Board.The Company was not able to file the particulars of satisfaction of charge due to non-receipt of NOC for the purpose of satisfaction of charge, hence, the offence was not compounded by the Honb''le Company Law Board Bench in its hearing held on 17th May, 2016 and dismissed the Compounding Application filed by the Company, its present and former Directors for Compounding of Offence under Section 138(1) of the Companies Act, 1956 vide its order dated 18th May, 2016. The Company is in process of obtaining NOC from the respective lender for the satisfaction of charge and will file the compounding application again after the registration of satisfaction of the charge.
53 Segmental Reporting
The Company''s operating segments are established on the basis of those components of the Company that are evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Officer ( the ''Chief Operating Decision Maker'' as defined in Ind AS 108 - ''Operating Segments'') in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
54 In absence of any taxable income, no provision for the current tax has been made. Also, in view of losses and unabsorbed depreciation, considering the grounds of prudence, deferred tax assets is recognized to the extent of deferred tax liabilities and balance deferred tax assets have not been recognized in the books of accounts.
55 Debenture Redemption Reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company had issued unsecured Zero Percent Non-Convertible Debentures (''NCD'') (Erstwhile OFCDs) aggregating to Rs. 1,667.76 Lakh Pursuant to the new restructuring scheme dated August 13th, 2009 the Company had allotted secured Non-Convertible Debentures (''NCD'') for Rs. 319,69.09 Lakh to Financial institution and Banks on January 21, 2013, equivalent to 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01,2009. As per section 71(4) of the Companies Act, 2013, a Debenture Redemption Reserve (''DRR'') is to be created to which adequate amounts are to be credited out of the profits of each year until such debentures are redeemed.During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company has incurred loss of Rs. 11,368.89 Lakh due to which the Company has not created the ''DRR''.
56 The Company has carried out Impairment Test on its Fixed Assets as on March 31, 2024 and the Management is of the opinion that there is no asset for which impairment is required to be made as per IND-AS 36 - "Impairment of Assets".
57 Figures for the previous year has been regrouped/rearranged whenever necessary to confirm current year classification/presentation.
Mar 31, 2016
(a) Of the above
(i) 83,070,088 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'') Scheme.
Out of these, 63,373,110 equity shares of Rs 10 each were issued by the Company to Industrial Development Bank of India (''IDBI''), at par and the balance of 12,171,778 and 7,525,200 equity shares of Rs 10/- each to Oriental Bank of Commerce (''OBC'') and ING Vysya Bank Limited (''ING''), respectively, at a premium of Re 0.50 per equity share as per provisions of applicable law.
(ii) 8,67,43,116 equity shares of Rs.10/- each were issued on July 08, 2009, consequent to the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell.
(b) Of the above
(i) 6,500,000, 7.5 per cent CRPS were allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the CDR Scheme, where under the specified part of the amount due to CRPS Holder by the Company was converted into 7.5 per cent CRPS redeemable after the repayment of Rupee Term Loan (in Financial Year 2016-17). As per the CDR Scheme, prior approval of the lenders would be required to declare dividend on 7.5 per cent CRPS and all the voting rights attached to the CRPS to be assigned in favour of the term lenders. On June 24, 2005 as per revised CDR Scheme, the dividend percentage was reduced to 2 per cent from 7.5 per cent with effect from date of issuance of CRPS. The CDR dated August 13, 2009 does not stipulate any reference to aforesaid CRPS. Accordingly the CRPS shall be redeemable after the full settlement of dues to term lenders i.e. in Financial Year 2024-25 as against earlier stipulated repayment in Financial Year 2016-17. (with reference to CDR dated June 24, 2005).
(ii) 15,984,543, 2% Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- fully paid up, aggregating up to Rs. 1,598,454,300 were allotted on November 9, 2010 to the Banks and Financial Institution, namely, IDBI Bank Limited, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, ING Vysya Bank and State Bank of Patiala in terms of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Package (CDR Package) approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (CDR Cell) vide their letter dated August 13, 2009, in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans; the CRPSs shall be redeemed (yearly) over a period of four years commencing from March 31, 2021 at a premium of 34% p.a.
(iii) Due to accumulated losses incurred by the Company, the provision for dividend on CRPS of Rs. 650,000,000 and Rs.1,598,454,300 and Premium on redemption of CRPS of Rs 1,598,454,300 is not required and hence not provided for in the financials.
(c) In terms of CDR Package dated August 13, 2009 stipulating the reduction of paid up capital and pursuant to the Order of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court dated July 4, 2014 under Section 100 to 105 of Companies Act, 1956, which was duly registered by the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai on Sept 3, 2014, the paid up value of the 61,22,60,268 equity shares stood reduced from Rs. 10/- per share to Rs. 1/- per share w.e.f. Sept 3, 2014; Consequently, paid up equity share capital also stood reduced from Rs. 612.26 Crore to Rs. 61.22 Crore and the Accumulated Losses were written-off to the extent of Rs. 551.03 Crore on Sept 3, 2014. The trading of Equity Shares with reduced face value of Rs.1/- per share has commenced on December 29, 2014 at BSE Ltd.
a. Yield of Interest and Premium on redemption of Secured Non-Convertible Debentures is 8% p.a.
b. Redeemable Secured Non-Convertible Debentures as per CDR is secured by first pari passu charge on movable and immovable fixed assets and first pari passu charge on Current Assets, assignment of license / contracts and fully detailed in Note 32.
1. NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect of:
(a) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02 aggregating to Rs 7,004,687 as Principal amount and Interest amount of Rs. 9,036,046 (March 31, 2015 - Rs 7,004,687 as Principal amount and Interest amount of Rs 8,195,484).
(b) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications has claimed an outstanding of Rs 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter 1020/48/2005-WFD dated October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its reply to the department on October
25, 2005 confirming the total due of Rs 29,472 only and paid the said amount. The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications has subsequently claimed Rs 39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/2005-WFD dated September 13, 2006 towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2006. The Company has submitted a detailed reply on October 31, 2006. During the year ended March 31, 2008, out of the above demand, the Company has deposited Rs 1,801,241 under protest towards the interest due till August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs 70,604,092 towards Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2008 vide letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October 24, 2008. The Company has once again made a written representation vide its letter dated December 8, 2008 and August 12, 2009. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand to Rs 70,528,239 vide Letter No 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated September 6, 2010 to which the Company has made representations vide letter dated September 23,
2010, February 3, 2011 and March 17, 2011. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand to Rs 149,960,749 vide Letter No 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated January 3, 2013 to which the Company has made representations vide letter dated January 18, 2013. The reply of which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion, the Company is confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(c) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs 167,614,241 towards Inter-connect Usage Charges (''IUC'') and Access Deficit Charges (''ADC'') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31, 2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs 99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral declaration of the Company''s Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the calculation/basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC by BSNL for Rs 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs 208,236,569 (including Rs 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL for payments already made for Rs 40,622,328. The Company has approached Hon''ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was granted on Company''s petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection notice on September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised a supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs 5,206,780, to which the Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that the matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon''ble TDSAT, no coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the matter has been completed and the Hon''ble TDSAT has pronounced the judgment on May 21, 2010 in Company''s favour and has directed that BSNL and the Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile the differences. BSNL went for appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court vide CA No-7435 of 2010.The matter is yet to be listed in SC for hearing. In the absence of information from BSNL, the Company is not in a position to determine the liability with respect to this matter. The Company, based on expert legal opinion, believes that there would be no financial liability against such bills and accordingly, has not recorded any liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills during the period ended March 31, 2016.
(d) The Company was in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007 from Department of Telecommunications (''DoT'') for non fulfillment of first year''s roll-out obligations of Unified Access Service License (''UASL'') Agreement for Punjab Service Area, wherein the licensee as per the terms of the license agreement was required to ensure that at least 10% of the District Headquarter / Towns are covered in the first year of the date of migration to UASL which commences from the date of Test Certificate issued by Telecom Engineering Centre (''TEC''). As stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice issued, the Company has violated the conditions of UASL and accordingly Liquidated Damages of Rs 70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also sought explanation within 21 days as to why they should not take action against the Company under the UASL Agreement to which the Company has relied on September 27, 2007 that the Company has not violated the conditions of UASL and based on expert legal advice, the Company believes that there would be no financial liability against such claims of DoT and accordingly, has not recorded any liability towards the Liquidated Damages during period ended March 31, 2016.
(e) The Company was in receipt of a demand of Rs 433,158,340 from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') on December 20, 2008 on account of unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April 28, 2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of the Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company, Association of Unified Service Providers of India ''AUSPI'' (erstwhile Association of Basic Telephone Operators ''ABTO'') and other Basic Service Operators contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges before Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (''TDSAT''). TDSAT vide its reasoned and detailed judgment dated April 27, 2005 allowed the refund claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates of access charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (''TRAI'') is the final authority for fixing of access charges and access charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as per the Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was granted on October 19, 2006. Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral action on the part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing the status-quo, applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other Operators in the Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005 that was listed for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon''ble Supreme Court passed an order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006 and stayed the refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the TDSAT order dated April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising the access charges demand. The BSNL went for appeal in Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C.A No. 5834-5836 of 2005 BSNL Vs ABTO & Others. The matter was Tagged with CA-5253 of 2010 to decide the preliminary objection raised by
TRAI on the TDSAT"s jurisdiction. Next date of hearing is awaited. The Company based on the legal opinion believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges during the period ended March 31, 2016.
(f) The Company was in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from Department of Telecommunications (''DoT''), Licensing Group (Access Services) vide their letter dated October 21, 2009 for issuance of SIM cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, wherein the Licensee was required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DOT - TERM Cells and the exercise was carried out suo-moto and in complete disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT. Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards penalty during the period ended March 31, 2016.
(g) As per The Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations 2003, intra circle carriage charges payable per minute for all intra circle calls irrespective of the distance between originating and terminating points, however, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') was charging additional amounts based on distance for the period October 2007 to March 2009 which was against the telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations 2003 of TRAI. The matter was raised to Hon''ble TDSAT by service providers to which Hon''ble TDSAT vide it''s order dated May 21, 2010 upheld the demand of BSNL. The liability of the Company on basis of BSNL demand amounted to Rs 4,110,959. Subsequently TRAI appealed against the order of TDSAT in the Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C,A No. 271-281 of 2011. The matter is sub-judice and the final decision of the Hon''ble Supreme Court in the matter is still awaited.
(h) The Company was in receipt of a Show Cause Notice amounting to Rs 1,020,00,000 dated May 17, 2013 from Department of Telecommunications (''DOT'') purportedly for the non-compliance with Electro Magnetic Frequency Radiation Norms (''EMF Radiation Norms'') prescribed by DOT. The Company on May 21, 2013 has represented to DOT that the Company is fully compliant with the specified limits of the EMF Radiation Norms and the Company has also submitted the ''Self Certifications'' in respect of all the 204 Base Transceiver Station (''BTS'') set up in the Punjab Telecom Circle as mentioned in the Show Cause Notice well within the stipulated last date of March 31, 2011 as prescribed by DOT. Company filled petition in TDSAT vide petition No. 294 of 2013. The matter tagged with Petition No. 271 of 2013 and the arguments are over in the case and the order is reserved. The Company is confident that no such liability will arise and no further communication is received from DOT with this regard.
(i) The DOT (Term Cell) Punjab has issued another Show Cause Notice to the company making a demand for Rs. 3,23,500,000 DOT vide letter number 8-8/EMR-QTL/TERM-PB/2013/15C dated December 30,2013, wherein the TERM Cell, Punjab has imposed a penalty for alleged non compliance for Emission Magnetic Frequency ("EMF'') radiation norms with respect to 647 Base Tran receiver Stations (''BTSs'') as per list attached with said letter, in terms of the Unified Access Services (''UAS'') License granted to the company. The Company has since submitted its response to the TERM Cell vide letter dated January 8, 2014, in reply to above, the Term Cell had issued an amended Show Cause Notice vide letter no. 8-8/EMR-QTL/TERM-PB/2013/24C dated August 7, 2014 superseding its earlier Show Cause Notice and revising the amount of penalty to Rs. 2,670,00,000 for 534 BTS sites (in place of earlier show cause demanding 32,35,00,000 for 647 BTS sites). We filed a case in TDSAT and the matter is listed vide Petition No. 423 of 2014.
(j) The Company had received a Show Cause Notice/ Demand Letter dated 11-08-2015 pertaining to the SAF Non compliance of about 5317 SAFs for the year 2013 with penalty of Rs. 18,46,25,000/-. We have got examined all the SAFs pointed out by DOT/TERM and the number of non compliant SAFs reduced to 4564. In the meantime we have represented the case with DDG (TERM) to re examine all the referred cases. The non compliance has been occurred due to one of the distributor in Punjab who manipulated the large no. of IDs which were beyond the control of Operators. In the present case all the SAFs of one of the distributors of all the operators in Punjab are non complied due to the Id problem. The matter is being re-examined by TERM and other departments to assess as how to protect the TSPs interest in case of such non compliance is done by the Distributors. Industry is working on it by taking appropriate checking mechanisms in place to avoid such non compliance happening henceforth in any manner. Also industry is taking appropriate legal action against the defaulting distributors without affecting the normal business of the companies. DOT Term reduced the penalty CAF to Rs.154,225,000 for 3956 no of CAFs in default. So QTL has filed petition in TDSAT vide petition No.13 of 2016. The case was adjourned till 25-May''2016.
(k) BSNL has raised demand for Infra charges levied and Point of Interconnection (POI) augmentation. QTL had filled petition vide petition No. 503 of 2014. The matter was admitted and stay was granted and POI augmentation was allowed. Further there was two weeks time given to BSNL and BSNL revised Demand note for Rs. 1,600,000 for infra charges from 2009 onwards. But it was not paid and challenged in TDSAT. Further date is awaited and the Company is confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(l) BSNL had raised demand of Rs. 269,000,000 on the Company under Clause 6.4.6 of the Interconnect Agreement in connection with the FWT Services being provided by the Company. The Company had challenged the demand through Petition No. 232 of 2006. The TDSAT vide order dated 21-05-2010 had set aside the demand raised by BSNL. BSNL therefore filed an Appeal the Hon''ble Supreme Court.
(m) The Company was in receipt of a Show Cause Notice for assessment of Spectrum Charges from Department of Telecommunications (''DOT'') purportedly for disallowance of deductions claimed in audited AGR for the year 2007-08 amounting to Rs 45,485,603 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/HFCL/2007-08/782 dated January 15, 2015, for the year 2008-09 amounting to Rs 30,214,809 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/ HFCL/2007-08/782 dated January 5, 2015, for the year 2012-13 amounting to Rs 3,028,932 vide letter no. 17-8/2014/LFA-Quadrant dated April 20, 2015 and for the year 2013-14 amounting to Rs. 16,823,603 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/Quadrant/2013-14/2217 dated April 04, 2016. The Company had made a written representations for the year 2007-08 and 2008-09 vide its letter no CCA/PB/Verification/HFCL/2008-09/2053 dated February 19, 2016, for the year 2013-14 vide its letter no QTL/DOT/LF/F29/2846 dated May 26, 2015 and for the year 2013-14 vide its letter no. QTL/CCA-PB/Verification/2013-14/2 dated April 18, 2016. The company was also in receipt of demand of Spectrum Charges of the year 2012-13 in respect of CDMA service amounting to Rs. 6,279,256 vide letter no. Spec/2013-14/538 and GSM Service amounting to Rs. 229,12,294 vide letter no. Spec/2013-14/540 dated July 25, 2014 on account of MWA spectrum charges, for the year 2013-14 in respect of GSM Service amounting to Rs. 14,677,526 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/ Quadrant/ Assessment/Spec/2013-14/2024 dated February 03, 2016 and CDMA service amounting to Rs. 66,463 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/Quadrant/ Assessment/Spec/2013-14/2028 dated February 05, 2016, for the year 2014-15, for the year 2014-15 in respect of CDMA Service amounting to Rs. 31,242 vide letter no. CCA/PB/Verification/Quadrant/Assessment/ Spec/2013-14/2042 dated February 12, 2016 and GSM service amounting to Rs. 1,385,874 vide letter no. CCA/ PB/Verification/Quadrant/Assessment/Spec/201314/2043 dated February 12, 2016. The Company had made a written representation for the year 2012-13 vide letter no. QTL/Spectrum/12-13/04 for CDMA and QTL/Spectrum/12-13/05 for GSM dated August 5, 2014, for the year 2013-14 vide its letter no. QTL/ Spectrum/13-14/01 dated February 17, 2016 and for the year 2014-15 vide its letter no. QTL/Spectrum/14-15/01 dated February 23, 2016. The Company is confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(n) The Company''s pending litigations comprise of claims against the Company and proceedings pending with Tax Authorities / Statutory Authorities. The Company has reviewed all its pending litigations and proceedings and has made adequate provisions, wherever required and disclosed the contingent liabilities, wherever applicable, in its financial statements. The Company does not expect the outcome of these proceedings to have a material impact on its financial position.
(o) The Company periodically reviews all its long term contracts to assess for any material foreseeable losses. Based on such review wherever applicable, the Company has made adequate provisions for these long term contracts in the books of account as required under any applicable law/accounting standard.
(p) As at March 31, 2016 the Company did not have any outstanding long term derivative contracts.
2. During the year ended March 31, 2016, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,348,104,827/- resulting into accumulated loss of Rs 17,638,407,752/- as at March 31, 2016 which has completely eroded its net worth and has a net current liability of Rs 12,713,562,129/-. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is substantially dependent on its ability to successfully arrange the remaining funding and achieve financial closure to fund its operating and capital funding requirements and to substantially increase its subscriber base. The management in view of its business plans and support from significant shareholders is confident of generating cash flows to fund the operating and capital requirements of the Company. Accordingly, these statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
3. In the opinion of the Board and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the value of realization in respect of the Current assets, loans and advances in the ordinary course of business would not be less than the amount at which they are stated in the Balance Sheet and the provision for all known and determined liabilities is adequate and not in excess of amount reasonably required.
4. In absence of any taxable income, no provision for the current tax has been made. Also, in view of losses and unabsorbed depreciation, considering the grounds of prudence, deferred tax assets is recognized to the extent of deferred tax liabilities and balance deferred tax assets have not been recognized in the books of accounts.
5. The Company has carried out Impairment Test on its Fixed Assets as on March 31, 2016 and the Management is of the opinion that there is no asset for which impairment is required to be made as per Accounting Standard-28 on Impairment of Assets issued by ICAI . (Previous year Rs. Nil).
6. Secured Loans
a. As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders had signed Master Restructuring Agreement (''MRA'') for restructuring of their Debts and Security Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders had entered into an agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (hereinafter referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11, 2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated at Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali & Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and other movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and future. Further, the same are also secured by assignment of all rights, title, benefits, claims and interest in, under the project documents, insurance policies, all statutory, government and regulatory approvals, permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently, pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved under CDR mechanism on June 24, 2005, the Company had entered into amendatory Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security Trusteeship Agreement (''STA'') on March 9, 2006, whereby Centurion Bank of Punjab had also joined as one of the lenders and has agreed to appoint ITSL as their custodian for security and signed the STA in line with other lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (''CDR'') vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No. 138 / 2009-10 (''CDR Letter'') dated May 20, 2009 had approved the interim revised restructuring package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan (''FITL'') would not carry any interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly installments commencing from December 1, 2009, and had rescheduled the principle installments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'') cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No. 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 had been approved a new restructuring scheme, which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term lenders had given their acceptance to the new restructuring scheme. The new restructuring scheme was made effective from April 1, 2009 and accordingly an amount of Rs 373,097,077 towards FITL from July 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 has been considered as term loan.
In pursuant to the new restructuring scheme vide letter no. CDR (JCP) No 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009, The Company had allotted 15,984,543, 2 % Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each aggregating to Rs.1,598,454,300 on November 9, 2010, to Financial Institution / Banks in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August 13, 2009 the Company had repaid on July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an amount of Rs 1,598,454,522 being 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August 13, 2009, the Company had allotted 31,969,088 Redeemable Secured Non -Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') of Rs.100/- each aggregating to Rs.3,196,908,800 on January 21,2013, to Financial Institution / Banks in conversion of 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
In terms of CDR Package dated August 13, 2009 stipulating the reduction of paid up capital and pursuant to the Order of the Hon''ble Bombay High Court dated July 4, 2014 under Section 100 to 105 of Companies Act, 1956, which was duly registered by the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai on Sept 3, 2014, the paid up value of the 61,22,60,268 equity shares stood reduced from Rs. 10 per share to Re. 1 per share w.e.f. Sept 3, 2014; Consequently, paid up equity share capital also stood reduced from Rs. 612.26 Crore to Rs. 61.22 Crore and the Accumulated Losses were written-off to the extent of Rs. 551.03 Crore on Sept 3, 2014. The trading of Equity Shares with reduced face value of Re.1/- per share has commenced on December 29, 2014 at BSE Ltd.
b. The above mentioned security has been further extended to the amount of secured loans and working capital assistance, together with the interest, compound interest, additional interest, default interest, costs, charges, expenses and any other monies payable by the Company in relation thereto and in terms with MRA and STA entered into between the lenders and ITSL The Company has complied with all the terms and conditions of Corporate Debt Restructuring Scheme as approved by the CDR Cell letter dated August 13, 2009.
7. Unsecured Loans
a. On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non Convertible Debentures (''NCDs'') of Rs 100/- each in lieu of interest accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The ''NCD''s earlier redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, then at par on March 31, 2016, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2024 after repayment of the term loans as per CDR Schemes.
b. The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of businesses amounting to Rs 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private Limited. The convertible loan was repayable on demand with an option to convert the Loan into Equity Shares, subject to getting necessary approvals and subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm Private Limited (''IDPL'') had entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IDPL had assigned the above convertible loan of Rs 499,499,886 to DEIPL. All the terms and conditions relating to the convertible loan remained the same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended March 31, 2010 the Company had provided for interest amounting to Rs 14,984,997 @ 12% to IDPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009. DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009 had a right on the interest accruing from July 1, 2009 onwards. DEIPL have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31, 2016, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment agreement, the convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 8 years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
c. The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had taken buyer''s credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom project amounting to Rs 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and was repayable on demand. Infotel Business Solutions Limited had the option to convert the loan including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited (''IBSL'') had entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IBSL had assigned the above buyer''s credit facility of Rs 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and conditions relating to the buyer''s credit facility remained the same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended March 31, 2010 the Company had provided for interest amounting to Rs 12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30, 2009. and accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009 had a right on the interest accruing from July 1, 2009 onwards DEIPL has agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31, 2016, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment agreement, the convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 8 years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
d. The Company had taken an unsecured loan on July 06, 2010 of Rs.1,598,500,000 @ 8% per annum, the interest accrues at the end of each quarter. The lender has agreed to waive off the interest from July 06, 2010 to March 31, 2016, therefore no provision for said interest has been made by the Company. The aforesaid unsecured loan is repayable on demand after 7 years from the commencement of the unsecured loan.
8. Trade Payables include amount payable to Micro and Small Enterprises as at March 31, 2016 of Rs 215,507 (March 31, 2015 - Rs. 405,264). The information as required to be disclosed under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis of information and records available with the Company.
Information for the supplier covered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006, as at March 31, 2016 is as under -
9. The Company had received advance of Rs 11,900,191,685 ( March 31, 2015 Rs. 9,164,986,433) to fund the entry fee for using GSM Technology under the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL) and business operations for Punjab Service Area. The same is included in Other Current Liabilities. No interest is payable on the said advance.
10. Operating leases
Company as a Lessee
a. The Company has entered into various cancelable lease agreements for leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31, 2016 is Rs 115,075,794 (March 31, 2015 - Rs 89,807,810).
b. The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other operators for sharing of their infrastructure sites. During the year, the Company has incurred Rs 629,277,088 (March 31, 2015 - Rs 577,608,841) towards infrastructure sharing expenses.
