Mar 31, 2010
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TELEDATA MARINE
SOLUTIONS LTD as at 31st March 2010 and the Profit and Loss Account for
the year ended on that date and also the Cash Flow Statement for the
year ended on that date annexed thereto, in which are included the
returns of the foreign offices at USA and Dubai, which are audited by
another firm of Chartered Accountants. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We have conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing
standards generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. Attention is invited to the following:
3.1 Investments in Teledata SBC Logistics and Solutions Ltd (formerly
SBC Data Ireland) of 100 equity shares amounting to Rs.76.31 Lakhs and
Al Nahda Forwarding and Clearing Company LLC of Rs.967.44 Lakhs
representing 95% of the Equity Shares of AED 1000 has been written of
because of consistent non performance by the subsidiaries.
(Ref note No.10(a) of Schedule-Q)
3.2 We are unable to comment on the ultimate realisability of
investments amounting to Rs 34.83. lakhs in the absence of
audited/unaudited financials for the last three years which is the
substance of the said investments as referred to in Note no 10(b) of
Schedule Q.
3.3 Bank has not charged any Interest relating to the period from
Sep-09 to March-2010 subsequent to the advances being classified as NPA
.Hence the same has not been accounted in the books
of account.
(Ref note No.3 of Schedule-Q)
3.4 Some of the Fixed Deposits and Current Account which are held in
the name of Sirius Shipping Company Ltd. are yet to be changed into the
resulting Companys name.
(Ref Note No. 11(a) of Schedule-Q)
Subject to the above
4. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
5. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books and proper returns adequate for the purpose of our audit
have been received in respect of offices not visited by us and the
report of the foreign office auditors have been considered by us in
preparation of the report
6. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
referred to in sub section (3C) of section 211 of the Act, to the
extent applicable except for non compliance in respect of the
prescribed method of valuation of employee benefits and required
disclosures in accordance with the Accounting Standard on Employee
benefits(AS-15).
7. On the basis of written representations received from directors as
on March 31, 2009 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March,
2009 from being appointed as a director of the Company in terms of
clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act.
8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts read together with
"Significant Accounting Policies contingent liabilities and Notes to
Accounts" appearing in Schedule Q and subject to Para 3 mentioned
above, give the information required by the Act, in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India:
i) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2010;
ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the PROFIT of the
Company for the year ended on that date;
iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the Cash Flows for the
year ended on that date.
9. As required by the Companies [Auditors Report] Order 2003 and
other amendments to the order, issued by the Central Government in
terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956 and on the basis of
such checks as we considered appropriate and information and
explanations given to us, we further report that:
(I)
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) We were informed that the physical verification of assets was
carried out during the year, and no material discrepancies between book
records and physical inventory have been noticed on such verification
and in our opinion the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(ii) In our opinion, the company does not have any inventories and as
such the clauses relating to inventory, valuation etc., under the Order
is not applicable
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has granted interest free unsecured loans to 3 parties covered
in the register maintained u/s 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The
maximum balance outstanding during the year including those given
during the year is Rs 8183.18 lakhs and the balance as at the year end
is Rs 7311.03 lakhs.
(iv) As explained by the management, the terms and conditions of the
above are not prejudicial to the interests of the company
(v) The principal amount has not fallen due and the same is repayable
on demand
(vi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has taken interest free unsecured loan from two parties in the
register maintained u/s 301 of the companies Act, 1956.The maximum
balance outstanding during the year was Rs.25,692.77 Lakhs and the year
end balance of the loans was Rs.22754.56 Lakhs.
(vii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanations that purchases of
certain items of contents and consumables for projects are for the
companys specialized requirements for which suitable alternative
sources are not available to obtain comparable quotations, there is an
adequate internal control systems commensurate with the size of the
company and nature of its business with regard to purchases of contents
through approval by the technical committee and with regard to sale of
services. During the year, the management has taken steps to strengthen
certain weakness in general controls in technical department to make
this commensurate with the size and nature of the business. In our
opinion, there is not continuing failure to correct the major weakness
in the internal control systems except in case of sale of goods and
services, wherein the company does not keep the details of the end
users of the software licenses sold through the agents.