Further lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:-
The escalation clause includes escalation at various periodic levels ranging from 0 to 50%, includes option of renewal from 1 to 99 years and there are no restrictions imposed on lease arrangements.
Company as a Lessor
a. The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements with other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During the year, the Company has accrued Rs 47,688,706 (March 31, 2015 - Rs 30,239,700) towards site sharing revenue.
b. The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to provide approximately 8,680.67 Fiber pair kilometers of dark fiber on indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not disclosed. In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs 62,774,063 (March 31, 2015 -Rs 51,735,329) has been recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the period ended March 31, 2016.
Further lease receipts (under non-cancellable operating leases) will be recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss of subsequent years as follows:-
11. Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
12. Related Party Disclosures
As required under Accounting Standard 18 on "Related Party Disclosures", the disclosure of transactions with related parties as defined in the Accounting Standard are given below:
13. Debenture Redemption Reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company had issued unsecured Zero% Non Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') (Erstwhile OFCDs) aggregating to Rs 166,776,100. Pursuant to the new restructuring scheme dated August 13, 2009 the Company had allotted secured Non Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') for Rs 3,196,909,043 to Financial institution and Banks on January 21, 2013, equivalent to 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01,2009. As per section 71(4) of the Companies Act, 2013, a debenture redemption reserve (''DRR'') is to be created to which adequate amounts are to be credited out of the profits of each year until such debentures are redeemed.
During the year ended March 31, 2016, the Company has incurred loss of Rs 1,348,104,827 due to which the Company has not created Debenture redemption reserve.
14. Employee Benefits
a) During the year, the Company has recognized the following amounts in the Statement of Profit and Loss
Defined Contribution Plans
* Included in Employer''s Contribution to Provident and Other Funds, Refer Note 21
Defined Benefit Plans
The employee''s gratuity fund scheme managed by Life Insurance Corporation of India and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited is a defined benefit plan and the same is 100% funded. The present value of obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation using Project Unit Credit Method, which recognizes each period of service as giving rise to additional unit of employee benefit entitlement and measures each unit separately to build up the final obligation. The obligation for leave encashment is recognized in the same manner as gratuity.
d) The expected rate of return on plan assets was based on the average long-term rate of return expected to prevail over the next 15 to 20 years on the investments made by the LIC. This was based on the historical returns suitably adjusted for movements in long-term government bond interest rates. The discount rate is based on the average yield on government bonds of 20 years.
e) The Company made annual contributions to the LIC of an amount advised by the LIC. The Company was not informed by LIC of the investments made by the LIC or the break-down of plan assets by investment type.
f) The estimates of rate of escalation in salary considered in actuarial valuation, taken into account inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors including demand and supply in the employment market. The above information is certified by the actuary.
15. Balances of some of the trade receivables and trade payables are subject to confirmations from the respective parties and consequential reconciliations/adjustments arising there from, if any. The management however doesn''t expect any material variances.
16. Previous year''s figures have been regrouped and reclassified wherever necessary and the figures have been rounded off to the nearest rupee.
Mar 31, 2015
1. Background
(a) Nature of business and ownership
Quadrant Televentures Limited (Formerly known as HFCL Infotel Limited)
('the Company' or 'QTL'), Unified Access Services Licensee for Punjab
Telecom Circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula), is providing
complete telecommunication services, which includes voice telephony,
both wireline and fixed wireless, CDMA and GSM based mobiles, internet
services, broadband data services and a wide range of value added
service viz., centrex, leased lines, VPNs, voice mail, etc. The
services were commercially launched in October 2000. As on March 31,
2015, the Company has an active subscriber base of over 3,119,797.
The Company was incorporated on August 2, 1946 with the name of The
Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) which was subsequently changed
to HFCL Infotel Limited on May 12, 2003. This was done pursuant to a
Scheme of amalgamation (the Scheme), approved by the Hon'ble High Court
of the Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh and Hon'ble High Court of the
State of Tamil Nadu at Chennai on March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003,
respectively, whereby the erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier
allotted to the transferor Company) ('erstwhile HFCL Infotel') was
merged with the Company with effect from September 1, 2002. As per the
Scheme envisaged, the Company's then existing business of hire
purchase, leasing and securities trading was transferred by way of
slump sales to its wholly owned subsidiary, Rajam Finance & Investments
Company (India) Limited ('Rajam Finance') with effect from September 1,
2002. Rajam Finance was renamed as The Investment Trust of India
Limited with effect from June 17, 2003 and it ceased to be the
subsidiary of the Company with effect from September 30, 2003, due to
allotment of fresh equity by Rajam Finance to other investors.
The Company, during the year ended March 31, 2004, surrendered its
license granted by Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') to carry out NBFC
business. RBI confirmed the cancellation of the NBFC license as per
their letter dated May 24, 2004.
On September 24, 2010 the name of Company was changed From HFCL Infotel
Limited to Quadrant Televentures Limited.
(b) License Fees
The Company obtained licence for Basic Telephony Service for the Punjab
Telecom Circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) by way of
amalgamation of the erstwhile HFCL Infotel with the Company. Erstwhile
HFCL Infotel had obtained this licence under fixed license fee regime
under National Telecom Policy ('NTP') 1994, valid for a period of 20
years from the effective date, and subsequently migrated from the fixed
license fee regime to revenue sharing regime upon implementation of NTP
1999. Further to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's ('TRAI')
recommendations of October 27, 2003 and the Department of
Telecommunications ('DoT') guidelines on Unified Access (Basic &
Cellular) Services Licence ('UASL') dated November 11, 2003, the
Company migrated its licence to the UASL regime with effect from
November 14, 2003. A fresh License Agreement was signed on May 31,
2004. Pursuant to this migration, the Company became additionally
entitled to provide full mobility services. HFCL Infotel also entered
into a Licence Agreement dated June 28, 2000, and amendments thereto,
with DoT to establish maintain and operate internet service in Punjab
circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula).
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee to the Department of Telecommunication ('DOT') for the use of
GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology being used under the
existing (UASL) for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been
amended to incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January
15, 2008 vide DOT's letter number F.No.10-15/2004/BS.II/ HITL/
Punjab/17 dated January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM
services on March 29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
With effect from August 1, 1999, the Company is required to pay revenue
share license fees as a fraction of Adjusted Gross Revenue ('AGR') on
UASL, The revenue share fraction other than income from Internet
Services was set at 10 per cent of AGR with effect from August 1, 1999
and was reduced to 8 per cent of AGR with effect from April 1, 2004. In
addition, spectrum charges calculated at 3 per cent of the AGR earned
through the wireless technology is payable under the license agreement.
With effect from July 01, 2012 Income from internet services is
included as the service revenue for the purpose of the calculation of
AGR under Internet Services Licence as it is governed by a separate ISP
licence between the Company and the Department of Telecommunications
('DoT').The revenue share fraction is set at 4% for July 01, 2012 to
March 31, 2013 and 8% from April 1, 2013 onwards of income from
internet revenue ('AGR' under Internet Service Licence).
(c) Project Financing
The Company's project was initially appraised by Industrial Development
Bank of India ('IDBI') during the year ended March 31, 2000.
Pursuant to the migration to UASL regime, the consortium of lenders,
led by IDBI, through the Corporate Debt Restructuring ('CDR') mechanism
approved an overall restructuring of the liabilities of the Company and
thereby revised the peak funding requirements.
Further, the CDR Empowered Group has approved the proposal of the
Company for expansion of services, change in the scope of the project,
cost of project and means of finance and restructuring of debt as per
the reworked restructuring scheme dated June 24, 2005.
2. NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect of:
(a) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02
aggregating to Rs 7,004,687 as Principal amount and Interest amount of
Rs. 8,195,484 (March 31, 2014 - Rs 7,004,687 as Principal amount and
Interest amount of Rs 7,354,921).
(b) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications
has claimed an outstanding of Rs 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum
Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter
1020/48/2005- WFD dated October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its
reply to the department on October 25, 2005 confirming the total due of
Rs 29,472 only and paid the said amount. The Wireless Finance Division
of Department of Telecommunications has subsequently claimed Rs
39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/2005-WFD dated September 13, 2006
towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2006. The
Company has submitted a detailed reply on October 31, 2006. During the
year ended March 31, 2008, out of the above demand, the Company has
deposited Rs 1,801,241 under protest towards the interest due till
August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of Department of
Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs 70,604,092 towards
Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2008 vide
letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October 24, 2008. The Company has
once again made a written representation vide its letter dated December
8, 2008 and August 12, 2009. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand
to Rs 70,528,239 vide Letter No 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated September 6,
2010 to which the Company has made representations vide letter dated
September 23, 2010, February 3,2011 and March 17,2011. Subsequently DOT
has revised their demand to Rs 149,960,749 vide Letter No
1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated January 3, 2013 to which the Company has
made representations vide letter dated January 18, 2013. The reply of
which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion, the Company is
confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(c) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
('BSNL') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs
167,614,241 towards Inter-connect Usage Charges ('IUC) and Access
Deficit Charges ('ADC') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31,
2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs
99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to
February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral
declaration of the Company's Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone
services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has
submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the
calculation/basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC
by BSNL for Rs 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection
notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs 208,236,569
(including Rs 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL
for payments already made for Rs 40,622,328. The Company has approached
Hon'ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was granted on
Company's petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection notice on
September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised a
supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs 5,206,780, to which the
Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that the
matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon'ble TDSAT, no
coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the matter
has been completed and the Hon'ble TDSAT has pronounced the judgment on
May 21, 2010 in Company's favour and has directed that BSNL and the
Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile the
differences. BSNL went for appeal in Hon Supreme Court vide CA No-7435
of 2010.The matter is yet to be listed in SC for hearing. In the
absence of information from BSNL, the Company is not in a position to
determine the liability with respect to this matter. The Company, based
on expert legal opinion, believes that there would be no financial
liability against such bills and accordingly, has not recorded any
liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills during the period
ended March 31, 2015.
(d) The Company is in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007
from Department of Telecommunications ('DoT') for non fulflment of
first year's roll-out obligations of Unified Access Service License
('UASL') Agreement for Punjab Service Area, where in the licensee as
per the terms of the license agreement was required to ensure that at
least 10% of the District Headquarter / Towns are covered in the first
year of the date of migration to UASL which commences from the date of
Test Certificate issued by Telecom Engineering Centre ('TEC'). As
stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice issued, the Company has violated
the conditions of UASL and accordingly Liquidated Damages of Rs
70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also sought explanation within
21 days as to why they should not take action against the Company under
the UASL Agreement to which the Company has replied on September 27,
2007 that the Company has not violated the conditions of UASL and based
on expert legal advice, the Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against such claims of DoT and accordingly, has not
recorded any liability towards the Liquidated Damages during period
ended March 31, 2015.
(e) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 433,158,340 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') on December 20, 2008 on account of
unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April 28,
2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of the
Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company, Association
of Unified Service Providers of India 'AUSPI' (erstwhile Association of
Basic Telephone Operators 'ABTO') and other Basic Service Operators
contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges before
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal ('TDSAT'). TDSAT vide its
reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005 allowed the refund
claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates of access
charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
('TRAI') is the final authority for fixing of access charges and access
charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as per the
Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Hon'ble Supreme
Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was granted on
October 19, 2006 Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral action on the
part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing the status-quo,
applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other Operators in
the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005 that was listed
for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon'ble Supreme Court passed an
order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006 and stayed the
refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the TDSAT order dated
April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising the access
charges demand. The BSNL went for appeal in Hon Supreme Court vide C.A
No 5834-5836 of 2005 BSNL Vs ABTO & Others. The matter was Tagged with
CA-5253 of 2010 to decide the preliminary objection raised by TRAI on
the TDSAT"s jurisdiction. Next date of hearing awaited. The Company
based on the legal opinion believes that there would be no financial
liability against this demand and has accordingly not recorded any
liability towards access charges during the period ended March 31,
2015.
(f) The Company is in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from
Department of Telecommunications ('DoT'), Licensing Group (Access
Services) vide their letter dated October 21, 2009 for issuance of SIM
cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, where in the Licensee was
required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer
before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT
vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by
DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DOT -
TERM Cells and the exercise was carried out suo-moto and in complete
disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT.
Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done
by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not
recorded any liability towards penalty during the period ended March
31, 2015.
(g) As per The Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations
2003, had fixed intra circle carriage charges payable per minute for
all intra circle calls irrespective of the distance between originating
and terminating points. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') was
charging additional amounts based on distance for the period October
2007 to March 2009 which was against the telecommunication Interconnect
Usage Charges Regulations 2003 of TRAI. The matter was raised to
Hon'ble TDSAT by service providers to which Hon'ble TDSAT vide it's
order dated May 21, 2010 upheld the demand of BSNL. The liability of
the Company on basis of BSNL demand amounted to Rs 4,110,959.
Subsequently TRAI appealed against the order of TDSAT in the Hon'ble
Supreme Court vide C,A No 271-281 of 2011. The matter is sub-judice and
the final decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter is still
awaited.
(h) The Company is in receipt of a Show Cause Notice amounting to Rs
1,020,00,000 dated May 17, 2013 from Department of Telecommunications
('DOT') purportedly for the non-compliance with Electro Magnetic
Frequency Radiation Norms ('EMF Radiation Norms') prescribed by DOT.
The Company on May 21, 2013 has represented to DOT that the Company is
fully compliant with the specified limits of the EMF Radiation Norms
and the Company has also submitted the 'Self Certifications' in respect
of all the 204 Base Transceiver Station ('BTS') set up in the Punjab
Telecom Circle as mentioned in the Show Cause Notice well within the
stipulated last date of March 31, 2011 as prescribed by DOT. Company
filled petition in TDSAT vide petition No.294 of 2013.The matter tagged
with Petition No 271 of 2013 and the arguments are over in the case and
the order is reserved. The Company is confident that no such liability
will arise and no further communication is received from DOT with this
regard.
(i) The DOT (Term Cell) Punjab has issued another Show Cause Notice to
the company making a demand for Rs. 3,23,500,000 DOT vide letter number
8-8/EMR- QTL/TERM-PB/2013/15C dated December 30,2013, wherein the TERM
Cell, Punjab has imposed a penalty for alleged non compliance for
Emission Magnetic Frequency ("EMF') radiation norms with respect to 647
Base Trans receiver Stations ('BTSs') as per list attached with said
letter, in terms of the Unified Access Services ('UAS') License granted
to the company. The Company has since submitted its response to the
TERM Cell vide letter dated January 8, 2014, in reply to above, the
Term Cell has now issued an amended Show Cause Notice vide letter no.
8-8/EMR-QTL/TERM-PB/2013/24C dated August 7, 2014 superseding its
earlier Show Cause Notice and revising the amount of penalty to Rs.
2,670,00,000 for 534 BTS sites (in place of earliesr show cause
demanding 32,35,00,000 for 647 BTS sites). We fled a case in TDSAT and
the matter is listed vide Petition No. 423 of 2014.
(j) BSNL had raised demand of Rs. 269,000,000 on the Company under
Clause 6.4.6 of the Interconnect Agreement in connection with the FWT
Services being provided by the Company. The Company had challenged the
demand through Petition No. 232 of 2006. The TDSAT vide order dated
21-05-2010 had set aside the demand raised by BSNL. BSNL therefore fled
an Appeal the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
(k) The Company is in receipt of a Show Cause Notice for assessment of
Spectrum Charges from Department of Telecommunications ('DOT')
purportedly for disallowance of deductions claimed in audited AGR for
the year 2007-08 amounting to Rs 70,870,158 vide letter no.
17-89/2013/LF-II-HFCL dated September 23, 2013, for the year 2008-09
amounting to Rs 43,355,118 vide letter no. 17-90/2013/LF-II-HFCL dated
September 24, 2013, for the year 2012-13 amounting to Rs 3,028,932 vide
letter no. 17-8/2014/LFA-Quadrant dated April 20, 2015. The Company has
made a written representations for the year 2007-08 vide its letter no
QTL/Reg/06- 11/08 dated November 29, 2013, for the year 2008-09 vide
its letter no QTL/Reg/06-11/07 dated November 20, 2013. The company is
also in receipt of demand of Spectrum Charges of the year 2012-13 in
respect of CDMA service amounting to Rs. 6,279,256 vide letter no.
Spec/2013-14/538 and GSM Service amounting to Rs. 229,12,294 vide
letter no. Spec/2013-14/540 dated July 25, 2014 on account of MWA
spectrum charges. The Company has made a written representation for
vide letter no. QTL/Spectrum/12-13/04 for CDMA and
QTL/Spectrum/12-13/05 for GSM. The Company is confident that no
liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(l) The Company's pending litigations comprise of claims against the
Company and proceedings pending with Tax Authorities / Statutory
Authorities. The Company has reviewed all its pending litigations and
proceedings and has made adequate provisions, wherever required and
disclosed the contingent liabilities, wherever applicable, in its
financial statements. The Company does not expect the outcome of these
proceedings to have a material impact on its financial position.
(m) The Company periodically reviews all its long term contracts to
assess for any material foreseeable losses. Based on such review
wherever applicable, the Company has made adequate provisions for these
long term contracts in the books of account as required under any
applicable law/accounting standard.
(n) As at March 31, 2015 the Company did not have any outstanding long
term derivative contracts.
3. During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Company has incurred
losses of Rs 2,398,930,498/- resulting into accumulated loss of Rs
16,290,302,925/- as at March 31, 2015 which has completely eroded its
net worth and has a net current liability of Rs 11,325,415,028/-The
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is substantially
dependent on its ability to successfully arrange the remaining funding
and achieve financial closure to fund its operating and capital funding
requirements and to substantially increase its subscriber base. The
management in view of its business plans and support from significant
shareholders is confident of generating cash flows to fund the
operating and capital requirements of the Company. Accordingly, these
statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
4. In the opinion of the Board and to the best of their knowledge and
belief, the value of realization in respect of the Current assets,
loans and advances in the ordinary course of business would not be less
than the amount at which they are stated in the Balance Sheet and the
provision for all known and determined liabilities is adequate and not
in excess of amount reasonably required.
5. In absence of any taxable income, no provision for the current tax
has been made. Also, in view of losses and unabsorbed depreciation,
considering the grounds of prudence, deferred tax assets is recognized
to the extent of deferred tax liabilities and balance deferred tax
assets have not been recognized in the books of accounts.
6. The Company has carried out Impairment Test on its Fixed Assets as
on March 31, 2015 and the Management is of the opinion that there is no
asset for which impairment is required to be made as per Accounting
Standard-28 on Impairment of Assets issued by ICAI . (Previous year
Rs. Nil).
7. Share Capital
a. As of date, the entire paid up Equity Share Capital of the company
comprising of 612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 1/- each, stands listed
on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Consequent upon the issuance of
86,743,116 equity shares allotted pursuant to the conversion of
7,551,178 OFCDs along with interest accrued thereon to the Financial
Institution /Banks on July 8, 2009, the non-promoter shareholding in
the Company increased from 38.02% to 46.80%, and the Promoters'
Shareholding decreased from 61.97% to 53.19%, whereupon the Company
requested BSE to grant listing of unlisted shares without insisting
upon the stipulation of the condition for 'Offer for Sale. BSE, vide
its letter DCS / AMAL / RCG/ GEN / 1108 / 2008- 09 dated February 13,
2009, inter-alia, agreed to exempt the condition imposed on the Company
to comply with requirement of making an offer for sale in the domestic
market, subject to compliance of certain procedural requirements
including 'three years lock-in' period of 25% of equity shares that had
been issued pursuant to the merger on June 17, 2003 i.e. 25% of
432,000,250 shares (108,000,063 equity shares). The Company had - in
compliance with the conditions stipulated by BSE - placed under lock-in
108,000,063 equity shares on May 14, 2009 for a period of 3 years
ending May 15, 2012. The Company has also complied with all other
necessary requirements pursuant to the letter from BSE dated February
13, 2009 related to 83,070,088 equity shares issued pursuant to
corporate debt restructuring scheme. BSE had also agreed to grant
in-principle approval for allotment of 86,743,116 equity shares to be
issued to Banks and financial institutions on conversion upon fling of
necessary listing application, which the Company has fled, vide its
letter no. HITL/S&L/S-01/09/472 and 473 dated March 07, 2009.
Consequently, vide their notice 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 hosted
on it's website BSE had granted Listing and Trading permission in
respect of the 432,000,250 equity shares issued pursuant to scheme of
amalgamation. BSE had also granted Listing approval in respect of the
83,070,088 equity shares allotted as aforesaid vide their letter number
DCS/PREF/DMN/FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009 and the shares were
Listed by BSE vide its notice number 20090605-20 dated June 5, 2009.
b. Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares, 86,743,116 equity shares of Rs.10/- each
(allotted on July 08, 2009, after obtaining in principle approval from
the BSE and MSE. upon the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible
Debentures (OFCDs) allotted pursuant to the Corporate Debt
Restructuring (CDR Cell) Consequently, the Listing approval in respect
of these shares was granted by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) vide its
letter number 20090813-08 dated August 13, 2009 w.e.f. August 14, 2009
and by the Madras Stock Exchange Limited vide its letter
no.MSE/LD/PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01, 2009 w.e.f. September 01,
2009.
c. Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares, , 326,705,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each
representing 53.3604% of the total Paid up share capital of the Company
- which were earlier held by Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited
- the erstwhile promoter or Holding Company), were acquired by M/s
Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited on 03rd April, 2010 in compliance
with the SEBI Exemption Order in pursuance of the proposal for
settlement / change of management of the Company approved under the New
Restructuring Scheme as approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring
Cell (CDR Cell) on August 13, 2009.
d. Pursuant to the Company's application in this regard, for Voluntary
Delisting pursuant to the provisions of regulation 6(a) and 7(1) of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares)
Regulation, 2009, the Madras Stock Exchange (MSE), MSE has vide its
letter dated March 15, 2011, accepted and accorded its consent to the
Voluntary Delisting of the Company's shares vide its letter No.
MSE/LD/PSK/731/109/11 dated 15th March, 2011 accepting the Voluntary
delisting of the company's equity shares from the MSE.
e. Pursuant to the stipulation of CDR package dated August 13, 2009
with respect to Reduction of Issued, Subscribed & Paid up Equity Share
Capital the face value of the Paid Up Equity Shares was required to be
reduced to Re. 1 per equity share (from the face value of Rs. 10 per
equity share), i.e. reduction in face value of Issued, Subscribed &
Paid up Equity Share Capital by 90%, The Company had obtained the
approval of shareholders for Reduction of Equity Share Capital in the
Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on July 18,2012, subject to
confirmation by Bombay Stock Exchange 'BSE' and the Hon'ble Bombay High
Court. Subsequently, BSE vide its letter number
DCS/AMAL/RT/24(f)/295/2013-14 dated October 23, 2013 conveyed it's No
Objection Certificate 'NOC to file the scheme for Reduction of Equity
Share Capital with the Hon'ble Bombay High Court. Accordingly, the
Company had fled the Reduction of Equity Share Capital Petition with
Hon'ble Bombay High Court on March 20, 2014.
f. The Hon'ble Bombay High Court vide its Order dated July 4, 2014
approved the petition of the Company for Reduction of Equity Share
Capital. Subsequently, the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai vide its
Order dated September 3, 2014 registered the aforesaid order of Hon'ble
Bombay High Court. The Reduction of Capital (in terms of the CDR
Package) was duly effected in the Books of Accounts of the Company and
had also been effected in the "Listed Equity Share Capital" on BSE Ltd.
after updating by NSDL and CDSL and Trading in respect of the reduced
equity share capital comprising of 61,22,60,268 equity shares with the
reduced face value and paid up value of Re. 1/- per share, had
commenced on BSE Ltd. w.e.f. December 29, 2014.
8. Secured Loans
a. As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently
approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders have signed Master Restructuring
Agreement ('MRA') for restructuring of their Debts and Security
Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders have entered into an
agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after
referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11,
2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term
Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital
Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by
first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated
at Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali &
Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of
hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable
plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and other
movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and
future. Further, the same are also secured by assignment of all rights,
title, benefits, claims and interest in, under the project documents,
insurance policies, all statutory, government and regulatory approvals,
permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently,
pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved under CDR
mechanism on June 24, 2005, the Company has entered into amendatory
Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security Trusteeship
Agreement ('STA') on March 9, 2006, whereby Centurion Bank of Punjab
has also joined as one of the lenders and has agreed to appoint ITSL as
their custodian for security and signed the STA in line with other
lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
('CDR') vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 138 / 2009-10 ('CDR Letter')
dated May 20, 2009 has approved the interim revised restructuring
package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding
of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest
basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan ('FITL') would not carry any
interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly instalments
commencing from December 1, 2009, and has rescheduled the principle
instalments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be
repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt
Restructuring ('CDR') cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 563 /
2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 has approved a new restructuring scheme,
which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of
management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term
lenders have given their acceptance to the new restructuring scheme.
The new restructuring scheme has been made effective from April 1, 2009
and accordingly an amount of Rs 373,097,077 towards FITL from July 1,
2008 to March 31, 2009 has been considered as term loan.
In pursuant to the new restructuring scheme vide letter no. CDR (JCP)
No 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009, The Company had allotted
15,984,543, 2 % Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each
aggregating to Rs.1,598,454,300 on November 9, 2010, to Financial
Institution / Banks in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as
on April 01, 2009.
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August
13, 2009 the Company had repaid on July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an
amount of Rs 1,598,454,522 being 25% of their outstanding loans as on
April 01, 2009
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August
13, 2009, the Company had allotted 31,969,088 Redeemable Secured Non
-Convertible Debenture ('NCD') of Rs.100 each aggregating to
Rs.3,196,908,800 on January 21,2013, to Financial Institution / Banks
in conversion of 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009.
The Company has complied with all the terms and conditions of Corporate
Debt Restructuring Scheme as approved by the CDR Cell letter dated
August 13, 2009.
b. The above mentioned security has been further extended to the amount
of secured loans and working capital assistance, together with the
interest, compound interest, additional interest, default interest,
costs, charges, expenses and any other monies payable by the Company in
relation thereto and in terms with MRA and STA entered into between the
lenders and ITSL.
9. Unsecured Loans
a. On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures ('NCDs') of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The 'NCD's earlier
redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, then at par on March 31, 2016, are
now redeemable at par on March 31, 2024 after repayment of the term
loans as per CDR Schemes.
b. The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of
businesses amounting to Rs 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private
Limited. The convertible loan was repayable on demand with an option
to convert the Loan into Equity Shares, subject to getting necessary
approvals and subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and
other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm
Private Limited ('IDPL') had entered into an assignment agreement with
Domebell Electronics India Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IDPL had
assigned the above convertible loan of Rs 499,499,886 to DEIPL. All
the terms and conditions relating to the convertible loan remained the
same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year
ended March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to
Rs 14,984,997 @ 12% to IDPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009
has a right on the interest accruing from July 1, 2009 onwards. DEIPL
have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31,
2015, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the
Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment agreement, the
convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7 years from the
date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
c. The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken buyer's credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom
project amounting to Rs 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions
Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and was repayable on demand.
Infotel Business Solutions Limited had the option to convert the loan
including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable
pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On
September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited ('IBSL') has
entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India
Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IBSL has assigned the above buyer's
credit facility of Rs 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and
conditions relating to the buyer's credit facility remained the same.
The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended
March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to Rs
12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30, 2009. and
accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated
September 16, 2009 has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,
2009 onwards DEIPL has agreed to waive off the interest from July 1,
2009 till March 31, 2015, therefore no provision for such interest has
been made by the Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment
agreement, the convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7
years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
d. The Company had taken an unsecured loan on July 06, 2010 of
Rs.1,598,500,000 @ 8% per annum, the interest accrues at the end of
each quarter. The lender has agreed to waive off the interest from July
06, 2010 to March 31, 2015, therefore no provision for said interest
has been made by the Company. The aforesaid unsecured loan is repayable
on demand after 7 years from the commencement of the unsecured loan.
10. Trade Payables include amount payable to Micro and Small
Enterprises as at March 31, 2015 of Rs 405,264 (March 31, 2014 - Rs.
337,208). The information as required to be disclosed under the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined
to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis of
information and records available with the Company.
Information for the supplier covered under the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise Development Act, 2006, as at March 31, 2015 is as under -
11. The Company had received advance of Rs 9,164,986,433 (March 31,
2014 Rs. 6,846,046,047) to fund the entry fee for using GSM Technology
under the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL) and business
operations for Punjab Service Area. The same is included in Other
Current Liabilities. No interest is payable on the said advance.
12. Operating leases Company as a Lessee
a. The Company has entered into various cancellable lease agreements
for leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31,
2015 is Rs 89,807,810 (March 31, 2014 Â Rs 74,465,642).
b. The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other
operators for sharing of their infrastructure sites. During the year,
the Company has incurred Rs 577,608,841 (March 31, 2014 Â Rs
540,809,201) towards infrastructure sharing expenses.
The escalation clause includes escalation at various periodic levels
ranging from 0 to 50%, includes option of renewal from 1 to 99 years
and there are no restrictions imposed on lease arrangements.
Company as a Lessor
a. The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements
with other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During
the year, the Company has accrued Rs 30,239,700 (March 31, 2014- Rs
13,299,070) towards site sharing revenue.
b. The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to
provide approximately 8,357.42 Fiber pair kilometers of dark fibre on
indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The
gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the
assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not
disclosed. In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs 51,735,329
(March 31, 2014- Rs 51,380,540) has been recognized in the Statement of
Profit and Loss for the period ended March 31, 2015.
Further lease receipts (under non-cancellable operating leases) will be
recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss of subsequent years as
follows:-
13. With effect from April 01, 2014, the company has revised the
useful life of some of its fixed assets to comply with the useful life
as prescribed by schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013. As per Note 7
of Part C of Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013 the carrying amount
of the asset as on the date has to be depreciated over the remaining
prescribed useful life of the assets. In case of fixed assets where the
use full life was Nil as at April 01, 2014, the Company has adjusted
the net residual value aggregating to Rs. 4,687,636 from retained
earnings. Further, due to change in rate of depreciation as per
Schedule II of the Act during the year, the depreciation for the year
is higher by Rs. 89,51,674 and loss is higher by Rs. 89,51,674.
14. Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of
business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is
provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts
appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business
segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of
Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no
disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
15. Related Party Disclosures
As required under Accounting Standard 18 on "Related Party
Disclosures", the disclosure of transactions with related parties as
defined in the Accounting Standard are given below:
* All transactions with wholly owned subsidiary are with Infotel Tower
Infrastructure Private Limited.
** Managerial remuneration (inclusive of employer's PF contribution and
gratuity) paid to key management personnel include Rs 2,749,695 (March
31, 2014 - Rs 3,017,365) paid to Chief Financial Officer and Rs
1,665,800 (March 31, 2014 - Rs 1,588,097) paid to Manager.
16. Unclaimed deposits from public
The Company had surrendered its NBFC licence granted by the Reserve
Bank of India ('RBI') for carrying out the NBFC business during the
year ended March 31, 2004. All the unpaid / unclaimed deposits as on
September 15, 2003 and the interest accruing thereon as on that date,
were transferred to an Escrow Account in February 2004. On August 10,
2004, the Company obtained the approval of the shareholders for the
removal of NBFC related objects from the Memorandum of Association.
Further, the Company also submitted a letter dated July 7, 2004 for
compliance and RBI vide its letter dated July 30, 2004 gave some
concessions from compliance and advised the Company to follow certain
instructions till the balance in the escrow account is settled. The
entire amount lying in the Escrow Account has either been repaid to the
Depositors or transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund
of the Central Government.
The entire amount lying in the Escrow Account with the Oriental Bank of
Commerce, Mumbai has either been repaid to the Depositors or
transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund of the
Central Government on the due date. During the year, an amount of
Rs.10,86,059/- which was credited by the Bank into the Escrow Account
has also been transferred to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund.
17. Debenture Redemption Reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company had issued
unsecured Zero% Non Convertible Debenture ('NCD') (Erstwhile OFCDs)
aggregating to Rs 166,776,100 repayable as on March 31, 2016. Pursuant
to the new restructuring scheme dated August 13,2009 the Company has to
allot secured Non Convertible Debenture ('NCD') for Rs 3,196,909,043 to
Financial institution and Banks equivalent to 50% of their outstanding
loans as on April 01,2009 which shall be issued on completion of such
approvals and conditions precedent. As per section 117C (1) of the
Companies Act, 1956, a debenture redemption reserve ('DRR') is to be
created to which adequate amounts are to be credited out of the profits
of each year until such debentures are redeemed.
During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Company has incurred loss of
Rs 2,398,930,498. Hence, in accordance with the clarification received
from the Department of Company Affairs vide circular No 6/3/2001-CL.V
dated April 18, 2002, the Company has not created Debenture redemption
reserve.
18. Balances of some of the trade receivables and trade payables are
subject to confirmations from the respective parties and consequential
reconciliations/adjustments arising there from, if any. The management
however doesn't expect any material variances.
19. Previous year's figures have been regrouped and reclassified
wherever necessary and the figures have been rounded off to the nearest
rupee.
Mar 31, 2014
1. The cash flow statement has been prepared under the indirect
method as set out in the Accounting Standard 3 on Cash Flow Statement
notifi ed under Companies (Accounting Standard) Rules 2006, (''as
amended'')
2. Figures in brackets indicate cash outflow.
3. Finance expenses includes interest accrued but not due on secured
loan as amounting to Rs 95,907,293 (March 31, 2013 - Rs 159,845,490 )
as per CDR Scheme.
4. Previous year fi gures have been regrouped and recast wherever
necessary to conform to current year classification.
(a) Of the above
(i) 490,750 (March 31, 2013 - 490,750 of Rs. 10 each) equity shares of
Rs 10 each, were allotted as fully paid bonus shares in the earlier
years by way of capitalisation of reserves.
(ii) 83,070,088 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October
16, 2004, pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'')
Scheme.[Refer Note 27 (7) (a)].
Out of these, 63,373,110 equity shares of Rs 10 each were issued by the
Company to Industrial Development Bank of India (''IDBI''), at par and
the balance of 12,171,778 and 7,525,200 equity shares of Rs 10 each to
Oriental Bank of Commerce (''OBC'') and ING Vysya Bank Limited (''ING''),
respectively, at a premium of Re 0.50 per equity share as per
provisions of applicable law.
(iii) 8,67,43,116 equity shares of Rs.10 each were issued on July 08,
2009 MSE, consequent to the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible
Debentures (OFCDs) pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR)
Cell.
(b) As more fully discussed in Note 27 (7) (a), the Company in
accordance with the scheme of amalgamation approved by the High Court
of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on March
6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively under section 391 and 394 of
the Companies Act, 1956, the erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited (name
earlier allotted to the transferor company), amalgamated with HFCL
Infotel Limited now Quadrant Televentures Limited, (formerly The
Investment Trust of India Limited). Subsequent to the approved
amalgamation:
(i) 432,000,250 ( March 31,2013 432,000,250)equity shares of Rs 10 each
issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to the amalgamation
of erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited with the Company.
(ii) 1,730,814 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October 13,
2003, on conversion of the warrants issued to the shareholders of The
Investment Trust of India Limited prior to June 11, 2003.
(c) Of the above
(i) 6,500,000 (March 31, 2013 - 6,500,000) 7.5 per cent CRPS were
allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the CDR Scheme, where under
the specifi ed part of the amount due to CRPS Holder by the Company was
converted into 7.5 per cent CRPS redeemable after the repayment of
Rupee Term Loan (in Financial Year 2016-17). As per the CDR Scheme,
prior approval of the lenders would be required to declare dividend on
7.5 per cent CRPS and all the voting rights attached to the CRPS to be
assigned in favour of the term lenders. On June 24, 2005 as per revised
CDR Scheme, the dividend percentage was reduced to 2 per cent from 7.5
per cent with effect from date of issuance of CRPS. The CDR dated
August 13,2009 does not stipulate any reference to the aforesaid CRPS
Accordingly the CRPS shall be redeemable in the Financial Year 2016-17.
(With reference to CDR dated June 24,2005)
(ii) 15,984,543 (March 31,2013-15,984,543) 2% Cumulative Redeemable
Preference Shares of Rs. 100 fully paid up, aggregating up to Rs.
1,598,454,300 were allotted on November 9, 2010 to the Banks and
Financial Institution, namely, IDBI Bank Limited, Life Insurance
Corporation of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, ING Vysya Bank and
State Bank of Patiala in terms of the Corporate Debt Restructuring
Package (CDR Package) approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
(CDR Cell) vide their letter dated August 13, 2009, in conversion of
25% of their outstanding loans; the CRPSs shall be redeemed (monthly)
over a period of four years commencing from April 1, 2021 at a premium
of 34%.
(iii) Due to accumulated losses provision for dividend on CRPS of Rs
650,000,000 and Rs 1,598,454,300 and premium on redemption of CRPS of
Rs 1,598,454,300 is not required and hence not provided for in the fi
nancials.
(a) Securities premium includes an amount of Rs 9,848,489 received on
allotment of 19,696,978 equity shares of Rs 10 each on October 16, 2004
at a premium of Rs 0.50 per equity share [Refer of Note 1 (a) (ii)].
(b) As more fully discussed in Note 26 (1) (a), the Company (erstwhile
The Investment Trust of India Limited) was a Non- Banking Financial
Corporation (''NBFC'') under the certificate of Registration (''CoR'') No
07.00222 dated April 18, 1998. Further, as more fully discussed in
Note 27 (19), the Company had surrendered its CoR with the Reserve Bank
of India (''RBI''). In 2004 As a condition for the cancellation of the
CoR, the RBI had advised the Company to follow certain strictures till
the balance in the escrow account is settled.
a. Yield of Interest and Premium on redemption of Secured
Non-Convertible Debentures is 8% p.a.
b. Redemable Secured Non-Convertible Debentures as per CDR is secured
by fi rst pari passu charge on movable and immovable fi xed assets and
fi rst pari passu charge on Current Assets, assignment of license /
contracts and fully detailed in note 27 (8)(a).
c. Redemption Schedule of the Secured Non Convertible Debentures.
d. On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures (''NCDs'') of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The ''NCD''s earlier
redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March
31, 2016 after repayment of the term loans as per revised CDR Scheme
effective from April 1, 2005.
* Other Current liabilities include cheques outstanding beyond six
months of Rs 523,618 (March 31, 2013 - 523,618) due on deposits towards
repayment of public deposits under the NBFC CoR and Rs. 543,480
interest accrued & due on deposits to be transferred to investors
education & protection fund. [Refer Note 27(19)].
a) Debtors are secured to the extent of deposit received from the
subscribers.
b) Includes Rs 134,557,517 (March 31, 2013 - Rs 113,959,342 ) of
unbilled revenues, the invoices for which have been raised subsequent
to March 31, 2014 [Refer Note 26 (2.11)].
NOTE 2 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
For the year ended For the year ended
31.03.2014 31.03.2013
Estimated value of contracts
remaining to be executed on
capital account and not 113,014,325 121,006,095
provided for net of capital
advances Rs. 2,304,952 (March
31,2013 Rs 9,170,072) Bank
Guarantees given against Bid
Bonds/Performance/Advance
Financial Bank Guarantees 86,062,345 81,962,345
Performance Bank Guarantees 52,963,000 53,294,948
Open Letter of Credits (Margin
Deposit Rs. Nil [March 31,
2013 - Rs. 23,998,323)] - 27,554,745
Income tax matters under appeal
Principal Amount [Refer Note 27 (1)
(a)]. 7,004,687 7,004,687
Income tax matters under appeal
Interest Amount [Refer Note 27 (1)
(a)]. 7,354,921 6,514,359
Claims against the Company not
acknowledged as debts 9,780,973 5,022,700
Dividend on 2% cumulative redeemable
preference shares (''CRPS'') of 159,845,430 127,876,344
Rs 1,598,454,300
Others [Refer Note 27 (1)
(b, c, d, e, f,g,h and i). 1,522,233,377 1,038,397,602
Total 1,958,259,058 1,468,633,825
5. Previous year''s figures have been regrouped and reclassified
wherever necessary and the figures have been rounded off to the
nearest rupee.
Mar 31, 2013
1. Background
(a) Nature of business and ownership
Quadrant Televentures Limited (Formerly known as HFCL Infotel Limited)
(''the Company'' or ''QTL''), Unified Access Services Licensee for Punjab
Circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula), is providing complete
telecommunication services, which includes voice telephony, both
wireline and fixed wireless, CDMA and GSM based mobiles, internet
services, broadband data services and a wide range of value added
service viz., centrex, leased lines, VPNs, voice mail, etc. The
services were commercially launched in October 2000. As on March 31,
2013, the Company has an active subscriber base of over 1,701,481.
The Company was incorporated on August 2, 1946 with the name of The
Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) which was subsequently changed
to HFCL Infotel Limited on May 12, 2003. This was done pursuant to a
Scheme of amalgamation (the Scheme), approved by the Hon'' able High
Court of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on
March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively, whereby the erstwhile
HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier allotted to the transferor Company)
(''erstwhile HFCL Infotel'') was merged with the Company with effect from
September 1, 2002. As per the Scheme envisaged, the Company''s then
existing business of hire purchase, leasing and securities trading was
transferred by way of slump sales to its wholly owned subsidiary, Rajam
Finance & Investments Company (India) Limited (''Rajam Finance'') with
effect from September 1, 2002. Rajam Finance was renamed as The
Investment Trust of India Limited with effect from June 17, 2003 and it
ceased to be the subsidiary of the Company with effect from September
30, 2003, due to allotment of fresh equity by Rajam Finance to other
investors.
The Company, during the year ended March 31, 2004, surrendered its
license granted by Reserve Bank of India (''RBI'') to carry out NBFC
business. RBI confirmed the cancellation of the NBFC license as per
their letter dated May 24,2004.
On September 24, 2010 the name of Company was changed to Quadrant
Televentures Limited.
(b) License Fees
The Company obtained licence for Basic Telephony Service for the Punjab
circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) by way of amalgamation of
the erstwhile HFCL Infotel with the Company. Erstwhile HFCL Infotel had
obtained this licence under fixed license fee regime under National
Telecom Policy (''NTP'') 1994, valid for a period of 20 years from the
effective date, and subsequently migrated from the fixed license fee
regime to revenue sharing regime upon implementation of NTP 1999."
Further to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India''s (''TRAI'')
recommendations of October 27, 2003 and the Department of
Telecommunications (''DoT'') guidelines on Unified Access (Basic &
Cellular) Services Licence (''UASL'') dated November 11, 2003, the
Company migrated its licence to the UASL regime with effect from
November 14, 2003. A fresh License Agreement was signed on May 31,2004.
Pursuant to this migration, the Company became additionally entitled to
provide full mobility services. HFCL Infotel also entered into a
Licence Agreement dated June 28, 2000, and amendments thereto, with DoT
to establish maintain and operate internet service in Punjab circle
(including Chandigarh and Panchkula).
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee to the Department of Telecommunication (''DOT'') for the use of
GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology being used under the
existing (UASL) for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been
amended to incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January
15, 2008 vide DOT''s letter number F.No.lO-15/2004/BS.II/ HITL/
Punjab/17 dated January 15,2008. The Company has launched its GSM
services on March 29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
With effect from August 1, 1999, the Company is required to pay revenue
share license fees as a fraction of Adjusted Gross Revenue (''AGR'') on
UASL, The revenue share fraction other than income from Internet
Services was set at 10 per cent of AGR with effect from August 1, 1999
and was reduced to 8 per cent of AGR with - effect from April 1, 2004.
In addition, spectrum charges calculated at 3 per cent of the AGR
earned through the wireless technology is payable under the license
agreement.
With effect from July 01, 2012 Income from internet services is
included as the service revenue for the purpose of the calculation of
AGR under Internet Services Licence as it is governed by a separate ISP
licence between the Company and the Department of Telecommunications
(''DoT'').The revenue share fraction is set at 4% of income from internet
revenue (''AGR'' under Internet Service Licence)
(c) Project Financing
The Company''s project was initially appraised by Industrial Development
Bank of India (TDBF) during the year ended March 31, 2000.
Pursuant to the migration to UASL regime, the consortium of lenders,
led by IDBI, through the Corporate Debt Restructuring (''CDR'') mechanism
approved an overall restructuring of the liabilities of the Company and
thereby revised the peak funding requirements.
Further, the CDR Empowered Group has approved the proposal of the
Company for expansion of services, change in the scope of the project,
cost of project and means of finance and restructuring of debt as per
the reworked restructuring scheme dated Jiine 24,2005.
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,356,822,123
resulting into accumulated loss of Rs 16,785,419,039 as at March
31,2013 which has completely eroded its net worth and has a net current
liability of Rs 7,251,909,436 The ability of the Company to continue as
a going concern is substantially dependent on its ability to
successfully arrange the remaining funding and achieve financial
closure to fund its operating and capital funding requirements and to
substantially increase its subscriber base The management in view of
its business plans and support from significant shareholders is
confident of generating cash flows to fund the operating and capital
requirements of the Company. Accordingly, these statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis.
(1). Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect
of:
(a) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02
aggregating to Rs 13,519,046 (March 31,2012 - Rs 12,678,483).
(b) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications
has claimed an outstanding of Rs 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum
Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter
1020/48/2005- WFD dated October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its
reply to the department on October 25, 2005 confirming the total due of
Rs 29,472 only and paid the said amount. The Wireless Finance Division
of Department of Telecommunications has subsequently claimed Rs
39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/2005-WFD dated September 13, 2006
towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2006. The
Company has submitted a detailed reply on October 31, 2006. During the
year ended March 31,2008, out of the above .demand, the Company has
deposited Rs 1,801,241 under protest towards the interest due till
August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of Department of
Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs 70,604,092 towards
Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2008 vide
letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October 24,2008. The Company has
once again made a written representation vide its letter dated December
8, 2008 and August 12, 2009. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand
to Rs 70,528,239 vide Letter No 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated September 6,
2010 to which the Company has made representations vide letter dated
September 23, 2010, February 3,2011 and March 17,2011. Subsequently DOT
has revised their demand to Rs 149,960,749 vide Letter No
1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated January 3, 2013 to which the Company has
made representations vide letter dated January 18, 2013. The reply of
which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion, the Company is
confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(c) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(''BSNL'') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs
167,614,241 towards Inter-connect Usage Charges (TUC) and Access
Deficit Charges (''ADC'') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31,
2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs
99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to
February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral
declaration of the Company''s Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone
services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has
submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the
calculation/ basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC
by BSNL for Rs 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection
notice on August 26,2006 which required the payment of Rs 208,236,569
(including Rs 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL
for payments already made for Rs 40,622,328. The Company has approached
Hon''ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was granted on
Company''s petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection notice on
September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised a
supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs 5,206,780, to which the
Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that the
matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon''ble TDSAT, no
coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the matter
has been completed and the Hon''ble TDSAT has pronounced the judgment on
May 21,2010 in Company''s favour and has directed that BSNL and the
Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile the
differences. In the absence of information from BSNL, the Company is
not in a position to determine the liability with respect to this
matter. The Company, based on expert legal opinion, believes that there
would be no financial liability against such bills and accordingly, has
not recorded any liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills
during the year ended March 31,2013.
(d) The Company is in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007
from Department of Telecommunications
(''DoT'')fornonfulfilmentoffirstyear''sroll-outobligations of Unified
Access Service License (''UASL'') Agreement for Punjab Service Area,
where in the licensee as per the terms of the license agreement was
required to ensure that at least 10% of the District Headquarter /
Towns are covered in the first year of the date of migration to UASL
which commences from the date of Test Certificate issued by Telecom
Engineering Centre (''TEC''). As stated by DoT''in the Show Cause Notice
issued, the Company has violated the conditions of UASL and accordingly
Liquidated Damages of Rs 70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also
sought explanation within 21 days as to why they should not take action
against the Company under the UASL Agreement to which the Company has
''replied on September 27,2007 that the Company has not violated the
conditions of UASL and. based on expert legal advice, the Company
believes that''there would be no financial liability against such claims
of DoT and accordingly, has not recorded any liability towards the
Liquidated Damages during year ended March 31,2013.