(viii) The transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements
entered into the register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the
Act and exceeding the value of Rupees five lakhs in respect of any
party during the year, which have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time
(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us,
contracts or arrangements that are required to be referred to in
Section 301 of the Act, have been entered in the register maintained
under that Section.
(x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted any public deposits under the
provisions of the Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956 and
the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975.
(xi) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.
(xii) The Company is regular in depositing with the appropriate
authorities the undisputed statutory dues including Provident Fund,
Investor Education and Protection Fund, State Insurance, Income tax,
Sales tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and
other material statutory dues applicable to it. There are no undisputed
amounts payable in respect of the aforesaid statutory dues were
outstanding as at the last day of the financial year for a period of
more than six months from the date they became payable.
(xiii) According to the records of the Company, there are no dues in
respect of Sales tax, Income tax, Customs duty, Wealth tax, Service
tax, Excise duty, Cess which have not been deposited on account of any
dispute
(xiv) The Company does not have any accumulated losses as at 31-03-2009
and has not incurred cash losses both in the current financial year as
well as in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xv) The Company has not granted loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities
(xvi) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/ mutual
benefit fund/ society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of
the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 are not applicable to the
Company.
(xvii)In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company is not dealing or trading in shares,
securities, debentures and other securities. The Investments shown in
the accounts are held in the name of the company except in the case of
certain foreign subsidiaries in respect of which we are unable to
comment whether the same is in the name of the company in the absence
of share certificates as referred in note no 11 C
(xviii)According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given corporate guarantee to bank on behalf of associate
company for loans taken by them from banks, the terms and conditions of
which are not prejudicial to the interest of the company
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has not borrowed any term loans from any bank or financial
institution except working capital demand loan, which has been used for
the purpose for which the same has been taken during the year
(xx) On the basis of the overall examination of the Balance Sheet of
the Company, in our opinion, there are no funds raised on short term
basis which have been used for long term investments.
(xxi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Act.
(xxii)The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under Section 209(1)(d) of the Act for the company
(xxiii)According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not issued any debentures and hence the question of
creating the security does not arise.
(xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not raised any money through public issues.
(xv) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing
practices and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we have neither come across any fraud on or by the Company nor have
we been informed of any such case by the management.
For LODHA & COMPANY
Chartered Accountants
FRN:301051E
-sd-
G. SUBRAMANIA SARMA
Partner,
[ M. No 21756]
Chennai, 30.08.2010
Mar 31, 2009
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of TELEDATA MARINE
SOLUTIONS LTD as at 31st March 2009 and the Profit and Loss Account for
the year ended on that date and also the Cash Flow Statement for the
year ended on that date annexed thereto, in which are included the
returns of the foreign offices at USA and Dubai, which are audited by
another firm of Chartered Accountants, These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We have conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing
standards generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides. a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
3. Attention is invited to the following:
3.1 We are unable to comment on the ultimate reliability of investments
amounting to Rs 34.83 lakhs in the absence of audited/unaudited
financials for the last two years which is the substance of the said
investments as referred to in Note no 13(a) of Schedule Q.
3.2 Note No.18 of schedule Q wherein debtors amounting to Rs 25.90
lakhs which are-outstanding for , considerable period of time as on the
date of this report are considered good and recoverable.
3.3 The company has not translated certain debtors and creditors at the
year end in terms of accounting standard 11 and consequently the profit
for the year is less by Rs 9775.01 lakhs and also not complied with the
Accounting standard on Employee benefits issued by the Central
Government u/s 211 ( 3C) of the Companies Act, 1956.
Subject to the above
4. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
5. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of
those books and proper returns adequate for the purpose of our audit
have been received in respect of offices not visited by us and the
report of the foreign office auditors have been considered by us in
preparation of the report.
6. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
referred to in sub section (3C) of section 211 of the Act, to the
extent applicable except for non compliance in respect of the
prescribed method of valuation of employee benefits and required
disclosures in accordance with the Accounting Standard on Employee
benefits and non translation of the amount of debtors and creditors at
the yearend date as required by the Accounting Standard AS 11.
7. On the basis of written representations received from directors as
on March 31, 2009 and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March,
2009 from being appointed as a director of the Company in terms of
clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act.