(e) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 433,158,340 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') on December 20, 2008 on account of
unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April
28,2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of
the Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company,
Association of Unified Service Providers of India ''AUSPF (erstwhile
Association of Basic Telephone Operators ''ABTO'') and other Basic
Service Operators contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access
charges before Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (''TDSAT'').
TDSAT vide its reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005
allowed the refund claims and struck down the unilateral revision in
the rates of access charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (''TRAI'') is the final authority for fixing of access
charges and access charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the
TRAI and as per the Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal
in Hon''ble Supreme Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay
was granted on October 19, 2006 Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral
action on the part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing
the status-quo, applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other
Operators in the Hon''ble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005
that was listed for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon''ble Supreme
Court passed an order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006
and stayed the refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the
TDSAT order dated April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising
the access charges demand. The Company based on the legal opinion
believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand
and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges
during the year ended March 31,2013.
(f) The Company is in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from
Department of Telecommunications (''DoT''), Licensing Group (Access
Services) vide their letter dated October 21,2009 for issuance of SIM
cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, where in the Licensee was
required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer
before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT
vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by
DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DOT -
TERM Cells and the exercise was carried put suo moto and in complete
disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT.
Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done
by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not
recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March
31,2013.
(g) As per The Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations
2003, had fixed intra circle carriage charges payable per minute for
all intra circle calls irrespective of the distance between originating
and terminating points. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (''BSNL'') was
charging additional amounts based on distance for the period October
2007 to March 2009 which was against the telecommunication Interconnect
Usage Charges Regulations 2003 of TRAI. The matter was raised to
Hon''ble TDSAT by service providers to which Hon''ble TDSAT vide it''s
order dated May 21, 2010 upheld the demand of BSNL. The liability of
the Company on basis of BSNL demand amounted to Rs 4,110,959.
Subsequently TRAI appealed against the order of TDSAT in the Hon''ble
Supreme Court. The matter is sub-judice and the final decision of the
Hon''ble Supreme Court in the matter is still awaited.
(h) The Company is in receipt of a Show Cause Notice amounting to Rs
1,020,00,000 dated May 17, 2013 from Department of Telecommunications
(''DOT'') purportedly for the non-compliance with Electro Magnetic
Frequency Radiation Norms (''EMF Radiation Norms'') prescribed by DOT.
The Company on May 21, 2013 has represented to DOT that the Corrtpany
is fully compliant with the specified limits of the EMF Radiation Norms
and the Company has also submitted the ''Self Certifications'' in respect
of all the 204 Base Transceiver Station (''BTS'') set up in the Punjab
Telecom Circle as mentioned in the Show Cause Notice well within the
stipulated last date of March 31, 2011 as prescribed by DOT. The
Company is confident that no such liability will arise and no further
communication is received from DOT with this regard
(2). Share Capital
(a) As of date, the entire paid up Equity Share Capital of the company
comprising of 612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, stands listed on
the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Consequent upon the issuance of
86,743,116 equity shares allotted pursuant to the conversion of
7,551,178 OFCDs along with interest accrued thereon to the Financial
Institution /Banks on July 8, 2009, the non-promoter shareholding in
the Company increased from 38.02% to 46.80%, and the Promoters''
Shareholding decreased from 61.97% to 53.19%, whereupon the Company
requested BSE to grant listing of unlisted shares without insisting
upon the stipulation of the condition for ''Offer for Sale. BSE, vide
its letter DCS / AMAL / RCG/ GEN / 1108 / 2008- 09 dated February 13,
2009, inter-alia, agreed to exempt the condition imposed on the Company
to comply with requirement of making an offer for sale in the domestic
market, subject to compliance of certain procedural requirements
including ''three years lock-in'' period of 25% of equity shares that had
been issued pursuant to the merger on June 17, 2003 i.js. 25% of
432,000,250 shares (108,000,063 equity shares). The-Company had - in
compliance with the conditions stipulated by BSE - placed under lock-in
108,000,063 equity shares on May 14,2009 for a period of 3 years ending
May 15,2012. The Company has also complied with all other necessary
requirements pursuant to the letter from BSE dated February 13, 2009
related to 83,070,088 equity shares issued pursuant to corporate debt
restructuring scheme. BSE had also agreed to grant in-principle
approval for allotment of 86,743,116 equity shares to be issued to
Banks and financial institutions on conversion upon filing of necessary
listing application, which the Company has filed, vide its letter no.
HITL/S&L/S-01/09/472 and 473 dated March 07, 2009. Consequently, vide
their notice 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 hosted on it''s website BSE
had granted Listing and Trading permission in respect of the
432,000,250 equity shares issued pursuant to scheme of amalgamation,
BSE had also granted Listing approval in respect of the .63,070,088
equity shares allotted as aforesaid vide their letter number
DCS/PREF/DMN/FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009 and the shares were
Listed by BSE vide its notice number 20090605-20 dated June 5, 2009.
(b) Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, 86,743,116 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each (allotted on July 08, 2009, after obtaining in principle
approval frorh the BSE and MSE. upon the conversion of Optionally
Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) allotted pursuant to the Corporate
Debt'' Restructuring (CDR Cell) Consequently, the Listing approval in
respect of these shares was granted by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) vide
its letter number 20090813-08 dated August 13, 2009 w.e.f. August 14,
2009 and by the Madras Stock Exchange Limited vide its letter
no.MSE/LD/PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01,2009 w.e.f. September
01,2009.
Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising* of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, 326,705,000 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each representing 533605 % of the total Paid up share capital
of the Company - which were earlier held by Himachal Futuristic
Communications
Limited - the erstwhile promoter or Holding Company), were acquired by
M/s Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited on 03rd April, 2010 in
compliance with the SEBI Exemption Order in pursuance of the proposal
for settlement-/ change of management of the Company approved under the
New Restructuring Scheme as approved by the Corporate Debt
Restructuring Cell (CDR Cell) on August 13, 2009.
(c) Pursuant to the Company''s application in this regard, for Voluntary
Delisting pursuant to the provisions of regulation 6(a) and 7(1) of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares)
Regulation, 2009, the Madras Stock Exchange (MSE), MSE has vide its
letter dated March 15, 2011, accepted and accorded its consent to the
Voluntary Delisting of the Company''s shares vide its letter No.
MSE/LD/PSK/731/109/11 dated 15th March, 2011 accepting the Voluntary
delisting of the company''s equity shares from the MSE.
(3). Secured Loans
(a) As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently
approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders have signed Master Restructuring
Agreement (''MRA'') for restructuring of their Debts and Security
Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders have entered into an
agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after
referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11,
2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term
Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital
Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by
first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated
at Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali &
Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of
hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable
plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and. other
movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and
future. Further, the same are also secured by assignment of all rights,
title, benefits, claims and interest in, under the project documents,
insurance policies, all statutory, government and regulatory
approvals,'' permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis.
Subsequently, pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved
under CDR mechanism on June 24, 2005, the Company has entered into
amendatory Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security
Trusteeship Agreement (''STA'') on March 9, 2006, whereby Centurion Bank
of Punjab has also joined as one of, the lenders and has agreed to
appoint ITSL as their custodian for security and signed the STA in line
with other lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
(''CDR'') vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 138 / 2009-10 (''CDR Letter'')
dated May 20, 2009 has . approved the interim revised restructuring
package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding
of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest
basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan (''FITL'') would not carry any
interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly installments
commencing '' from December 1,2009, and has rescheduled the principle
installments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be
repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt
Restructuring (''CDR'') cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 563 /
2009-10 dated August 13,2009 has approved a new restructuring scheme,
which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of
management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders, All the term
lenders have given their acceptance to the new restructuring scheme.
The new restructuring scheme has been made effective from April 1, 2009
and accordingly an amount of Rs 373,097,077 towards FITL from July
1,2008 to March 31,2009 has been considered as term loan.
In pursuant to the new restructuring scheme vide letter no. CDR (JCP)
No 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009, The Company had allotted
15,984,543, 2 % Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each
aggregating to Rs.1,598,454,300 on November 9, 2010, to Financial
Institution / Banks in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as
on April 01,2009. » In compliance - with the aforesaid new
restructuring scheme dated August 13,2009 the Company had repaid on
July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an amount of Rs 1,598,454,522 being 25%
of their outstanding loans as on April 01,2009
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August
13, 2009, the Company had allotted 31,969,088 Redeemable Secured Non
Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') of Rs.100 each aggregating to
Rs.3,196,908,800 on January 21,2013, to Financial Institution / Banks
in conversion of 50% of their outstanding loans as on April 01,2009.
(b) The above mentioned security has been further extended to the
amount of secured loans and working capital assistance, together, with
the interest, compound interest, additional interest, default interest,
costs, charges, expenses and any other monies payable by the Company in
relation thereto and in terms with MRA and ST A entered into between
the lenders and ITSL.
(c) Vehicle Loans of Rs Nil (March 31, 2012'' - Rs 70,786) are secured
by way of exclusive hypothecation charge in favour of bank on the
specific vehicle acquired out of the loan proceeds of the Company.
(4). Unsecured Loans
(a) On October 16,2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures (''NCDs'') of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31,2003. The NCDs earlier redeemable
at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2016
after repayment of the term loans as per reworked restructuring scheme
effective from April 1, 2005.
(b) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of
businesses amounting to Rs 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private
Limited. The convertible loan was repayable on demand with an option
to convert the Loan into Equity Shares, subject to getting necessary
approvals and subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and
other laws and regulations. On- September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm
Private Limited (''IDPL'') had entered into an assignment agreement with
Domebell Electronics India Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IDPL had
assigned the above convertible loan of Rs 499,499,886 to DEIPL. , All
the terms and conditions relating to the convertible loan remained the
same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year
ended March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to
Rs 14,984,997 @ 12% to IDIPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009
has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,2009 onwards. DEIPL
have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31,
2013, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the
Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment agreement, the
convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7 years from the
date of assignment agreement dated September 16,2009.
(c) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken buyer''s credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom
project amounting to Rs 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions
Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and was repayable on demand.
Infotel Business Solutions Limited had the option to convert the loan"
including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable
pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On
September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited (TBSL'') has
entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India
Private Limited (''DEIPL''), wherein IBSL has assigned the above buyer''s
credit facility of Rs 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and
conditions relating to the buyer''s credit facility remained the same.
The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended
March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to Rs
12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30, 2009. and
accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated
September 16, 2009 has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,
2009 orywards DEIPL has agreed to waive off the interest from July 1,
2009 till March 31, 2013, therefore no provision for such interest has
been made by the Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment
agreement, the convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7
years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16,2009.
(d) The Company had taken an unsecured loan on July 06, 2010 of
Rs.1,598,500,000 @ 8% per annum, the interest accrues at the end of
each quarter. The lender has agreed to waive off the interest from July
06, 2010 to March 31, 2013, therefore no provision for said interest
has been made by the Company. The aforesaid unsecured loan is repayable
after 7 years from the commencement of the unsecured loan.
(5). Fixed Assets and Capital work-in-progress
(a) Capital Work in Progress includes Goods in Transit of Rs. NIL
(March 31,2012 Rs Nil)
(b) As on March 31, 2013, telephone instruments aggregating to a net
book value of Rs 79,675,183
'' (March 31, 2012 - Rs 85,390,844) and other assets aggregating to net
book value of Rs 1,029,215,214 (March 31,2012 - Rs 1,031,023,331) are
located at customer premises, other parties and at other operator''s
sites, respectively.
(6). Inventory for Network Maintenance
The Company holds inventory of network maintenance. consumables and
RUIM cards amounting to Rs 16,942,837 (March 31,2012 - Rs 18,445,811).
The quantity and valuation of inventory is taken as verified, valued
and certified by the management.
(7).Deferred Taxes
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,356,822,123
(accumulated losses of Rs 16,785,419,039) resulting into a tax loss
carry forward situation. The Company is eligible for a tax holiday
under section 80IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Though the management
is confident of generating profits in the future, there is currently no
convincing evidence, of virtual certainty that the Company would
reverse the tax loss carry forwards beyond the tax holiday period.
Accordingly, the Company has not recognized any deferred tax assets
resulting from the carry forward tax losses. Further, no deferred tax
liabilities on account of temporary timing differences have been
recognized since they are expected to reverse in the tax holiday
period.
(8). Trade Payables include amount payable to Micro and Small
Enterprises as at March 31, 2013 of Rs 816,620 (March 31,2012 - Rs
94,298). The information as required to be disclosed under the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined
to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis of
information and records available with the Company.
Information for the supplier covered under the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise Development Act, 2006, as at March 31,2013 is as under -
(9).The Company had received advance of Rs 4,955,927,643 ( March 31,
2012 Rs. 3,827,500,000) to fund the entry fee for using GSM Technology
under the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL) and business
operations for Punjab Service Area. The same is included in Other
Current Liabilities. No interest is payable on the said advance.
(10).Operating leases
A. Company as a Lessee
(a) The Company has entered into various cancelable lease agreements
for leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31,
2013 is Rs 67,334,772 (March 31,2012 - Rs 64,073,190).
(b) The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other
operators for sharing of their infrastructure sites. During the year,
the Company has incurred Rs 452,541,058 (March 31, 2012 - Rs
530,032,570) towards infrastructure sharing expenses.
Further lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as
follows:-
B. . Company as a Lessor
The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements with
other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During the
year, the Company has accrued Rs 9,710,199 (March 31, 2012- Rs
7,608,860) towards site sharing revenue.
The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to
provide approximately 8,357.42 Fiber pair kilometers of dark fiber on
indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The
gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the
assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not
disclosed. In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs
38,806,906(March 31, 2012- Rs 36,775,779) has been recognized in the
Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended March 31, 2013.
Further lease receipts (under non-cancellable operating leases) will be
recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss of subsequent years as
follows:-
(11). Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of
business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is
provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts
appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business
segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of
Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no
disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
(12).Related Party Disclosures
As required under Accounting Standard 18 on "Related Party
Disclosures", the disclosure of transactions with related parties as
defined in the Accounting Standard are given below:
(13).Unclaimed deposits from public
During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company surrendered its
licence granted by Reserve Bank of India (''RBI'') to carry out NBFC
business. Accordingly, the Company foreclosed all the unpaid /
unclaimed deposits as on September 15, 2003 and the interest accruing
thereon as on that date, and the same have been transferred to the
Escrow Account in February 2004. On August 10,2004, the Company has
obtained the approval of the shareholders for the removal of NBFC
related objects from the Memorandum of Association. Further, the
Company submitted a letter dated July 7, 2004 for compliance and RBI
vide its letter dated July 30, 2004 gave some concessions from
compliance and has advised the Company to follow certain instructions
till the balance in the escrow account is settled.
The, accompanying financial statements include the following account
balances relating to the NBFC business whose licence granted by RBI was
surrendered during the year ended March 31, 2004:
- Interest accrued and due on deposits up to transferred
to Investor Education and Protection Fund Rs 543,480
- Cheques outstanding beyond 6 months Rs 523,618
- Others (Under reconciliation) Rs 18,961
Rs 1,086,009
Balances with Scheduled banks in
Escrow account Rs 1,086,009
(14). Debenture redemption reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company had issued
unsecured Zero% Non Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') (Erstwhile OFCDs)
aggregating to Rs 166,776,100 repayable as on March 31,2016. Pursuant
to the new restructuring scheme dated August 13,2009 the Company has to
allot secured Non Convertible Debenture (''NCD'') for Rs 3,196,909,043 to
Financial institution and Banks equivalent to 50% of their -
outstanding loans as on April 01,2009 which shall be issued on
completion of such approvals and conditions precedent. As per section
117C (1) of the Companies Act, 1956, a debenture redemption reserve
(''DRR'') is to be created to which adequate amounts are to be credited
out of the profits of each year until such debentures are redeemed.
During the year, the Company has incurred loss of Rs 1,356,822,123.
Hence, in accordance with the clarification received from the
Department of Company Affairs vide circular No 6/3/2001-CL.V dated
April 18, 2002, the Company has not created Debenture redemption
reserve.
15. Previous year figures have been regrouped where necessary to
conform to this year classification.
Mar 31, 2012
(a) Of the above
(i) 490,750 (March 31, 2011 - 490,750 of Rs. 10/- each) equity shares
of Rs 10 each, were allotted as fully paid bonus shares in the earlier
years by way of capitalisation of reserves.
(ii) 326,705,000 (March 31, 2011 - 326,705,000) equity shares are held
by Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited (Holding Company).
(iii) 83,070,088 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October
16, 2004, pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring ('CDR') Scheme
dated March 10, 2004.[Refer Note 27 (7) (a)].
Out of these, 63,373,110 equity shares of Rs 10 each were issued by the
Company to Industrial Development Bank of India ('IDBI'), at par and
the balance of 12,171,778 and 7,525,200 equity shares of Rs 10 each to
Oriental Bank of Commerce ('OBC') and ING Vysya Bank Limited ('ING'),
respectively, at a premium of Re 0.50 per equity share as per
provisions of applicable law.
(iv) 8,67,43,116 equity shares of Rs.10/- each were issued on July 08,
2009 after obtaining in principle approval from the BSE and MSE,
consequent to the conversion of Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures
(OFCDs) pursuant to the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell.
(b) As more fully discussed in Note 27 (7) (a), the Company in
accordance with the scheme of amalgamation approved by the High Court
of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on March
6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively under section 391 and 394 of
the Companies Act, 1956, the erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited (name
earlier allotted to the transferor company), amalgamated with HFCL
Infotel Limited now Quadrant Televentures Limited, (formerly The
Investment Trust of India Limited).
Subsequent to the approved amalgamation:
(i) 432,000,250 ( March 31,2011 432,000,250)equity shares of Rs 10 each
issued for consideration other than cash pursuant to the amalgamation
of erstwhile HFCL Infotel Limited with the Company.
(ii) 1,730,814 equity shares of Rs 10 each were allotted on October 13,
2003, on conversion of the warrants issued to the shareholders of The
Investment Trust of India Limited prior to June 11, 2003.
(c) Of the above
(i) 6,500,000 (March 31, 2011 - 6,500,000) 7.5 per cent CRPS were
allotted on October 16, 2004, pursuant to the CDR Scheme, where under
the specified part of the amount due to CRPS Holder by the Company was
converted into 7.5 per cent CRPS redeemable after the repayment of
Rupee Term Loan (in Financial Year 2016-17). As per the CDR Scheme ,
prior approval of the lenders would be required to declare dividend on
7.5 per cent CRPS and all the voting rights attached to the CRPS to be
assigned in favour of the term lenders. On June 24, 2005 as per
Reworked Restructuring Scheme, the dividend percentage was reduced to 2
per cent from 7.5 per cent with effect from date of issuance of CRPS.
New Restructuring Scheme dated August 13,2009 does not stipulate any
reference to the aforesaid CRPS. Accordingly the CRPS shall be
redeemable in the Financial Year 2016-17 With reference to Reworked
Restructuring Scheme dated June 24,2005
(ii) 15,984,543 (March 31,2011-15,984,543) 2% Cumulative Redeemable
Preference Shares of Rs. 100/- fully paid up, aggregating up to Rs.
1,598,454,300 were allotted on November 9, 2011 to the Banks and
Financial Institution, namely, IDBI Bank Limited, Life Insurance
Corporation of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, ING Vysya Bank and
State Bank of Patiala in terms of the New Restructuring Scheme (CDR
Package) approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (CDR Cell)
vide their letter dated August 13, 2009, in conversion of 25% of their
outstanding loans; the CRPSs shall be redeemed (monthly) over a period
of four years commencing from April 1, 2021 at a premium of 34%.
(iii) Due to accumulated losses provision for dividend on CRPS of Rs
650,000,000 and Rs1,598,454,300 and premium on redemption of CRPS of Rs
1,598,454,300 is not required and hence not provided for in the
financials.
(a) Securities premium includes an amount of Rs 9,848,489 received on
allotment of 19,696,978 equity shares of Rs 10 each on October 16, 2004
at a premium of Rs 0.50 per equity share [Refer of Note 1 (a) (iii)].
(b) During the year 2006 in accordance with the CDR Scheme [Refer Note
26 (1) (c )], the company had provided for the premium on Zero %
Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCD) and had utilised the
securities premium to that extent .
(c) As more fully discussed in Note 26 (1) (a), the Company (erstwhile
The Investment Trust of India Limited) was a Non- Banking Financial
Corporation ('NBFC') under the Certificate of Registration ('CoR') No
07.00222 dated April 18, 1998. Further, as more fully discussed in
Note 27 (20), the Company had surrendered its CoR with the Reserve Bank
of India ('RBI'). In 2004 As a condition for the cancellation of the
CoR, the RBI had advised the Company to follow certain strictures till
the balance in the escrow account is settled.
a. Secured Loan from Banks & Financial Institutions will be converted
in to Non-Convertible Debentures of equal amount as per New
Restructuring Scheme dated August 13,2009.
b. Yield of Interest and Premium on redemption of Secured
Non-Convertible Debentures is 8% p.a.
c. Secured Loan Convertible into Non-Convertible Debentures as per CDR
is secured by first pari passu charge on movable and immovable fixed
assets and first pari passu charge on Current Assets, assignment of
license / contracts and fully detailed in note 27 (8) (a).
e. Vehicle Loan are secured by hypothecation of respective vehicle.
f. On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures ('NCDs') of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The 'NCD's earlier
redeemable at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March
31, 2016 after repayment of the term loans as per Reworked
Restructuring Scheme dated June 24, 2005 effective from April 1, 2005.
During the year ended March 31, 2009, the Company had incorporated one
wholly owned Subsidiary Company, Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private
Limited with an Investment of Rs 99,800. During the year ended March
31, 2011 the Company has acquired beneficial interest in the remaining
20 equity shares which were earlier held by the subscribers to the
Memorandum of Association: Consequently, the company now holds 100% of
the issued equity share capital in the subsidiary company.
a) Debtors are secured to the extent of deposit received from the
subscribers.
b) Includes Rs. 74,496,145 (March 31, 2011 - Rs 83,158,703) of unbilled
revenues, the invoices for which have been raised subsequent to March
31, 2012 [Refer Note 26 (2.11)].
NOTE 1 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
For the
year ended For the
year ended
31.03.2012 31.03.2011
Estimated value of contracts remaining to
be executed on capital account and not 64,947,346 296,671,624
provided for net of capital advances
Rs. 3,987,253 (March 31,2011 Rs 2,677,951)
Bank Guarantees given against Bid Bonds
/Performance/Advance
Financial Bank Guarantees 82,843,358 74,134,394
Performance Bank Guarantees 53,052,363 53,542,500
Open Letter of Credits (Margin Deposit
Rs. 18514929 [March 31, 2011 - 18,514,929 14,143,944
Rs. 14143944)]
Income tax matters under appeal [Refer
Note 27 (1) (a)]. 12,678,483 11,837,921
Claims against the company not
acknowledged as debts 3,277,812 5,381,816
Dividend on 2% cumulative redeemable
preference shares ('CRPS') 63,938,172 95,907,258
Others [Refer Note 27 (1) (b, c, d, e, f
and g)]. 852,854,133 852,854,133
Total 1,152,106,596 1,404,473,590
2. Background
(a) Nature of business and ownership
Quadrant Televentures Limited ('the Company' or 'QTL'), Unified Access
Services Licensee for Punjab Circle (including Chandigarh and
Panchkula), is providing complete telecommunication services, which
includes voice telephony, both wireline and fixed wireless, CDMA and
GSM based mobiles, internet services, broadband data services and a
wide range of value added service viz., centrex, leased lines, VPNs,
voice mail, etc. The services were commercially launched in October
2000 and as on March 31, 2012, the Company has an active subscriber
base of over 1,682,567.
The Company was incorporated on August 2, 1946 with the name of The
Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) which was subsequently changed
to HFCL Infotel Limited on May 12, 2003. This was done pursuant to a
Scheme of amalgamation (the Scheme), approved by the Hon' able High
Court of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on
March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively, whereby the erstwhile
HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier allotted to the transferor Company)
('erstwhile HFCL Infotel') was merged with the Company with effect from
September 1, 2002. As per the Scheme envisaged, the Company's then
existing business of hire purchase, leasing and securities trading was
transferred by way of slump sales to its wholly owned subsidiary, Rajam
Finance & Investments Company (India) Limited ('Rajam Finance') with
effect from September 1, 2002. Rajam Finance was renamed as The
Investment Trust of India Limited with effect from June 17, 2003 and it
ceased to be the subsidiary of the Company with effect from September
30, 2003, due to allotment of fresh equity by Rajam Finance to other
investors.
The Company, during the year ended March 31, 2004, surrendered its
license granted by Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') to carry out NBFC
business. RBI confirmed the cancellation of the NBFC license as per
their letter dated May 24, 2004.
On September 24, 2010 the name of Company was changed to Quadrant
Televentures Limited.
During the year ended March 31,2009, the Company had incorporated one
wholly owned subsidiary Company, Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private
Limited ('ITIPL') with an investment of Rs. 99,800 During the year
ended March 31,2011 the Company has acquired beneficial interest in the
remaining 20 equity shares which were earlier held by the subscribers
to the Memorandum of Association. Declaration of beneficial Interest in
the said shares has been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies.
Consequently, the company now holds 100% of the issued equity share
capital in the subsidiary company. The principal business of the
Company is building, establishing, setting-up, accruing, developing,
advising on, managing, providing, operating and/or maintaining,
facilitating conduct of, fully or partially infrastructure facilities
and services thereof for all kinds of value added services including
Broadband Towers for telecom operations/services, payment gateway
services and international gateway services.
(b) License Fees
The Company obtained licence for Basic Telephony Service for the Punjab
circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) by way of amalgamation of
the erstwhile HFCL Infotel with the Company. Erstwhile HFCL Infotel had
obtained this licence under fixed license fee regime under National
Telecom Policy ('NTP') 1994, valid for a period of 20 years from the
effective date, and subsequently migrated from the fixed license fee
regime to revenue sharing regime upon implementation of NTP 1999.
Further to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's ('TRAI')
recommendations of October 27, 2003 and the Department of
Telecommunications ('DoT') guidelines on Unified Access (Basic &
Cellular) Services Licence ('UASL') dated November 11, 2003, the
Company migrated its licence to the UASL regime with effect from
November 14, 2003. A fresh License Agreement was signed on May 31,
2004. Pursuant to this migration, the Company became additionally
entitled to provide full mobility services. HFCL Infotel also entered
into a Licence Agreement dated June 28, 2000, and amendments thereto,
with DoT to establish maintain and operate internet service in Punjab
circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula).
Fixed license fees of Rs 1,775,852,329 paid under the old license fee
regime from inception till July 31, 1999, were considered as the
License Entry Fees of the Punjab circle (including Chandigarh and
Panchkula) as part of the migration package to NTP 1999.
With effect from August 1, 1999, the Company is required to pay revenue
share license fees as a fraction of Adjusted Gross Revenue ('AGR'), The
revenue share fraction was set at 10 per cent of AGR with effect from
August 1, 1999 and was reduced to 8 per cent of AGR with effect from
April 1, 2004. In addition, spectrum charges calculated at 3 per cent
of the AGR earned through the wireless technology is payable under the
license agreement. Income from internet services is excluded from the
service revenue for the purpose of the calculation of AGR as it is
governed by a separate ISP licence between the Company and the
Department of Telecommunications ('DoT').
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee of Rs 1,517,500,000 with The Department of Telecommunication
('DOT') for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology
being used under the existing Unified Access Services Licence ('UASL')
for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to
incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008
vide DOT's letter number F.No.10-15/2004/BS.II/HITL/ Punjab/17 dated
January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM services on March
29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
(c) Project Financing
The Company's project was initially appraised by Industrial Development
Bank of India ('IDBI') during the year ended March 31, 2000.
Pursuant to the migration to UASL regime, the consortium of lenders,
led by IDBI, through the Corporate Debt Restructuring ('CDR') mechanism
approved an overall restructuring of the liabilities of the Company and
thereby revised the peak funding requirements.
Further, the CDR Empowered Group has approved the proposal of the
Company for expansion of services, change in the scope of the project,
cost of project and means of finance and restructuring of debt as per
the reworked restructuring scheme dated June 24, 2005. During the
year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,791,601,978 resulting
into accumulated loss of Rs 15,428,596,916 as at March 31, 2012 which
has completely eroded its net worth and has a net current liability of
Rs 6,847,992,445 The ability of the Company to continue as a going
concern is substantially dependent on its ability to successfully
arrange the remaining funding and achieve financial closure to fund its
operating and capital funding requirements and to substantially
increase its subscriber base. The management in view of its business
plans and support from significant shareholders is confident of
generating cash flows to fund the operating and capital requirements of
the Company. Accordingly, these statements have been prepared on a
going concern basis.
(1) Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect
of:
(a) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02
aggregating to Rs 12,678,483 (March 31, 2011 - Rs 11,837,921).
(b) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications
has claimed an outstanding of Rs 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum
Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter
1020/48/2005-WFD dated October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its
reply to the department on October 25, 2005 confirming the total due of
Rs 29,472 only and paid the said amount. The Wireless Finance Division
of Department of Telecommunications has subsequently claimed Rs
39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/2005-WFD dated September 13, 2006
towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2006. The
Company has submitted a detailed reply on October 31, 2006. During the
year ended March 31, 2008, out of the above demand, the Company has
deposited Rs 1,801,241 under protest towards the interest due till
August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of Department of
Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs 70,604,092 towards
Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2008 vide
letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October 24, 2008. The Company has
once again made a written representation vide its letter dated December
8, 2008 and August 12, 2009. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand
to Rs 70,528,239 vide Letter No 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated September 6,
2010 to which the Company has made representations vide letter dated
September 23, 2010, February 3, 2011 and March 17, 2011. The reply of
which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion, the Company is
confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future.
(c) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
('BSNL') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs
167,614,241 towards Inter-connect Usage Charges ('IUC') and Access
Deficit Charges ('ADC') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31,
2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs
99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to
February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral
declaration of the Company's Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone
services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has
submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the
calculation/basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC
by BSNL for Rs 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection
notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs 208,236,569
(including Rs 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL
for payments already made for Rs 40,622,328. The Company has
approached Hon'ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was
granted on Company's petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection
notice on September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised
a supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs 5,206,780, to which
the Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that
the matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon'ble TDSAT,
no coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the
matter has been completed and the Hon'ble TDSAT has pronounced the
judgment on May 21, 2010 in Company's favour and has directed that BSNL
and the Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile the
differences. In the absence of information from BSNL, the Company is
not in a position to determine the liability with respect to this
matter. The Company, based on expert legal opinion, believes that there
would be no financial liability against such bills and accordingly, has
not recorded any liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills
during the year ended March 31, 2012.
(d) The Company is in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007
from Department of Telecommunications ('DoT') for non fulfilment of
first year's roll-out obligations of Unified Access Service License
('UASL') Agreement for Punjab Service Area, where in the licensee as
per the terms of the license agreement was required to ensure that at
least 10% of the District Headquarter / Towns are covered in the first
year of the date of migration to UASL which commences from the date of
Test Certificate issued by Telecom Engineering Centre ('TEC'). As
stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice issued, the Company has violated
the conditions of UASL and accordingly Liquidated Damages of Rs
70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also sought explanation within
21 days as to why they should not take action against the Company under
the UASL Agreement to which the Company has replied on September 27,
2007 that the Company has not violated the conditions of UASL and based
on expert legal advice, the Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against such claims of DoT and accordingly, has not
recorded any liability towards the Liquidated Damages during year ended
March 31, 2012.
(e) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 433,158,340 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') on December 20, 2008 on account of
unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April 28,
2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of the
Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company, Association
of Unified Service Providers of India 'AUSPI' (erstwhile Association of
Basic Telephone Operators 'ABTO') and other Basic Service Operators
contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges before
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal ('TDSAT'). TDSAT vide its
reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005 allowed the refund
claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates of access
charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
('TRAI') is the final authority for fixing of access charges and access
charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as per the
Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Hon'ble Supreme
Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was granted on
October 19, 2006 Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral action on the
part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing the status-quo,
applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other Operators in
the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005 that was listed
for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon'ble Supreme Court passed an
order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006 and stayed the
refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the TDSAT order dated
April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising the access
charges demand. The Company based on the legal opinion believes that
there would be no financial liability against this demand and has
accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges during
the year ended March 31, 2012.
(f) The Company is in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from
Department of Telecommunications ('DoT'), Licensing Group (Access
Services) vide their letter dated October 21, 2009 for issuance of SIM
cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, where in the Licensee was
required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer
before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT
vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by
DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DOT -
TERM Cells and the exercise was carried out suo moto and in complete
disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT.
Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done
by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not
recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March 31,
2012.
(g) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 4,157,718 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') on February 2, 2009 on account of port
charges for the year 2008-09, passive link charges, duct cost for
passive link and active link charges. Out the above Rs 430,131
pertaining to port charges for the year 2008-09 and active link charges
was paid by the Company vide receipt number 189 dated February 18,
2009. The amount of Rs 3,727,587 towards the duct cost for passive link
and passive link charges was not acceptable by the Company as the
demand raised by BSNL was unilateral and unjust. The Company filed a
petition vide petition number 41(C) of 2009 with Telecom Dispute
Settlement and Appellate Tribunal ('TDSAT') to which the Company was
granted a stay order dated March 25, 2009 restraining BSNL from
recovering the dues from the Company. The hearing on the matter has
been completed on February 11, 2010 and the judgement from Hon'ble
TDSAT was delivered December 22, 2010 in favour of BSNL where in the
Company was required to make payment amounting to Rs. 5,191,862 to
BSNL. The said payment has been made in compliance with the order.
The above managerial remuneration does not include provision of
gratuity of Rs 98,408 (March 31, 2011- Rs 56,688) and leave encashment
of Rs 187,457 (March 31, 2011- Rs129,613), as these provisions are
computed on the basis of an actuarial valuation done for the Company
and are provided in the financials (Refer Note 5 and note 9).
Value of perquisites and other allowances has been determined in
accordance with the provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
(3) Share Capital
Equity shares
(a) As of date, the entire paid up Equity Share Capital of the company
comprising of 612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, stands listed on
the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Consequent upon the issuance of
8,67,43,116 equity shares allotted pursuant to the conversion of
75,51,178 OFCDs along with interest accrued thereon to the Financial
Institution /Banks on July 8, 2009, the non-promoter shareholding in
the Company increased from 38.02% to 46.80%, and the Promoters'
Shareholding decreased from 61.97% to 53.19%, whereupon the Company
requested BSE to grant listing of unlisted shares without insisting
upon the stipulation of the condition for 'Offer for Sale. BSE, vide
its letter DCS / AMAL / RCG/ GEN / 1108 / 2008-09 dated February 13,
2009, inter-alia, agreed to exempt the condition imposed on the Company
to comply with requirement of making an offer for sale in the domestic
market, subject to compliance of certain procedural requirements
including 'three years lock-in' period of 25% of equity shares that had
been issued pursuant to the merger on June 17, 2003 i.e. 25% of
432,000,250 shares (108,000,063 equity shares). The Company had - in
compliance with the conditions stipulated by BSE - placed under lock-in
108,000,063 equity shares on May 14, 2009 for a period of 3 years
ending May 15, 2012. The Company has also complied with all other
necessary requirements pursuant to the letter from BSE dated February
13, 2009 related to 83,070,088 equity shares issued pursuant to
corporate debt restructuring scheme. BSE had also agreed to grant
in-principle approval for allotment of 86,743,116 equity shares to be
issued to Banks and financial institutions on conversion upon filing of
necessary listing application, which the Company has filed, vide its
letter no. HITL/S&L/S-01/09/472 and 473 dated March 07, 2009.
Consequently, vide their notice 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 hosted
on it's website BSE had granted Listing and Trading permission in
respect of the 432,000,250 equity shares issued pursuant to scheme of
amalgamation. BSE had also granted Listing approval in respect of the
83,070,088 equity shares allotted as aforesaid vide their letter number
DCS/PREF/DMN/ FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009 and the shares were
Listed by BSE vide its notice number 20090605- 20 dated June 5, 2009.
(b) Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, 8,67,43,116 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each (allotted on July 08, 2009, after obtaining in principle
approval from the BSE and MSE. upon the conversion of Optionally Fully
Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) allotted pursuant to the Corporate Debt
Restructuring (CDR Cell) Consequently, the Listing approval in respect
of these shares was granted by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) vide its
letter number 20090813-08 dated August 13, 2009 w.e.f. August 14, 2009
and by the Madras Stock Exchange Limited vide its letter
no.MSE/LD/PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01, 2009 w.e.f September 01,
2009.
Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of 612,260,268
equity shares of Rs 10 each, 326,705,000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each
representing 53.3605% of the total Paid up share capital of the Company
- which were earlier held by Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited
- the erstwhile promoter or Holding Company), were acquired by M/s
Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited on 03rd April, 2010 in compliance
with the SEBI Exemption Order in pursuance of the proposal for
settlement / change of management of the Company approved under the New
Restructuring Scheme as approved by the Corporate Debt Restructuring
Cell (CDR Cell) on August 13, 2009.
(c) On March 31, 2004, the Company obtained the approval from the
shareholders for de-listing the shares listed in the Calcutta Stock
Exchange Association Limited ('CSE') and complied with all the
necessary requirements for delisting and submitted its application in
CSE. Despite repeated reminders, the Company has not yet received CSE's
approval in this regard.
(d) Pursuant to the Company's application in this regard, for Voluntary
Delisting pursuant to the provisions of regulation 6(a) and 7(1) of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares)
Regulation, 2009, the Madras Stock Exchange (MSE), MSE has vide its
letter dated March 15, 2011, accepted and accorded its consent to the
Voluntary Delisting of the company's shares vide its letter No.
MSE/LD/PSK/731/109/11 dated 15th March, 2011 accepting the Voluntary
delisting of the company's equity shares from the MSE.
(4) Secured Loans
(a) As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently
approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders have signed Master Restructuring
Agreement ('MRA') for restructuring of their Debts and Security
Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders have entered into an
agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after
referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11,
2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term
Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital
Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by
first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated
at Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali &
Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of
hypothecation of movable properties of the Company including movable
plant & machinery, machinery spares, tools & accessories and other
movables including book debts by way of hypothecation, both present and
future. Further, the same are also secured by assignment of all rights,
title, benefits, claims and interest in, under the project documents,
insurance policies, all statutory, government and regulatory approvals,
permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently,
pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved under
CDR mechanism on June 24, 2005, the Company has entered into amendatory
Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security Trusteeship
Agreement ('STA') on March 9, 2006, whereby Centurion Bank of Punjab
has also joined as one of the lenders and has agreed to appoint ITSL as
their custodian for security and signed the STA in line with other
lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
('CDR') vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 138 / 2009-10 ('CDR Letter')
dated May 20, 2009 has approved the interim revised restructuring
package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding
of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest
basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan ('FITL') would not carry any
interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly installments
commencing from December 1, 2009, and has rescheduled the principle
installments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be
repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt
Restructuring ('CDR') cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 563 /
2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 has approved a new restructuring scheme,
which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of
management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term
lenders have given their acceptance to the new restructuring scheme.
The new restructuring scheme has been made effective from April 1, 2009
and accordingly an amount of Rs 373,097,077 towards FITL from July 1,
2008 to March 31, 2009 has been considered as term loan.
In pursuant to the new restructuring scheme vide letter no. CDR (JCP)
No 563 / 2009-10 dated August 13, 2009, The Company had allotted
15,984,543, 2 % Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each
aggregating to Rs.1,598,454,300 on November 9, 2010, to Financial
Institution / Banks in conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as
on April 01, 2009.
In compliance with the aforesaid new restructuring scheme dated August
13,2009 the Company had repaid on July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an
amount of Rs 1,598,454,522 being 25% of their outstanding loans as on
April 01, 2009
The Company is required to allot secured Non Convertible Debenture
('NCD') of an amount aggregating to Rs 3,196,909,043 equivalent to 50 %
of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009, which shall be issued
on the terms of the aforesaid new restructuring scheme and shall be
implemented on the completion of such approvals and conditions
precedent.
(b) The above mentioned security has been further extended to the
amount of secured loans and working capital assistance, together with
the interest, compound interest, additional interest, default interest,
costs, charges, expenses and any other monies payable by the Company in
relation thereto and in terms with MRA and STA entered into between the
lenders and ITSL.
(c) Vehicle Loans of Rs 70,786 (March 31, 2011 - Rs 351,802) are
secured by way of exclusive hypothecation charge in favour of bank on
the specific vehicle acquired out of the loan proceeds of the Company.
These loans are repayable in monthly instalments and shall be repaid by
2012-13. Vehicle loans repayable within one-year amounts to Rs 70,786.
Interest rates on vehicle loans is 10.71 per cent per annum. The
average tenure of loan is 36 months.
(5) Unsecured Loans
(a) On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures ('NCDs') of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The NCDs earlier redeemable
at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2016
after repayment of the term loans as per reworked restructuring scheme
effective from April 1, 2005.
(b) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of
businesses amounting to Rs 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private
Limited. The convertible loan was repayable on demand with an option to
convert the Loan into Equity Shares, subject to getting necessary
approvals and subject to applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and
other laws and regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm
Private Limited ('IDPL') had entered into an assignment agreement with
Domebell Electronics India Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IDPL had
assigned the above convertible loan of Rs 499,499,886 to DEIPL. All the
terms and conditions relating to the convertible loan remained the
same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year
ended March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to
Rs 14,984,997 @ 12% to IDIPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009
has a right on the interest accruing from July 1, 2009 onwards. DEIPL
have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31,
2012, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the
Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment agreement, the
convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7 years from the
date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
(c) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken buyer's credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom
project amounting to Rs 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions
Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and was repayable on demand.
Infotel Business Solutions Limited had the option to convert the loan
including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable
pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On
September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited ('IBSL') has
entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India
Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IBSL has assigned the above buyer's
credit facility of Rs 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and
conditions relating to the buyer's credit facility remained the same.
The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended
March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to Rs
12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30, 2009. and
accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated
September 16, 2009 has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,
2009 onwards DEIPL has agreed to waive off the interest from July 1,
2009 till March 31, 2012, therefore no provision for such interest has
been made by the Company. Consequent to the addendum to the assignment
agreement, the convertible loan from DEIPL is now repayable after 7
years from the date of assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009.
(d) The Company had taken an unsecured loan on July 06, 2010 of
Rs.1,598,500,000 @ 8% per annum, the interest accrues at the end of
each quarter. The lender has agreed to waive off the interest from July
06, 2010 to March 31, 2012, therefore no provision for said interest
has been made by the Company. The aforesaid unsecured loan is
repayable after 7 years from the commencement of the unsecured loan.
(6) Fixed Assets and Capital work-in-progress
(a) Capital Work in Progress includes Goods in Transit of Rs Nil (March
31, 2011 - Rs 2,299,900).
(b) As on March 31, 2012, telephone instruments aggregating to a net
book value of Rs 85,390,844(March 31, 2011 - Rs 121,711,778) and other
assets aggregating to net book value of Rs 1,031,023,331(March 31, 2011
- Rs 1,105736,867 ) are located at customer premises, other parties and
at other operator's sites, respectively.
(7) Investments
During the year ended March 31, 2009 the Company has incorporated a
Subsidiary Company Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private Limited with an
Investment of Rs 99,800. The principal business of the Company is
building, establishing, setting-up, accruing, developing, advising on,
managing, providing, operating and/or maintaining, facilitating conduct
of, fully or partially infrastructure facilities and services thereof
for all kinds of value added services including broadband towers for
telecom operations/services, payment gateway services and international
gateway services. During the year ended March 31, 2011 the Company has
acquired beneficial interest in the remaining 20 equity shares which
were earlier held by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association.
Consequently, the company now holds 100% of the issued equity share
capital in the subsidiary company.
(8) License Entry Fees
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee of Rs 1,517,500,000 with The Department of Telecommunication
('DOT') for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology
being used under the existing Unified Access Services Licence ('UASL')
for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to
incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008
vide DOT's letter number F.No.10-15/2004/BS.II/HITL/ Punjab/17 dated
January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM services on March
29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
(9) Inventory for Network Maintenance
The Company holds inventory of network maintenance consumables and RUIM
cards amounting to Rs 18,445,811 (March 31, 2011 - Rs 23,088,275). The
quantity and valuation of inventory is taken as verified, valued and
certified by the management.
(10) Deferred Taxes
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 1,791,601,978
(accumulated losses of Rs 15,428,596,916) resulting into a tax loss
carry forward situation. The Company is eligible for a tax holiday
under section 80IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Though the management
is confident of generating profits in the future, there is currently no
convincing evidence of virtual certainty that the Company would reverse
the tax loss carry forwards beyond the tax holiday period. Accordingly,
the Company has not recognized any deferred tax assets resulting from
the carry forward tax losses. Further, no deferred tax liabilities on
account of temporary timing differences have been recognized since they
are expected to reverse in the tax holiday period.
(11) Current Liabilities and Provisions
a) Sundry Creditors include amount payable to Micro and Small
Enterprises as at March 31, 2012 of Rs 94,298 (March 31, 2011 - Rs
103,716). The information as required to be disclosed under the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined
to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis of
information and records available with the Company.
b) The Company had obtained advance of Rs 3,827,500,000 (March 31, 2011
Rs. 1,517,500,000) to fund the entry fee for using GSM Technology under
the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL) and business
operations for Punjab Service Area. The amount of aforesaid advance is
adjustable or refundable on such terms and conditions as may be
mutually agreed. No interest is payable on the said advance.
(12) Operating leases
A. Company as a Lessee
The Company has entered into various cancelable lease agreements for
leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31,
2012 is Rs 64,073,190 (March 31, 2011 - Rs 60,588,535).
The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other
operators for sharing of their infrastructure sites. During the year,
the Company has incurred Rs 530,032,570 (March 31, 2011 - Rs
549,466,428) towards infrastructure sharing expenses.
The escalation clause includes escalation at various periodic levels
ranging from 0 to 50%, includes option of renewal from 1 to 99 years
and there are no restrictions imposed on lease arrangements.
B. Company as a Lessor
The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements with
other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During the
year, the Company has accrued Rs 7,608,860 (March 31, 2011- Rs
4,557,384) towards site sharing revenue.
The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to
provide approximately 7,994.42 Fibre pair kilometres of dark fibre on
indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The
gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the
assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not
disclosed.In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs
36,775,779(March 31, 2011- Rs 35,810,133) has been recognised in the
profit and loss account for the year ended March 31, 2012.
Further lease receipts (under non-cancellable operating leases) will be
recognised in the profit and loss account of subsequent years as
follows:-
(13) Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of
business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is
provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts
appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business
segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of
Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no
disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting._
List of related parties
- Holding Company: Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited from
April 1, 2010 to April 3, 2010, Quadrant Enterprises Pvt. Ltd from
April 4,2010 to Till Date.
- 100 % Wholly owned Subsidiary: Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private
Ltd., India
- Company under Key Managerial Personnel: Infotel Business Solutions
Limited, Infotel Digicomm Pvt. Ltd. from April 1, 2010 to April 9,2010.
- Key Managerial Personnel: Mr. Surendra Lunia (CEO) from April 1,
2010 to April 9, 2010, Mr.Kapil Bhalla (Manager under Companies Act
1956) from April 10, 2010 to Till Date.
- Manager Interest Free Housing loan Rs Nil, Other advances Rs Nil
(from April 10, 2010 to March 31, 2011 Nil)
Details of payment with related parties :
Company Under Key Managerial Personnel:
- Payment against Capital Purchases / Services to Infotel Business
Solutions Limited Rs Nil (March 31, 2011 Rs.440,000) and Balance
receivable from Infotel Business Solutions Limited Rs Nil (March 31,
2011 Rs.24,400,762)
Key Managerial Personnel:
- Purchase of Services (Expenditure Nature) of Mr. Surendra Lunia
(CEO) Rs Nil ( March 31, 2011 Rs 2,861,150) and, Mr.Kapil Bhalla Rs
1,220,615 (March 31, 2011Rs. 1,219620)
- Payment made by the company to Mr. Surendra Lunia (CEO) Rs Nil (
March 31, 2011 Rs 2,861,150) and, Mr.Kapil Bhalla Rs 1,220,615 (March
31, 2011Rs. 1,219620)
(14) Unclaimed deposits from public
During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company surrendered its
licence granted by Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') to carry out NBFC
business. Accordingly, the Company foreclosed all the unpaid /
unclaimed deposits as on September 15, 2003 and the interest accruing
thereon as on that date, and the same have been transferred to the
Escrow Account in February 2004. On May 24, 2004, the RBI approved the
cancellation of the Company's certificate of NBFC registration and
provided certain directives to the Company to be complied with, pending
completion of which, the Company would continue to be governed by the
relevant provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and various
directions/instructions issued by RBI from time to time. [Refer Note 8
& 15 ]. On August 10, 2004, the Company has obtained the approval of
the shareholders for the removal of NBFC related objects from the
Memorandum of Association. Further, the Company submitted a letter
dated July 7, 2004 for compliance and RBI vide its letter dated July
30, 2004 gave some concessions from compliance and has advised the
Company to follow certain instructions till the balance in the escrow
account is settled. The Registrar of Companies, Jalandhar, is yet to
register the resolution of the shareholders due to delay in filing of
the documents, for which the Company has moved an application to
Central Government for condonation of delay. Ministry of Company
Affairs vide letter no 17/23/2005-CL.V dated 07th July, 2005 has
granted a condonation for filing of form 23, which was submitted to
Registrar of Companies, Jalandhar vide letter No. HITL/C&L/S-31/05/347
dated July 13, 2005 and the registration certificate is yet to be
obtained.
The accompanying financial statements include the following account
balances relating to the NBFC business whose licence granted by RBI was
surrendered during the year ended March 31, 2004:
(15) Debenture redemption reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company had issued
unsecured Zero% Non Convertible Debenture ('NCD') (Erstwhile OFCDs)
aggregating to Rs 166,776,100 repayable as on March 31, 2016. Pursuant
to the new restructuring scheme dated August 13,2009 the Company has to
allot secured Non Convertible Debenture ('NCD') for Rs 3,196,909,043 to
Financial institution and Banks equivalent to 50% of their outstanding
loans as on April 01,2009 which shall be issued on completion of such
approvals and conditions precedent. As per section 117C (1) of the
Companies Act, 1956, a debenture redemption reserve ('DRR') is to be
created to which adequate amounts are to be credited out of the profits
of each year until such debentures are redeemed.
During the year, the Company has incurred loss of Rs 1,791,601,978.
Hence, in accordance with the clarification received from the
Department of Company Affairs vide circular No 6/3/2001-CL.V dated
April 18, 2002, the Company has not created Debenture redemption
reserve.
Defined Benefit Plans
The employee's gratuity fund scheme managed by Life Insurance
Corporation of India and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
Limited is a defined benefit plan and the same is 100% funded. The
present value of obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation
using Project Unit Credit Method, which recognizes each period of
service as giving rise to additional unit of employee benefit
entitlement and measures each unit separately to build up the final
obligation. The obligation for leave encashment is recognised in the
same manner as gratuity.
Experience adjustments are Nil and have not been disclosed as required
under para 120 of Accounting Standard 15 relating to Employee benefits.
d) The expected rate of return on plan assets was based on the average
long-term rate of return expected to prevail over the next 15 to 20
years on the investments made by the LIC. This was based on the
historical returns suitably adjusted for movements in long-term
government bond interest rates. The discount rate is based on the
average yield on government bonds of 20 years.
e) The Company made annual contributions to the LIC of an amount
advised by the LIC. The Company was not informed by LIC of the
investments made by the LIC or the break-down of plan assets by
investment type.
f) The estimates of rate of escalation in salary considered in
actuarial valuation , taken into account inflation, seniority,
promotion and other relevant factors including demand and supply in the
employment market. The above information is certified by the actuary.
(16) The Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing
telecommunication services. The production and sale of such services is
not capable of being expressed in any generic unit.
(17) Changeover of Management.
a) Securities Exchange Board of India ('SEBI') has, vide its Order No.
WTM/KMA/CFD/233/03/2010 dated March 3, 2010, granted an exemption to
M/s Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited, - ('QEPL'), from the
applicability of Regulation 10 & 12 of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, for acquiring
32,67,05,000 (Thirty Two Crores Sixty Seven Lac and Five Thousand only)
equity shares of the Company ('Shares') amounting to 53.3605%
(approximately fifty three percent) of the issued, subscribed and paid
up share capital of the Company, from the Company Himachal Futuristic
Communications Limited ('HFCL'). The Order has been passed pursuant to
the proposal for change of management sanctioned by the Corporate Debt
Restructuring Cell in terms of its letter No. CDJ (JCP) No. 563/2009-10
dated August 13, 2009. The aforesaid shares have been acquired on April
3, 2010.
b) In line with the stipulations of the new restructuring scheme as
approved by the CDR Cell vide its Letter no. BY. CDR(JCP) No.
563/2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 stipulating a change in the
management of the Company, the existing Directors except the nominees
of Financial Institutions had resigned from the Board and therefore to
complete the process of change in the management of the Company, as per
the stipulations of the new restructuring scheme, the senior management
team comprising of Mr. Surendra Lunia, Chief Executive Officer, Mr.
G.D. Singh, Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Vikash Agarwal, Vice
President (Corporate Finance) and Chief Financial Officer have resigned
from the Company on April 09, 2010.
(18) Previous year figures have been regrouped where necessary to
conform to this year classification.
The Notes to Financial Statement form an integral part of the Balance
Sheet and Statement of Profit & Loss.
Mar 31, 2011
1. Background
(a) Nature of business and ownership
Quadrant Televentures Limited (Formerly known as HFCL Infotel Limited)
('the Company' or 'QTL'), Unified Access Services Licensee for Punjab
Circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula), is providing complete
telecommunication services, which includes voice telephony, both
wireline and fixed wireless, CDMA and GSM based mobiles, internet
services, broadband data services and a wide range of value added
service viz., centrex, leased lines, VPNs, voice mail, video
conferencing etc. The services were commercially launched in October
2000 and as on March 31, 2011, the Company has an active subscriber
base of over 1,764,129.
The Company was incorporated on August 2, 1946 with the name of The
Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) which was subsequently changed
to HFCL Infotel Limited on May 12, 2003. This was done pursuant to a
Scheme of amalgamation (the Scheme), approved by the Hon' able High
Court of the State of Punjab and Haryana and the State of Tamil Nadu on
March 6, 2003 and March 20, 2003, respectively, whereby the erstwhile
HFCL Infotel Limited (name earlier allotted to the transferor Company)
('erstwhile HFCL Infotel') was merged with the Company with effect from
September 1, 2002. As per the Scheme envisaged, the Company's then
existing business of hire purchase, leasing and securities trading was
transferred by way of slump sales to its wholly owned subsidiary, Rajam
Finance & Investments Company (India) Limited ('Rajam Finance') with
effect from September 1, 2002. Rajam Finance was renamed as The
Investment Trust of India Limited with effect from June 17, 2003 and it
ceased to be the subsidiary of the Company with effect from September
30, 2003, due to allotment of fresh equity by Rajam Finance to other
investors.
The Company, during the year ended March 31, 2004, surrendered its
license granted by Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') to carry out NBFC
business. RBI confirmed the cancellation of the NBFC license as per
their letter dated May 24, 2004.
On September 24, 2010 the name of Company was changed to Quadrant
Televentures Limited.
Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private Limited (TTIPL') is a Subsidiary
Company. During the year the Company has acquired beneficial interest
in the remaining 20 equity shares which were earlier held by the
subscribers to the Memorandum of Association; declaration of beneficial
Interest in the said shares has been duly filed with the Registrar of
Companies. Consequently, the company now holds 100% of the issued
equity share capital in the subsidiary company. The principal business
of the Company is building, establishing, setting-up, accruing,
developing, advising on, managing, providing, operating and/ or
maintaining, facilitating conduct of, fully or partially infrastructure
facilities and services thereof for all kinds of value added services
including Broadband Towers for telecom operations/services, payment
gateway services and international gateway services.
(b) License Fees
The Company obtained licence for Basic Telephony Service for the Punjab
circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) by way of amalgamation of
the erstwhile HFCL Infotel with the Company. Erstwhile HFCL Infotel had
obtained this licence under fixed license fee regime under National
Telecom Policy ('NTP') 1994, valid for a period of 20 years from the
effective date, and subsequently migrated from the fixed license fee
regime to revenue sharing regime upon implementation of NTP 1999.
Further to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's ('TRAI')
recommendations of October 27, 2003 and the Department of
Telecommunications ('DoT') guidelines on Unified Access (Basic &
Cellular) Services Licence ('UASL') dated November 11, 2003, the
Company migrated its licence to the UASL regime with effect from
November 14, 2003. A fresh License Agreement was signed on May 31,2004.
Pursuant to this migration, the Company became additionally entitled to
provide full mobility services. HFCL Infotel also entered into a
Licence Agreement dated June 28, 2000, and amendments thereto, with DoT
to establish maintain and operate internet service in Punjab circle
(including Chandigarh and Panchkula).
Fixed license fees of Rs. 1,775,852,329 paid under the old license fee
regime from inception till July 31,1999, were considered as the License
Entry Fees of the Punjab circle (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) as
part of the migration package to NTP 1999.
With effect from August 1, 1999, the Company is required to pay revenue
share license fees as a fraction of Adjusted Gross Revenue ('AGR'), The
revenue share fraction was set at 10% of AGR with effect from August 1,
1999 and was reduced to 8% of AGR with effect from April 1, 2004. In
addition, spectrum charges calculated at 3 per cent of the AGR earned
through the wireless technology is payable under the license agreement.
Income from internet services is excluded from the service revenue for
the purpose of the calculation of AGR.
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee of Rs. 1,517,500,000 with The Department of Telecommunication
('DOT') for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology
being used under the existing Unified Access Services Licence ('UASL')
for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to
incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008
vide DOT's letter number F.No. 10-15/2004/ BS.II/HITL/ Punjab/17 dated
January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM services on March
29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
(c) Project Financing
The Company's project was initially appraised by Industrial Development
Bank of India (TDBI') during the year ended March 31, 2000.
Pursuant to the migration to UASL regime, the consortium of lenders,
led by IDBI, through the Corporate Debt Restructuring ('CDR') mechanism
approved an overall restructuring of the liabilities of the Company and
thereby revised the peak funding requirements,
Further, the CDR Empowered Group has approved the proposal of the
Company for expansion of services, change in the scope of the project,
cost of project and means of finance and restructuring of debt as per
the letter dated June 24,2005. As per the said proposal, the peak
funding requirement has been further revised and the principal
repayment of existing term loan was rescheduled to be repaid between
May 1, 2008 and April 1, 2016. Moreover, the rate of interest on
existing term loan, secured OFCDs and working capital shall be 9.3% per
annum monthly compounding. The secured OFCD were to be converted into
equity shares at par subject to applicable provisions of SEBI
guidelines and other relevant Acts during financial year ended March
31, 2006.
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs. 2,236,667,344
resulting into accumulated loss of Rs. 13,636,994,938 as at March
31,2011 which has completely eroded its net worth and has a net current
liability of Rs. 6,588,544,442. The ability of the Company to continue
as a going concern is substantially dependent on its ability to
successfully arrange the remaining funding and achieve financial
closure to fund its operating and capital funding requirements and to
substantially increase its subscriber base. The management in view of
its business plans and support from significant shareholders is
confident of generating cash flows to fund the operating and capital
requirements of the Company. Accordingly, these statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis.
1. Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect
of:
Sr. Description As at As at
No. March 31, March 31,
2011 2010
I. Estimated Value of Contracts
remaining
To be executed on capital 296,671,624 1025,925,638
account and not provided for
net of capital advances
Rs. 2,677,951 (March 31,2010 -
Rs. 1,214,168)
II. Contingent Liabilities and
Commitments
Financial Bank Guarantees 74,134,394 185,159,908
(refer Note (a) below)
Performance Bank Guarantees 53,542,500 52,782,810
(refer Note (a) below)
III. Open Letters of Credit 14,143,944 3,612,292
(Margin deposit for above
Rs. 1,414,394 (March 31, 2010 -
Rs. 361,229)
IV. Income-tax matters under 11,837,921 10,997,359
Appeal
(refer Note (b) below)
V. Claims against the Company 5,381,816 6,004,468
not acknowledged as
debts - mainly representing
miscellaneous claims filed
against the Company, which
are subject matter of litigation,
VI. Others (refer to Note (c,d,e,f, 852,854,133 856,657,573
g and h) below)
Total 1,308,566,332 2,141,140,048
(a) Financial bank guarantees as at March 31, 2011 of Rs. 74,134,394
(March 31, 2010 - Rs. 185,159,908) and performance bank guarantees of
Rs. 53,542,500 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 52,782,810) are secured. The
details of security created are detailed out in Note No. 9 (a) below.
(b) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02
aggregating to Rs. 11,837,921 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 10,997,359).
(c) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications
has claimed an outstanding of Rs. 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum
Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter
1020/48/2005-WFD dated October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its
reply to the department on October 25, 2005 confirming the total due of
Rs. 29,472 only and paid the said amount. The Wireless Finance Division
of Department of Telecommunications has subsequently claimed Rs.
39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/2005-WFD dated September 13,2006
towards the Spectrum Charges dues from year 2001 to year 2006. The
Company has submitted a detailed reply on October 31, 2006. During the
year ended March 31,2008, out of the above demand, the Company has
deposited Rs. 1,801,241 under protest towards the interest due till
August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of Department of
Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs. 70,604,092 towards
Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2008 vide
letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October 24, 2008. The Company has
once again made a written representation vide its letter dated December
8, 2008 and August 12, 2009. Subsequently DOT has revised their demand
to Rs. 70,528,239 vide Letter No. 1020/48/WFD/2005-06/ Dated
September 6, 2010 to which the Company has made representations vide
letter dated September 23, 2010, February 3, 2011 and March 17, 2011.
The reply of which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion,
the Company is confident that no liability would accrue regarding the
same in future.
(d) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
('BSNL') has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs.
167,614,241 towards Inter- connect Usage Charges (TUC) and Access
Deficit Charges ('ADC') for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31,
2005 on the Company. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs.
99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to
February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral
declaration of the Company's Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone
services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has
submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the
calculation/ basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC
by BSNL for Rs. 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection
notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs. 208,236,569
(including Rs. 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL
for payments already made for Rs. 40,622,328. The Company has
approached Hon'ble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was
granted on Company's petition No. 232 of 2006 against the disconnection
notice on September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised
a supplementary bill dated March 20, 2007 for Rs. 5,206,780, to which
the Company has submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that
the matter being sub-judice and pending decision by the Hon'ble TDSAT,
no coercive action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the
matter has been completed and the Hon'ble TDSAT has pronounced the
judgment on May 21, 2010 in Company's favour and has directed that BSNL
and the Company should exchange relevant information and reconcile tl*
differences. In the absence of information from BSNL, the Company is
not in a position to determine the liability with respect to this
matter. The Company, based on expert legal opinion, believes that there
would be no financial liability against such bills and accordingly, has
not recorded any liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills
during the year ended March 31, 2011.
(e) The Company is in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007
from. Department of Telecommunications ('DoT') for non fulfilment of
first year's roll-out obligations of Unified Access Service License
('UASL') Agreement for Punjab Service Area, where in the licensee as
per the terms of the license agreement was required to ensure that at
least 10% of the District Headquarter/Towns are covered in the first
year of the date of migration to UASL which commences from the date of
Test Certificate issued by Telecom Engineering Centre ('TEC'). As
stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice issued, the Company has violated
the conditions of UASL and accordingly Liquidated Damages of Rs.
70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also sought explanation within
21 days as to why they should not take action against the Company under
the UASL Agreement to which the Company has replied on September 27,
2007 that the Company has not violated the conditions of UASL and based
on expert legal advice, the Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against such claims of DoT and accordingly, has not
recorded any liability towards the Liquidated Damages during year ended
March 31, 2011.
(f) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs. 433,158,340 from
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') on December 20,2008 on account of
unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April
28,2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of
the Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company,
Association of Unified Service Providers of India 'AUSPF (erstwhile
Association of Basic Telephone Operators 'ABTO) and other Basic Service
Operators contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges
before Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal ('TDSAT'). TDSAT
vide its reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005 allowed
the refund claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates
of access charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India ('TRAI') is the final authority for fixing of access charges and
access charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as
per the Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Hon'ble
Supreme Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was
granted on October 19> 2006 Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral
action on the part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing
the status-quo, applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other
Operators in the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide C.ANo. 5834-5836 of 2005
that was listed for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Hon'ble Supreme
Court passed an order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006
and stayed the refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the
TDSAT order dated April 27, 2005 whereby BSNL is refrained from raising
the access charges demand. The Company based on the legal opinion
believes that there would be no financial liability against this demand
and has accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges
during the year ended March 31, 2011.
(g) The Company is in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from
Department of Telecommunications ('DoT'), Licensing Group (Access
Services) vide their letter dated October 21,2009 for issuance of SIM
cards on fake ID in Punjab Service Area, where in the Licensee was
required to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer
before enrolling him as a subscriber. The Company has replied to DoT
vide letter dated November 14, 2009 that the levy of penalty imposed by
DoT was based on verification done by an agency other than the DOT -
TERM Cells and the exercise was carried out suo moto and in complete
disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by DoT.
Accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation done
by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be no
financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not
recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March 31,
2011.
(h) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs. 4,157,718 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited ('BSNL') on February 2, 2009 on account of port
charges for the year 2008-09, passive link charges, duct cost for
passive link and active link charges. Out the above Rs. 430,131
pertaining to port charges for the year 2008 - 09 and active link
charges was paid by the Company vide receipt number 189 dated February
18,2009. The amount of Rs. 3,727,587 towards the duct cost for passive
link and passive link charges was not acceptable by the Company as the
demand raised by BSNL was unilateral and unjust. The Company filed a
petition vide petition number 41(C) of 2009 with Telecom Dispute
Settlement and Appellate Tribunal ('TDSAT') to which the Company was
granted a stay order dated March 25,2009 restraining BSNL from
recovering the dues from the Company. The hearing on the matter has
been completed on February 11, 2010 and the judgement from Hon'ble
TDSAT was delivered December 22, 2010 in fSvour of BSNL where in the
Company was required to make payment amounting to Rs. 5,191,862 to
BSNL. The said payment has been made in compliance with die order.
3. Managerial remuneration
The above managerial remuneration does not include provision of
gratuity of Rs. 56,688 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 36,607) and leave
encashment of Rs. 129,613 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 58,488), as these
provisions are computed on the basis of an actuarial valuation done for
the Company and are provided in the financials (Refer Schedule 13).
Value of perquisites and other allowances has been determined in
accordance with the provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
7. Share Capital
Equity shares
(a) As of date, the entire paid up Equity Share Capital of the company
comprising of 612,260,268 equity shares of Rs. 10 each, stands listed
on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Consequent upon the issuance of
8,67,43,116 equity shares allotted pursuant to the conversion of
75,51,178 OFCDs along with interest accrued thereon to the Financial
Institution/Banks on July 8, 2009, the non-promoter shareholding in the
Company increased from 38.02% to 46.80%, and the Promoters'
Shareholding decreased from 61.97% to 53.19%, whereupon the Company
requested BSE to grant listing of unlisted shares without insisting
upon the stipulation of the condition for 'Offer for Sale. BSE, vide
its letter DCS/AMAL/RCG/GEN/1108/2008-09 dated February 13, 2009,
inter-alia, agreed to exempt the condition imposed on the Company to
comply with requirement of making an offer for sale in the domestic
market, subject to compliance of certain procedural requirements
including 'three years lock- in' period of 25% of equity shares that
had been issued pursuant to the merger on June 17, 2003 i.e. 25% of
432,000,250 shares (108,000,063 equity shares). The Company had - in
compliance with the conditions stipulated by BSE - placed under lock-in
108,000,063 equity shares on May 14, 2009 for a period of 3 years
ending May 15, 2012. The Company has also complied with all other
necessary requirements pursuant to the letter from BSE dated February
13, 2009 related to 83,070,088 equity shares issued pursuant to
corporate debt restructuring scheme. BSE had also agreed to grant
in-principle approval for allotment of 86,743,116 equity shares to be
issued to Banks and financial institutions on conversion upon filing of
necessary listing application, which the Company has filed, vide its
letter no. HlTLfS&L/S-Ol/09/472 and 473 dated March 07, 2009.
Consequently, vide their notice 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 hosted
on it's website BSE had granted Listing and Trading permission in
respect of the 432,000,250 equity shares issued pursuant to scheme of
amalgamation. BSE had also granted Listing approval in respect of the
83,070,088 equity shares allotted as aforesaid vide their letter number
DCS/PREF/DMN/FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009 and the shares were
Listed by BSE vide its notice number 20090605-20 dated June 5, 2009
(b) Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs. 10 each, 8,67,43,116 equity shares of
Rs. 10/- each (allotted on July 08, 2009, after obtaining in principle
approval from the BSE and MSE. upon the conversion of Optionally Fully
Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) allotted pursuant to the Corporate Debt
Restructuring (CDR) Cell) Consequently, the Listing approval in respect
of these shares was granted by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) vide its
letter number 20090813-08 dated August 13, 2009 w.e.f. August 14, 2009
and by the Madras Stock Exchange Limited vide its letter No. MSE/LD/
PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01, 2009 w.e.f September 01, 2009.
Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of 612,260,268
equity shares of M0 each, 326,705,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each
representing 53.3605% of the total Paid-up share capital of the Company
- which were earlier held by Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited
- the erstwhile promoter or Holding Company) till April 3, 2010, were
acquired by M/s. Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited on 3rd April,
2010 in compliance with the SEBI Exemption Order in pursuance of the
proposal for settlement/ change of management of the Company approved
under the Corporate Debt Restructuring Scheme (CDR Scheme) as approved
by the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell (CDR Cell) on August 13, 2009.
(c) On March 31, 2004, the Company obtained the approval from the
shareholders for de-listing the shares listed in the Calcutta Stock
Exchange Association Limited ('CSE') and complied with all the
necessary requirements for delisting and submitted its application in
CSE. Despite repeated reminders, the Company has not yet received CSE's
approval in this regard.
(d) Pursuant to the Company's application in this regard, for Voluntary
Delisting pursuant to the provisions of regulation 6(a) and 7(1) of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares)
Regulation, 2009, the Madras Stock Exchange (MSE), MSE has vide its
letter dated March 15, 2011, accepted and accorded its consent to the
Voluntary Delisting of the company's shares vide its letter No.
MSE/LD/PSK/731/109/11 dated March 15,2011 accepting the Voluntary
delisting of the company's equity shares from the MSE.
8. Secured Loans
(a) As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently
approved on June 4, 2005, the Lenders have signed Master Restructuring
Agreement ('MRA') for restructuring of their Debts and Security
Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders have entered into an
agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after
referred as "ITSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11,
2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term
Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital
Assistance and Zero % Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by first pari
passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated at
Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali & Jalandhar
under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of hypothecation of
movable properties of the Company including movable plant & machinery,
machinery spares, tools & accessories and other movables including book
debts by way of hypothecation, both present and future. Further, the
same are also secured by assignment of all rights, title, benefits,
claims and interest in, under the project documents, insurance
policies, all statutory, government and regulatory approvals,
permissions, exemptions and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently,
pursuant to the reworked restructuring scheme approved under CDR
mechanism on June 24,2005, the Company has entered. into amendatory
Master Restructuring Agreement and amendatory Security Trusteeship
Agreement ('STA') on March 9, 2006, whereby Centurion Bank of Punjab
has also joined as one of the lenders and has agreed to appoint ITSL as
their custodian for security and signed the STA in line with other
lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
('CDR') vide their letter No. CDR (JCP) No. 138 / 2009-10 ('CDR
Letter') dated May 20, 2009 has approved the interim revised
restructuring package. The revised restructuring package inter alia
includes funding of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on
simple interest basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan ('FITL') would not
carry any interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly
installments commencing from December 1, 2009, and has rescheduled the
principle installments from August 1, 2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to
be repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt
Restructuring ('CDR') cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No.
563/2009-10 dated August 13, 2009 has approved a new restructuring
package, which includes the induction of strategic investor/ change of
management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term
lenders have given their acceptance to the new restructuring package.
The CDR has been made effective from April 1, 2009 and accordingly an
amount of Rs. 373,097,077 towards FITL from July 1, 2008 to March 31,
2009 has been considered as term loan. In accordance with the new
restructuring package an amount of Rs. 256,829,422 has been considered
as Interest for the year ended March 31, 2010, and reversed the
provision for interest of Rs.1,025,846,205, the differential between
interest paid and interest accrued on yield basis as per old CDR
scheme.
During the year the Company has allotted 15,984,543, 2% Cumulative
Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs. 100 each aggregating to Rs.
1,598,454,300 on November 9, 2010, to Financial Institution/Banks in
conversion of 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009 in
terms of new CDR Scheme in compliance with the New CDR Scheme the
company has repaid on July 06, 2010 and July 07, 2010 an amount of Rs.
1,598,454,522 being 25% of their outstanding loans as on April 01, 2009
in terms of New CDR Scheme and the Company is required to allot secured
Non-Convertible Debenture ('NCD') of an amount aggregating to Rs.
3,196,909,043 equivalent to 50% of their outstanding loans as on April
01, 2009, which shall be issued and the terms of the Revised CDR Scheme
shall be implemented on the completion of such approvals and conditions
precedent.
(b) The above mentioned security has been further extended to the
amount of loans, working capital assistance, specific facility and
OFCDs together with the interest, compound interest, additional
interest, default interest, costs, charges, expenses and any other
monies payable by the Company in relation thereto and in terms with MRA
and ST A entered into between the lenders and ITSL.
(c) Vehicle Loans of Rs. 351,802 (March 31,2010 - Rs. 1,341,082) are
secured by way of exclusive hypothecation charge in favour of bank on
the specific assets acquired out of the loan proceeds of the Company.
These loans are repayable in monthly instalments and shall be repaid by
2012. Vehicle loans repayable within one-year amounts to Rs. 300,060.
Interest rates on vehicle loans vary from 9.65% per annum to 12.15% per
annum. The average tenure of loan is 36 months.
9. Unsecured Loans
(a) On October 16, 2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero %
Non-Convertible Debentures ('NCDs') of Rs. 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. The NCDs earlier redeemable
at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2016
after repayment of the term loans as per revised CDR Scheme effective
from April 1, 2005.
(b) On February 8, 2005, the Company has entered into a buyer's credit
loan agreement with The Export Import Bank of China to facilitate
payment to one of its equipment supplier for a total amount of Rs.
544,131,662 (US$ 12,134,961). As on March 31, 2010, the Company has
utilized Rs. 527,470,587 (US$ 12,061,985) of this facility. The
facility is secured by Financial Bank guarantee of Rs. 108,825,514 and
by a Corporate Guarantee of Rs. 544,131,662 given by Himachal
Futuristic Communications Limited erstwhile Holding Company, on pari
passu basis with other lenders. During the year the Company on July 21,
2010 has fully repaid the amount outstanding towards the Buyer's Credit
Loan.
(c) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of
businesses amounting to Rs. 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private
Limited. The convertible loan is repayable on demand; Infotel Digicomm
Private Limited shall have an option to convert the Loan into Equity
Shares, subject to getting necessary approvals and subject to
applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and
regulations. On September 16, 2009 Infotel Digicomm Private Limited
(TDPL') has entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell
Electronics India Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IDPL has assigned
the above convertible loan of Rs. 499,499,886 to DEIPL. All the terms
and conditions relating to the convertible loan has remained the same.
The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended
March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to Rs.
14,984,997 @ 12% to IDIPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009
has a right on the interest accruing from July 1, 2009 onwards, DEIPL
have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31,
2011, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the
Company.
(d) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken buyer's credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom
project amounting to Rs. 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions
Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and is repayable on demand.
Infotel Business Solutions Limited has the option to convert the loan
including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable
pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On
September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited (TBSL') has
entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India
Private Limited ('DEIPL'), wherein IBSL has assigned the above buyer's
credit facility of Rs. 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and
conditions relating to the buyer's credit facility has remained the
same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year
ended March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to
Rs. 12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30, 2009
and accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated
September 16,2009 has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,
2009 onwards DEIPL has agreed to waive off the interest from July 1,
2009 till March 31, 2011, therefore no provision for such interest has
been made by the Company.
(e) The Company during the year has received an unsecured loan on July
06, 2010 of Rs. 1,598,500,000 @ 8% per annum, the interest accrues at
the end of each quarter. The lender has agreed to waive off the
interest from July 06,2010 to March 31, 2011, therefore no provision
for said interest has been made by the Company.
10. Fixed Assets and Capital work-in-progress
(a) Capital Work-in-Progress includes Goods in Transit of Rs. 2,299,900
(March 31,2010 - Rs. 20,106,204).
(b) As on March 31, 2011, telephone instruments aggregating to a net
book value of Rs. 121,711,778 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 155,534,655) and
other assets aggregating to net book value of Rs. 1,105,736,867 (March
31, 2010 - Rs. 238,604,630) are located at customer premises, other
parties and at other operator's sites, respectively.
11. Investments
During the year ended March 31, 2009 the Company has incorporated a
Subsidiary Company Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private Limited with an
Investment of Rs. 99,800. The principal business of the Company is
building, establishing, setting-up, accruing, developing, advising on,
managing, providing, operating and/or maintaining, facilitating conduct
of, fully or partially infrastructure facilities and services thereof
for all kinds of value added services including broadband towers for
telecom operations/ services, payment gateway services and
international gateway services. During the year the Company has
acquired beneficial interest in the remaining 20 equity shares which
were earlier held by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association.
Consequently, the company now holds 100% of the issued equity share
capital in the subsidiary company.
12. License Entry Fees
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee of Rs. 1,517,500,000 with The Department of Telecommunication
('DOT') for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology
being used under the existing Unified Access Services Licence ('UASL')
for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to
incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008
vide DOT's letter number F.No.10-15/2004/ BS.II/HITL/Punjab/17 dated
January 15, 2008. The Company has launched its GSM services on March
29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
13. Inventory for Network Maintenance
The Company holds inventory of network maintenance consumables and RUIM
cards amounting to Rs. 23,088,275 (March 31, 2010 - Rs. 24,064,756).
The quantity and valuation of inventory is taken as verified, valued
and certified by the management.
14. Deferred Taxes
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs. 2,236,667,344
(accumulated losses of Rs. 13,636,994,938) resulting into a tax loss
carry forward situation. The Company is eligible for a tax holiday
under section 80IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Though the management
is confident of generating profits in the future, there is currently no
convincing evidence of virtual certainty that the Company would reverse
the tax loss any forwards beyond the tax holiday period. Accordingly,
the Company has not recognized any deferred tax assets resulting from
the carry forward tax losses. Further, no deferred tax liabilities on
account of temporary timing differences have been recognized since they
are expected to reverse in the tax holiday period.
15. Current Liabilities and Provisions
a) Sundry Creditors include amount payable to Micro and Small
Enterprises as at March 31,2011 of Rs. 103,716 (March 31, 2010 - Rs.
1,980,142). The information as required to be disclosed under the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been
determined to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis
of information and records available with the Company.
b) During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company had obtained
advance of Rs. 1,517,500,000 to fund the entry fee for using GSM
Technology under the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL)
for Punjab Service Area. The amount of aforesaid advance is adjustable
or refundable on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed.
No interest is payable on the said advance.
17. Operating leases
A. Company as a Lessee
The Company has entered into various cancelable lease agreements for
leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31,
2011 is Rs. 60,588,535 (March 31,2010 - Rs. 58,224,713).
The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other
operators for sharing of their infrastructure sites. During the year,
the Company has incurred Rs. 549,466,428 (March 31, 2010 - Rs.
267,620,888) towards infrastructure sharing expenses.
The escalation clause includes escalation at various periodic levels
ranging from 0 to 50%, includes option of renewal from 1 to 99 years
and there are no restrictions imposed on lease arrangements.
B. Company as a Lessor
The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements with
other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During the
year, the Company has accrued Rs. 4,557,384 (March 31, 2010 - Rs.
4,437,292) towards site sharing revenue.
The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to
provide approximately 7,814.27 Fibre pair kilometres of dark fibre on
indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The
gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the
assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not
disclosed.
In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs. 35,810,133 (March 31,
2010 - Rs. 33,956,731) has been recognised in the profit and loss
account for the year ended March 31, 2011.
18. Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of
business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is
provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts
appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business
segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of
Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no
disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
20. Unclaimed deposits from public
During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company surrendered its
licence granted by Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') to carry out NBFC
business. Accordingly, the Company foreclosed all the unpaid/unclaimed
deposits as on September 15, 2003 and the interest accruing thereon as
on that date, and the same have been transferred to the Escrow Account
in February 2004. On May 24, 2004, the RBI approved the cancellation of
the Company's certificate of NBFC registration and provided certain
directives to the Company to be complied with, pending completion of
which, the Company would continue to be governed by the relevant
provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and various
directions/instructions issued by RBI from time to time. [Refer
Schedule 11 & 14 and Schedule 22, Note 1(a))]. On August 10, 2004, the
Company has obtained the approval of the shareholders for the removal
of NBFC related objects from the Memorandum of Association. Further,
the Company submitted a letter dated July 7, 2004 for compliance and
RBI vide its letter dated July 30, 2004 gave some concessions from
compliance and has advised the Company to follow certain instructions
till the balance in the escrow account is settled. The Registrar of
Companies, Jalandhar, is yet to register the resolution of the
shareholders due to delay in filing of the documents, for which the
Company has moved an application to Central Government for condo nation
of delay. Ministry of Company Affairs vide letter No. 17/23/2005-CL.V
dated 07th July, 2005 has granted a condonation for filing of form 23,
which was submitted to Registrar of Companies, Jalandhar vide letter
No. HITL/C&L/S-31/05/347 dated July 13, 2005 and the registration
certificate is yet to be obtained.
21. Debenture redemption reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company has issued
OFCDs aggregating to Rs. 166,776,100 repayable as on March 31, 2016. As
per section 117C (1) of the Companies Act, 1956, a debenture redemption
reserve ('DRR') is to be created to which adequate amounts are to be
credited out of the profits of each year until such debentures are
redeemed.
During the year, the Company has incurred loss of Rs. 2,236,774,666.
Hence, in accordance with the clarification received from the
Department of Company Affairs vide circular No. 6/3/2001-CL.V dated
April 18, 2002, the Company has not created Debenture redemption
reserve.
22. Employee Benefits
(a) During the year, the Company has recognized the following amounts
in the Profit and Loss Account
Defined Benefit Plans
The employee's gratuity fund scheme managed by Life Insurance
Corporation of India and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
Limited is a defined benefit plan and the same is 100% funded. The
present value of obligation is determined based on - actuarial
valuation using Project Unit Credit Method, which recognizes each
period of service as giving rise to additional unit of employee benefit
entitlement and measures each unit separately to build up the final
obligation. The obligation for leave encashment is recognised in the
same manner as gratuity.
Experience adjustments are Nil and have not been disclosed as required
under para 120 of Accounting Standard 15 relating to Employee benefits.
The Company expects to contribute Rs. 926,120 towards employers'
contribution for funded defined benefit plans in 2010-11.
d) The expected rate of return on plan assets was based on the average
long-term rate of return expected to prevail over the next 15 to 20
years on the investments made by the LIC. This was based on the
historical returns suitably adjusted for movements in long-term
government bond interest rates. The discount rate is based on the
average yield on government bonds of 20 years,
e) The Company made annual contributions to the LIC of an amount
advised by the LIC. The Company was not informed by LIC of the
investments made by the LIC or the break-down of plan assets by
investment type.
f) The estimates of rate of escalation in salary considered in
actuarial valuation , taken into account inflation, seniority,
promotion and other relevant factors . including demand and supply in
the employment market. The above information is certified by the
actuary.
23. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing
telecommunication services. The production and sale of such services is
not capable of being expressed in any generic unit. Hence, other
information pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph 3,4C and 4D of
Part II Schedule VI of the Companies Act, 1956 are not applicable to
the Company.
24. Changeover of Management.
a) Securities Exchange Board of India ('SEBI') has, vide its Order No.
WTM/KMA/CFD/233/03/2010 dated March 3,2010, granted an exemption to M/s
Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited, - ('QEPL'), from the
applicability of Regulation 10 & 12 of the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, for acquiring
32,67,05,000 (Thirty Two Crores Sixty Seven Lac and Five Thousand only)
equity shares of the Company ('Shares') amounting to 53.3605%
(approximately fifty three percent) of the issued, subscribed and paid
up share capital of the Company, from the Company Himachal Futuristic
Communications limited ('HFCL'). The Order has been passed pursuant to
the proposal for change of management sanctioned by the Corporate Debt
Restructuring Cell in terms of its letter No. CDJ (JCP) No. 563/2009-10
dated August 13, 2009. The aforesaid shares have been acquired on April
3,2010.
b) In line with the stipulations of the CDR package as approved by the
CDR Cell vide its Letter no. BY. CDR(JCP) No. 563/2009-10 dated August
13, 2009 stipulating a change in the management of the Company, the
existing Directors except the nominees of Financial Institutions had
resigned from the Board and therefore to complete the process of change
in the management of the Company, as per the stipulations of the CDR
package, the senior management team comprising of Mr. Surendra Lunia,
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. G.D. Singh, Chief Operating Officer, and
Mr. Vikash Agarwal, Vice President (Corporate Finance) and Chief
Financial Officer have resigned from the Company on April 09,2010.
25. Previous year figures have been regrouped where necessary to
conform to this year classification.
The Schedule referred to above and the Notes to Financial Statement
form an integral part of the Balance Sheet.
Mar 31, 2010
1. Commitments and contingent liabilities not provided for in respect
of: S. Description
As at As at
No. March 31, March 31,
2010 2009
I. Estimated Value of
Contracts remaining
To be executed on capital account 1,025,925,638 23,961,254
and notprovided for net of
capital advancesRs. 1,214,168 (March
31,2009-Rs 2,024,309)
II. Contingent Liabilities and
Commitments
Financial Bank Guarantees 185,159,908 221,206,514
(refer Note (a) below)
Performance Bank Guarantees 52,782,810 53,864,972
(refer Note (a) below)_
Counter guarantee given to HFCL, - 5,225,000,000
the Holding Company
III. Open Letters of Credit 3,612,292 12,620,144
(Margin deposit for above
Rs 361,229 (March 31,2009- Rs
1,262,014)
IV. Income-tax matters under Appeal 10,997,359 10,366,937
(refer Note (b) below)
V. Claims against the Company not 6,004,468 5,148,860
acknowledged as
debts - mainly
representing miscellaneous claims
filed against the Company, which
are subject matter of litigation.
VI. Others (refer to note
(c, d, e, f, g I 856,657,573 849,657,573
and h) below)
Total 2,141,140,048 6,401,826,254
(a) Financial bank guarantees as at March 31, 2010 of Rs.185,159,908
(March 31, 2009 - Rs. 221,206,514) and performance bank guarantees of
Rs. 52,782,810 (March 31, 2009 - Rs 53,864,972) are secured. The
details of security created are detailed out in note no. 9 (a) below.
Further, the financial bank guarantee given by Punjab National Bank
(PNB) to The Export Import Bank of China of Rs.108,825,514 is
unsecured.
(b) The Company has certain income tax related matters pending with
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for the Assessment Year 2001-02
aggregating to Rs 10,997,359 (March 31, 2009 - Rs 10,366,937).
(c) The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunications
has claimed an outstanding of Rs 29,585,211 towards the Spectrum Charges
dues from year 2001 to year 2005 vide their letter 1020/48/2005- WFD dated
October 7, 2005. The Company has submitted its reply to the department on
October 25, 2005 confirming the total due of Rs 29,472 only and paid the
said amount. The Wireless Finance Division of Department of Telecommunic
-ations has subsequently claimed Rs 39,310,176 vide letter number 1020/48/
2005-WFD dated September 13, 2006 towards the Spectrum Charges dues from
year 2001 to year 2006. The Company has submitted a detailed reply on
October 31,2006. During the year ended March 31,2008, out of the above
demand, the Company has deposited Rs 1,801,241 under protest towards
the interest due till August 31, 2006. Wireless Finance Division of
Department of Telecommunications has updated their claim to Rs
70,604,092 towards Spectrum Charges dues from January 1, 2000 to
September 30, 2008 vide letter number 1020/29/WR/07-08 dated October
24,2008. The Company has once again made a written representation vide
its letter dated December 8, 2008_and Augustl2, 2009. The reply of
which has not been received. Based on the legal opinion, the Company is
confident that no liability would accrue regarding the same in future
(d) During the year ended March 31, 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL) has raised supplementary bill dated August 10, 2006 for Rs
167,614,241 towards Inter-connect Usage Charges (IUC) and Access
Deficit Charges (ADC) for the period November 14, 2004 to August 31,
2005 on the Company in accordance with HQ Letter No. 460-1/2006-REGLN
dated May 22, 2006. BSNL further raised invoices to the tune of Rs
99,346,533 on similar grounds for the period September 1, 2005 to
February 28, 2006.These charges are on account of unilateral
declaration of the Companys Fixed Wireless and Wire line Phone
services as Limited Mobility Services by BSNL. The Company has
submitted its reply to BSNL on August 23, 2006 asking for the
calculation/ basis for the additional amount raised towards IUC and ADC
by BSNL for Rs 167,614,241. Subsequently, BSNL issued a disconnection
notice on August 26, 2006 which required the payment of Rs 208,236,569
(including Rs 167,614,241). The Company has submitted details to BSNL
for payments already made for Rs 40,622,328. The Company has
approached Honble TDSAT on the subject matter and a stay order was
granted on our petition no 232 of 2006 against the disconnection notice
on September 21, 2006. BSNL Jalandhar Office subsequently raised a
supplementary bill vide Letter No. Dy.GMM/NTR/JL/HFCL/75 dated March
20, 2007 for Rs 5,206,780, to which the Company.
submitted its reply on March 23, 2007 intimating that the matter being
sub-judice and pending decision by the Honble TDSAT, no coercive
action be taken against the Company. The hearing on the matter has been
completed on January 22, 2010 and the Honble TDSAT has pronounced the
judgement on May 21,2010 and has directed that BSNL and tne Company
should exchange relevant information and reconcile the differences. In
the absence of information from BSNL the Company is not in position to
determine the liability with respect to this matter. The Company, based
on expert legal opinion, believes that there would be no financial
liability against such bills and accordingly, has not recorded any
liability towards the IUC and ADC supplementary bills during the year
ended March 31,2010.
(e) The Company is in receipt of Show Cause Notice dated June 4, 2007
from Department of Telecommunications
(DoT)fornonfulfilmentoffirstyearsroll-outobligations of Unified
Access Service License (UASL) Agreement for Punjab Service Area,
where in the licensee as per the terms of the license agreement was
required to ensure that at least 10% of the District Headquarter /
Towns are covered in the first year of the date of migration to UASL
which commences from the date of Test Certificate issued by Telecom
Engineering Centre (TEC). As stated by DoT in the Show Cause Notice
issued, the Company has violated the conditions of UASL and accordingly
Liquidated Damages of Rs 70,000,000 has been imposed and DoT has also
sought explanation within 21 days as to why they should not take action
against the Company under the UASL Agreement to which the Company has
replied on September 27, 2007 that the Company has not violated the
conditions of UASL and based on expert legal advice, the Company
believes that there would be no financial liability against such claims
of DoT and accordingly, has not recorded any liability towards the
Liquidated Damages during year ended March 31,2010.
(f) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 4,157,718 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on February 2, 2009 on account of port
charges for the year 2008-09, passive link charges, duct cost for
passive link and active link charges. Out the above Rs 430,131
pertaining to port charges for the year 2008-09 and active link charges
was paid by the Company vide receipt number 189 dated February 18,
2009. The amount of Rs 3,727,587 towards the duct cost for passive link
and passive link charges was not acceptable by the Company as the
demand raised by BSNL was unilateral and unjust. The Company filed a
petition vide petition number 41(C) of 2009 with Telecom Dispute
Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to which the Company was
granted a stay order dated March 25,2009 restraining BSNL from
recovering the dues from the Company. The hearing on the matter has
been completed on February 11, 2010 and the judgement from Honble
TDSAT is awaited. Accordingly no liability has been booked in the
books of accounts for the year ended March 31,2010.
(g) The Company is in receipt of a demand of Rs 433,158,340 from Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on December 20, 2008 on account of
unilateral revision of access charges vide its letter dated April 28,
2001 for the period from June 2001 to May 2003, in contravention of the
Interconnect Agreement and TRAI Regulations. The Company, Association
of Unified Service Providers of India AUSPI (erstwhile Association of
Basic Telephone Operators ABTO) and other Basic Service Operators
contested aforesaid revision in the rates of access charges before
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). TDSAT vide its
reasoned and detailed judgement dated April 27, 2005 allowed the refund
claims and struck down the unilateral revision in the rates of access
charges by BSNL and held that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) is the final authority for fixing of access charges and access
charges would be payable as rates prescribed by the TRAI and as per the
Interconnect agreements. BSNL preferred an appeal in Honble Supreme
Court against the order of TDSAT and an interim stay was granted on
October 19,2006. Therefore aggrieved by such unilateral action on the
part of BSNL by raising aforesaid demand and disturbing the status-quo,
applications were moved by the Company, AUSPI and other operators in
the Honble Supreme Court vide C.A No.5834-5836 of 2005 that was listed
for hearing on February 9, 2009 and Honble Supreme Court passed an
order clarifying its previous order of October 19, 2006 and stayed the
refunds claim against the BSNL there by upholding the TDSAT order dated
April 27, 2005 where by BSNL is refrained from raising the access
charges demand. The Company based on the legal opinion believes that
there would be no financial liability against this demand and has
accordingly not recorded any liability towards access charges during
the year ended March 31, 2010.
(h) The Company is in receipt of demand of Rs. 7,000,000 from
Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Licensing Group (Access
Services) vide their letter number 16-02(46)/2009-AS HI/PB/799 dated
October 21, 2009 for issuance of SIM cards on fake ID in Punjab Service
Area, where in the Licensee was required to ensure adequate
verification of each and every customer before enrolling him as a
subscriber. The Company replied to DoT vide letter number
HITL-Reg/DOT/09- 10/269 dated November 14,2009 that the levy of penalty
imposed by DoT was based on verification done by any agency other than
the DOT - TERM Cells and the exercise was carried out suo moto and in
complete disregard of the established procedures and guidelines laid by
DoT accordingly the Company has requested DoT to have this validation
done by the DOT - TERM Cell. The Company believes that there would be
no financial liability against this demand and has accordingly not
recorded any liability towards penalty during the year ended March
31,2010.
(a) Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10 each, 515,070,338 of unlisted equity
shares have been listed at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) vide its letter
number 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 and letter number DCS/PREF/DMN/
FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009. As a pre-condition to the listing of
the aforesaid shares of the Company, BSE directed the Company to
undertake an offer for sale in the domestic market as the non-promoter
holding in the Company was below the minimum stipulated level.
Accordingly, the Company filed the draft offer for sale document with
SEBI for sale of 8,000,000 equity shares held by promoter in the
Company. However, SEBI, vide its order dated March 7,2007 directed the
Company that communication of observations on the draft offer for sale
document filed by the Company be withheld till the proceedings under
Section 11B of the SEBI Act against the Company are disposed off. The
Company filed an appeal in SAT challenging the SEBIs order dated March
7, 2007. The Honble SAT directed SEBI to proceed with the letter of
offer presented by the Company, in accordance with law, and issue a
letter of observations in terms of the guidelines within eight weeks
from the date of filing of revised draft offer for sale document by the
Company. In parallel, pursuant to the restructuring package approved
under CDR mechanism, the Company has been in the process of issuance of
fresh equity shares to Banks / Financial Institutions on conversion of
optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCDs). Considering that post
issuance of fresh equity on conversion of OFCDs, the non-promoter
holding in the Company would exceed the minimum stipulated threshold,
the Company requested BSE to grant listing of unlisted shares without
stipulating the condition of offer of sale. BSE, vide its letter DCS /
AMAL / RCG/ GEN / 1108 / 2008-09 dated February 13, 2009 has,
interalia, agreed to exempt the condition imposed on the Company to
comply with requirement of making an offer for sale in the domestic
market, subject to compliance of certain procedural requirements
including three years lock-in period of 25% of newly issued equity
shares pursuant to the merger i.e. 25% of 432,000,250 shares
(108,000,063 equity shares). The Company in compliance with conditions
stipulated by BSE has placed under lock in 108,000,063 equity shares on
May 14,2009 for a period.
of 3 years ending May 15, 2012. The Company has also complied with all
other necessary requirements pursuant to the letter from BSE dated
February 13, 2009 related to 83,070,088 equity shares issued pursuant
to corporate debt restructuring scheme. BSE has also agreed to grant
in-principle approval for allotment of 86,743,116 equity shares to be
issued to Banks and financial institutions on conversion upon filing of
necessary listing application, which the Company has filed, vide its
letter no. HITL/ S&L/S-01/09/472 and 473 dated March 07, 2009. BSE vide
their notice 20090514-12 dated May 14, 2009 hosted on its website has
granted listing and trading permission for 432,000,250 equity shares
issued pursuant to scheme of amalgamation. BSE has granted listing
approval for 83,070,088 equitv shares vide their letter number DCS/
PREF/DMN/FIP/239/09-10 dated May 25, 2009 and the shares have been
listed vide BSE notice number 20090605-20 dated June 5, 2009.
(b) Out of the total paid up equity share capital comprising of
612,260,268 equity shares of Rs 10/- each, 8,67,43,116 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each were issued on July 08, 2009 after obtaining in principle
approval from the BSE and MSE, consequent to the conversion of
Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) pursuant to the
Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) Cell. The aforesaid 8,67.43,116
equity shares have been listed and tradable at Bombay Stock Exchange
(BSE) vide its letter number 20090813-08 dated August 13, 2009 w.e.f.
August 14, 2009 and at Madras Stock Exchange Limited vide its letter
no.MSE/LD/PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01, 2009 w.e.f September 01,
2009.
(c) On March 31,2004, the Company obtained the approval from the
sharehoiders for de-listing the shares listed in the Calcutta Stock
Exchange Association Limited (CSE) and complied with all the
necessary requirements for delisting and submitted its application in
CSE. Despite repeated reminders, the Company has not yet received CSEs
approval in this regard.
8. Advance Against Share Application Money
As per the restructuring package approved under CDR mechanism, on
October 16, 2004, the Company had issued 7,551,178 Zero percent
Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) of Rs 100 each in
lieu of interest accrued on term loans from financial institution and
banks from January 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005. Pursuant to the revised
CDR scheme dated Tune 24, 2005, and lenders confirmation regarding
conversion of Zero percent Optionally Fully Convertible Debenture
(OFCD) including premium accrued till March 31,2006, the Company
transferred OFCDs of Rs 755,117,800 and OFCDs premium of Rs 119,873,594
into equity shares. However, pending clarifications on the conversion
price, the Company, with the consent of the lenders, converted the
convertible amount into Advance against Equity Share Application Monev
on March 31,2006. During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Company had
further.
transferred Rs 5,550,374 to Advance against Equity Share Application
Money, which pertained to differential interest due to monthly
vis-a-vis quarterly compounding in respect of term loan from a
scheduled bank. During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company
obtained additional confirmations from lenders regarding conversion of
Zero percent Optionally Fully Convertible Debenture (OFCD) including
premium accrued till March 31, 2006. The Company has accordingly
reduced an amount of Rs 131,110,587 from the OFCD premium and taken
back the equivalent amount to securities premium account. Pending
clarification on conversion price of such OFCDs (including premium)
from SEBI the Company, on the basis of directions of Financial
Institution and Banks have requested Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to
grant in-principle approval for allotment of shares at par. The BSE
has agreed vide its letter no.DCS/AMAL/RCG/GEN/1108/2008-2009 dated
February 13, 2009 to grant in-principle approval for allotment of
86,743,116 equity shares to be issued to Banks and financial
institutions on conversion of OFCDs upon completion of necessary
formalities. The Company has filed the requisite application in
prescribed format vide its letter no. HITL/S&L/S-01/09/472 and 473
dated March 07, 2009 receipted by BSE on March 12, 2009. BSE vide their
letter number DCS/PREF/ DMN/ PRE / 522 /09-10 dated July 1, 2009 and
Madras Stock Exchange Limited (MSE) vide their letter no. MSE/LD/
PSK/738/158/09 dated July 07, 2009 accorded their in- principle
approval for allotment of Shares in physical form pursuant to
conversion of OFCDs into equity and accordingly the Company has
allotted 86,743,116 equity- shares of Rs. 10 each (at par) fully paid
up on July 08, 2009 and the necessary application for the listing of
these shares was made to BSE and MSE on July 13, 2009. Company has
received Listing and Trading approval from BSE vide its letter no.
20090813-08 dated August 13,2009 w.e.f August 14. 2009 and MSE vide its
letter no. MSE/LD/PSK/738/215/09 dated September 01, 2009 w.e.f
September 01, 2009.
9. Secured Loans
(a) As per the CDR Scheme approved on March 10, 2004 and subsequently
approved on June 4,2005, the Lenders have signed Master Restructuring
Agreement (MRA) for restructuring of their Debts and Security
Trusteeship Agreement, whereby the Lenders have entered into an
agreement and appointed IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (herein after
referred as "LTSL") as their custodian of security. On November 11,
2005, the charges were registered in favour of the ITSL for Rupee Term
Loans, for providing Specific Credit Facility, for Working Capital
Assistance and Zero percent Secured OFCDs. The same are secured by
first pari passu charge on immovable properties of the Company situated
at Kandivali (East), Mumbai and properties situated at Mohali &
Jalandhar under equitable mortgage, first pari passu charge of
hypothecation of movable properties.
the Company including movable plant & machinery, machinery spares,
tools & accessories and other movables including book debts by way of
hypothecation, both present and future. Further, the same are also
secured by assignment of all rights, title, benefits, claims and
interest in, under the project documents, insurance policies, all
statutory, government and regulatory approvals, permissions, exemptions
and waivers on pari passu basis. Subsequently, pursuant to the reworked
restructuring scheme approved under CDR mechanism on June 24, 2005, the
Company has entered into amendatory Master Restructuring Agreement and
amendatory Security Trusteeship Agreement (STA) on March 9, 2006,
whereby Centurion Bank of Punjab has also joined as one of the lenders
and has agreed to appoint ITSL as their custodian for security and
signed the STA in line with other lenders in consortium.
On the request of the Company, Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell
(CDR) vide their letter no CDR 0CP) No 138 / 2009-10 (CDR Letter)
dated May 20,2009 has approved the interim revised restructuring
package. The revised restructuring package inter alia includes funding
of interest from July 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009 on simple interest
basis. Funded Interest on Term Loan (FITL) would not carry any
interest and the FITL shall be repaid in 16 equal monthly installments
commencing from December 1, 2009, and has rescheduled the principle
installments from August 1,2008 to November 1, 2009 so as to be
repayable from December 1, 2009 to March 1, 2011. Corporate Debt
Restructuring (CDR) cell vide their letter no CDR (JCP) No 563 /
2009-10 dated August 13,2009 has approved a new restructuring package,
which includes the induction of strategic investor / change of
management and settlement proposal for Term Lenders. All the term
lenders have given their acceptance to the new restructuring package.
The CDR has been made effective from April 1, 2009 and accordingly an
amount of Rs 373,097,077 towards FITL from July 1, 2008 to March 31,
2009 has been considered as term loan. In accordance with the new
restructuring package an amount of Rs 256,829,422 has been considered
as Interest for the year ended March 31, 2010, and reversed the
provision for interest of Rs 1,025,846,205, the differential between
interest paid and interest accrued on yield basis as per old CDR
scheme. The other parameters of the new CDR scheme are yet to be
adopted. The management is confident of fulfilling the remaining
conditions precedent for the implementation of the Revised CDR Scheme
and would fully implement the terms of the Revised CDR Scheme on the
completion of such approvals and conditions precedent.
(b) The above mentioned security has been further extended to the
amount of loans, working capital assistance, specific facility and
OFCDs together with the interest, compound interest, additional
interest, default interest, costs, charges, expenses and any other
monies payable by the Company in relation thereto and in terms with
MRA and STA entered into between the lenders and ITSL.
(c) Vehicle Loans of Rs 1,341,082 (March 31, 2009 - Rs 6,673,308) are
secured by way of exclusive hypothecation charge in favour of bank on
the specific assets acquired out of the loan proceeds of the Company.
These loans are repayable in monthly instalments and shall be repaid by
2012.Vehicle loans repayable within one-year amounts to Rs 968,255.
Interest rates on vehicle loans vary from 9.65 per cent per annum to
12.15 percent per annum. The average tenure of loan is 36 months.
10. Unsecured Loans
(a) On October 16,2004, the Company issued 1,667,761 zero percent Non
Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of Rs 100 each in lieu of interest
accrued on term loans from a financial institution and a bank for the
period April 1, 2003 to December 31,2003. The NCDs earlier redeemable
at par on March 31, 2014, are now redeemable at par on March 31, 2016
after repayment of the term loans as per revised CDR Scheme effective
from April 1, 2005.
(b) On February 8, 2005, the Company has entered into a buyers credit
loan agreement with The Export Import Bank of China to facilitate
payment to one of its equipment supplier for a total amount of Rs
544,131,662 (US$ 12,134,961). As on March 31,2010, the Company has
utilized Rs 527,470,587 (US$ 12,061,985) of this facility. The
facility is secured by financial Bank guarantee of Rs 108,825,514 and
by a Corporate Guarantee of Rs 544,131,662 given by HFCL, the Holding
Company, on pari passu basis with other lenders.
(c) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken convertible loan to facilitate expansion and development of
businesses amounting to Rs 499,499,886 from Infotel Digicomm Private
Limited. The convertible loan is repayable on demand; Infotel Digicomm
Private Limited shall have an option to convert the Loan into Equity
Shares, subject to getting necessary approvals and subject to
applicable pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and
regulations. On September 16,2009 Infotel Digicomm Private Limited
(IDPL) has entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell
Electronics India Private Limited (DEIPL), wherein IDPL has assigned
the above convertible loan of Rs 499,499,886 to DEIPL. All the terms
and conditions relating to the convertible loan has remained the same.
The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year ended
March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to Rs
14,984,997 @ 12% to IDIPL for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated September 16, 2009
has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,2009 onwards, DEIPL
have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1, 2009 till March 31,
2010, therefore no provision for such interest has been made by the
Company.
(d) The Company under the terms of the agreement dated May 1, 2007 had
taken buyers credit facility to facilitate funding of the telecom
project amounting to Rs 410,740,832 from Infotel Business Solutions
Limited. The loan carries 12% interest and is repayable on demand.
Infotel Business Solutions Limited has the option to convert the loan
including interest accrued into equity shares, subject to applicable
pricing guidelines as per SEBI and other laws and regulations. On
September 16, 2009 Infotel Business Solutions Limited (IBSL) has
entered into an assignment agreement with Domebell Electronics India
Private Limited (DEIPL), wherein IBSL has assigned the above buyers
credit facility of Rs 410,700,000 to DEIPL. All the terms and
conditions relating to the buyers credit facility has remained the
same. The interest accrues at the end of each quarter. During the year
ended March 31, 2010 the Company has provided for interest amounting to
Rs 12,322,225 @ 12% to IBSL for the three months ended June 30,2009.
and accordingly DEIPL on the basis of the assignment agreement dated
September 16, 2009 has a right on the interest accruing from July 1,
2009 onwards, DEIPL have agreed to waive off the interest from July 1,
2009 till March 31, 2010, therefore no provision for such interest has
been made by the Company.
11. Fixed Assets and Capital work-in-progress
(a) Capital Work in Progress includes Goods in Transit of Rs 20,106,204
(March 31, 2009 - Rs 92,177).
(b) As on March 31,2010, telephone instruments aggregating to a net
book value of Rs 155,534,655 (March 31, 2009 - Rs 219,610,995) and
other assets aggregating to net book value of Rs 238,604,630 (March
31,2009 - Rs 280,717,435) are located at customer premises, other
parties and at other operators sites, respectively.
(c) During the year ended March 31, 2010, the Company has sold off
Building for Rs 13,320,000 with gross book value of Rs 3,943,939 and
accumulated depreciation of Rs 899,247, the net book value being Rs
3,044,692 and accordingly, recorded a gain of Rs 10,275,308 which has
been disclosed under Gain on sale of Fixed Assets in the Profit and
Loss Account.
12. Investments
During the year ended March 31,2009 the Company has incorporated one
wholly owned Subsidiary Company Infotel Tower Infrastructure Private
Limited with an Investment of Rs 99,800. The principal business of the
Company is building, establishing, setting-up, accruing, developing,
advising on, managing, providing, operating and/or maintaining,
facilitating conduct of, fully or partially infrastructure facilities
and services thereof for all kinds of value added services including
broadband towers for telecom operations/services, payment gateway
services and international gateway serices
13. License Entry Fees
During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company has deposited the
entry fee of Rs 1,517,500,000 with The Department of Telecommunication
(DOT) for the use of GSM Technology in addition to CDMA technology
being used under the existing Unified Access Services Licence (UASL)
for the Punjab Service Area. The UASL has since been amended to
incorporate the license for use of GSM technology on January 15, 2008
vide DOTs letter number F.No.l0-15/2004/BS.II/HITL/ Punjab/17 dated
January 15,2008. DOT had provided the allocation of radio spectrum on
trial basis for a period of three months till December 9, 2008 vide
their letter number L14047/20/2006-NTG (Pt) dated September 10, 2008.
The Company had submitted the spectrum trial reports to DOT vide letter
number HFCL/DOT/2009-10/38A dated November 18, 2009. DOT has
regularized the GSM Spectrum earmarked for Unified Access Services in
Punjab Telecom Service Area vide letter number L-14043/37/2009-NTG
(Pt-1) dated December 7, 2009 with immediate effect. The Company has
launched its GSM services on March 29, 2010 in Punjab Circle.
14. Inventory for Network Maintenance
The Company holds inventory of network maintenance consumables and RUIM
cards amounting to Rs 24,064,756 (March 31,2009 - Rs 19,895,676). The
quantity and valuation of inventory is taken as verified, valued and
certified by the management.
15. Deferred Taxes
During the year, the Company has incurred losses of Rs 206,447,324
(accumulated losses of Rs 11,400,327,594) resulting into a tax loss
carry forward situation. The Company is eligible for a tax holiday
under section 80IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Though the management
is confident of generating profits in the future, there is currently no
convincing evidence of virtual certainty that the Company would reverse
the tax loss carry forwards beyond the tax holiday period. Accordingly,
the Company has not recognized any deferred tax assets resulting from
the carry forward tax losses. Further, no deferred tax liabilities on
account of temporary timing differences have been recognized since they
are expected to reverse in the tax holiday period.
16. Current Liabilities and Provisions
a) Sundry Creditors include amount payable to Micro and Small
Enterprises as at March 31, 2010 of Rs 1,980,142 (March 31, 2009 - Rs
709,716). The information as required to be disclosed under the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 has been determined
to the extent such parties have been identified on the basis of
information and records available with the Company.
Information for the supplier covered under the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise Development Act, 2006, as at March 31, 2010 is as under -
b) During the year ended March 31, 2008, the Company had obtained
advance of Rs 1,517,500,000 to fund the entry fee for using GSM
Technology under the existing Unified Access Services License (UASL)
for Punjab Service Area. The amount of aforesaid advance is adjustable
or refundable on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed.
17. Loss per share
The calculation of loss per share is based on the loss for the vear and
number of shares is shown below.
18. Operating leases A. Company as a Lessee
(a) The Company has entered into various cancelable lease agreements
for leased premises. Gross rental expenses for the year ended March 31,
2010 is Rs 58,224,713 (March 31, 2009 - Rs 62,145,298).
(b) The Company has entered into site sharing agreements with other
operators for sharing of their infrastructure
B. Company as a Lessor
The Company has entered into cancellable site sharing agreements with
other operators for sharing of its infrastructure sites. During the
year, the Company has accrued Rs 4,437,292 (March 31, 2009- Rs
12,561,961) towards site sharing revenue.
The Company has entered into a non-cancellable lease arrangement to
provide approximately 7525.11 Fibre pair kilometres of dark fibre on
indefeasible right of use (IRU) basis for a period of 15 years. The
gross block, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense of the
assets given on IRU basis is not readily determinable and hence not
disclosed.
In respect of such leases, rental income of Rs 33,956,731(March 31,
2009- Rs 24,074,532) has been recognised in the profit and loss account
for the year ended March 31, 2010
Further lease receipts (under non-cancellable operating leases) will be
recognised in the profit and loss account of subsequent years as
follows:-
19. Segmental Reporting
The primary reporting of the Company has been performed on the basis of
business segments. The Company has only one business segment, which is
provision of unified telephony services. Accordingly, the amounts
appearing in these financial statements relate to this primary business
segment. Further, the Company provides services only in the State of
Punjab (including Chandigarh and Panchkula) and, accordingly, no
disclosures are required under secondary segment reporting.
21. Unclaimed deposits from public
During the year ended March 31, 2004, the Company surrendered its
licence granted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to carry out NBFC
business. Accordingly, the Company foreclosed all the unpaid /
unclaimed deposits as on September 15, 2003 and the interest accruing
thereon as on that date, and the same have been transferred to the
Escrow Account in February 2004. On May 24, 2004, the RBI approved the
cancellation of the Companys certificate of NBFC registration and
provided certain directives to the Company to be complied with, pending
completion of which, the Company would continue to be governed by the
relevant provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and various
directions/instructions issued by RBI from time to time. [Refer
Schedule 11 & 14 and Schedule 22, Note 1(a))]. On August 10, 2004, the
Company has obtained the approval of the shareholders for the removal
of NBFC related objects from the Memorandum of Association. Further,
the Company submitted a letter dated July 7, 2004 for compliance and
RBI vide its letter dated July 30, 2004 gave some concessions from
compliance and has advised the Company to follow certain instructions
till the balance in the escrow account is settled. The Registrar of
Companies, Jalandhar, is yet to register the resolution of the
shareholders due to delay in filing of the documents, for which the
Company has moved an application to Central Government for condonation
of delay. Ministry of Company Affairs vide letter no 17/23/2005-CL.V
dated 07th July, 2005 has granted a condonation for filing of form 23,
which was submitted to Registrar of Companies, Jalandhar vide letter
No. HITL/C&L/S-31/05/347 dated July 13, 2005 and the registration
certificate is yet to be obtained.
The accompanying financial statements include the following account
balances relating to the NBFC business whose licence granted by RBI was
surrendered during the year ended March 31,2004:
22. Debenture redemption reserve
Pursuant to the CDR scheme on October 16, 2004, the Company has issued
OFCDs aggregating to Rs 166,776,100 repayable as on March 31, 2016. As
per section 117C (1) of the Companies Act, 1956, a debenture
redemption reserve (DRR) is to be created to which adequate amounts
are to be credited out of the profits of each year until such
debentures are redeemed.
During the year, the Company has incurred loss of Rs 206,447,324.
Hence, in accordance with the clarification received from the
Department of Company Affairs vide circular No 6/3/2001-CL.V dated
April 18, 2002, the Company has not created Debenture redemption
reserve.
Defined Benefit Plans
The employees gratuity fund scheme managed by Life Insurance
Corporation of India and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company
Limited is a defined benefit plan and the same is 100% funded. The
present value of obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation
using Project Unit Credit Method, which recognizes each period of
service as giving rise to additional unit of employee benefit
entitlement and measures each unit separately to build up the final
obligation. The obligation for leave encashment is recognised in the
same manner as gratuity.
Experience adjustments are Nil and have not been disclosed as required
under Para 120 of Accounting Standard 15 relating to Employee benefits.
d) The expected rate of return on plan assets was based on the average
long-term rate of return expected to prevail over the next 15 to 20
years on the investments made by the LIC. This was based on the
historical returns suitably adjusted for movements in long-term
government bond interest rates. The discount rate is based on the
average yield on government bonds of 20 years.
e) The Company made annual contributions to the LIC of an amount
advised by the LIC. The Company was not informed by LIC of the
investments made by the LIC or the break-down of plan assets by
investment type.
f) The estimates of rate of escalation in salary considered in
actuarial valuation , taken into account inflation, seniority,
promotion and other relevant factors including demand and supply in the
employment market. The above information is certified by the actuary.
g) The disclosure requirement as per Para 120 (n) of Accounting
Standard -15 Employee Benefits as below:
23. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing
telecommunication services. The production and sale of such services is
not capable of being expressed in any generic unit. Hence, other
information pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph 3, 4C and 4D of
Part II Schedule VI of the Companies Act, 1956 are not applicable to
the Company.
24. Subsequent Events
a) Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has
vide its Order No. WTM/KMA/CFD/233/03/2010 dated March 3,. 2010,
granted an exemption to M/s Quadrant Enterprises Private Limited, -
(QEPL), from the applicability of Regulation 10 & 12 of the SEBI
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997,
for acquiring 32,67,05,000 (Thirty Two Crores Sixty Seven Lac and Five
Thousand only) equity shares of the Company (Shares) amounting to
53.3605% (approximately fifty three percent) of the issued, subscribed
and paid up share capital of the Company, from the Company Himachal
Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL). The Order has been passed
pursuant to the proposal for change of management sanctioned by the
Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell in terms of its letter No. CDJ (JCP)
No. 563/2009-10 dated August 13, 2009. The aforesaid shares have been
acquired on April 3,2010.
b) In line with the stipulations of the CDR package as approved by the
CDR Cell vide its Letter no. BY. CDR(JCP) No. 563/2009-10 dated August
13, 2009 stipulating a change in the management of the Company, the
existing Directors except the nominees of Financial Institutions had
resigned from the Board and therefore to complete the process of change
in the management of the Company, as per the stipulations of the CDR
package, the senior management team comprising of Mr. Surendra Lunia,
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. G.D. Singh, Chief Operating Officer, and
Mr. Vikash Agarwal, Vice President (Corporate Finance) and Chief
Financial Officer have resigned from the Company on April 09, 2010.
c) The Company has acquired 20 shares at face value of Rs 10 each of
its Subsidiary Company Infotel Tower Infrastructure private limited on
April 09, 2010, and it become 100 percent owned subsidiary W.e.f.
April 09,2010.
The above events do not have any financial impact at the Balance Sheet
date.
25. Prior period comparatives
Previous year figures have been regrouped where necessary to conform to
this year classification.
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