8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, they said accounts read together with
"Significant Accounting Policies contingent liabilities and Notes to
Accounts "appearing in Schedule Q and subject to Para 3 mentioned
above, give the information required by the Act, in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India:
i) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2009;
ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the PROFIT of the
Company for the year ended on that date;
iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the Cash Flows for the
year ended on that date
9. As required by the Companies [Auditors' Report] Order 2003 and
other amendments to the order,. issued by the Central Government in
terms of Section 227(4A) of the Companies Act, 1956 and on the basis of
such checks as we considered appropriate and information and
explanations given to. us, we further report that:
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(B) We were informed that the physical verification of assets was
carried out, during the year, and no material discrepancies between
book records and physical inventory have been noticed on such
verification and in our opinion the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
(c) During the year the Company even though had disposed some assets,
the same does not affect the going concern of the company.
(ii) In our opinion, the company does not have any inventories and as
such the clauses relating to inventory, valuation etc., under the Order
is not applicable.
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has granted interest free unsecured loans to 4 parties covered
in the register maintained u/s 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The
maximum balance outstanding during the year including those given
during the year is Rs 18971.04 lakhs and the balance as at the yearend
is Rs 15594.69 lakhs.
(iv) As explained by the management, the terms and conditions of the
above are not prejudicial to the interests of the company,
(v) The principal amount has not fallen due and the same is repayable
on demand.
(vi) In our opinion and according to the information arid explanations
given to us, the company has not taken any loan, from companies, firms
or other parties listed in the register maintained u/s 301 of the
companies Act, 1956 and hence clauses 4(iii)(e) to (g) of the Order is
not applicable to the company.
(vii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and having regard to the explanations that purchases of
certain items of contents and consumables for projects are for the
company's specialized requirements for which suitable alternative
sources .are not: available to obtain comparable quotations, there is
an adequate internal control systems commensurate with the size of the
company and nature of its business with regard to purchases of contents
through approval by the technical committee and with regard to sale of
services. During the year, the management has taken steps to strengthen
certain weakness in general controls in technical department to make
this commensurate with the size and nature of the business. In our
opinion, there is not continuing failure to correct the major weakness
in the internal control systems except in case of sale of goods and
services, wherein the company does not keep the details of the end
users of the software licenses sold through the agents.
(viii) The transactions made in pursuance of contracts or arrangements
entered into the register maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the
Act and exceeding the value of Rupees five lakhs in respect of any
party during the year, which have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time.
(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us,
contracts or arrangements that are required to be referred to in
Section 301 of the Act, have been entered in the register maintained
Under that Section.
(X) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted any public deposits under the
provisions of the Section 58A and 58AA of the Companies Act, 1956 and
the Companies (Acceptance of' Deposits) Rules, 1975.
(xi) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with the size of the Company and nature of its business.
(Xii) (a) The Company is regular in depositing with the appropriate
authorities the undisputed statutory dues including Provident Fund,
Investor Education and Protection Fund, State Insurance, Income tax,
Sales tax, Wealth tax, Service tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and
other material statutory dues' applicable. to it. There are no
undisputed amounts-payable in respect of the aforesaid statutory dues
were outstanding as at the last day of the financial year for a period
of more than six months from the date they .became payable.
(b) According to the records of the Company, there are no dues in
respect of Sales tax, Income tax, Customs duty, Wealth tax, Service
tax, Excise duty, Cess which have not been deposited on account of any
dispute.
xiii) The Company does not have any accumulated losses as at 31-03-2009
and has not incurred cash losses both in the current financial year as
well as in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xiv) The Company has not granted loans and advances. on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xv) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a n id hi/
mutual benefit fund/ society. Therefore, the provisions of clause
4(xiii) of the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 are not
applicable to the Company.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the company is not dealing or trading in shares,
securities, debentures and other securities. The Investments shown in
the accounts are held in the name of the company except in the case of
certain foreign subsidiaries in respect of which we are unable to
comment whether the same is in the name of the company in the absence
of share, certificates as referred in note no 11 C.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has given corporate guarantee to bank on behalf of associate
company for loans taken- by them from banks, the terms and conditions
of which are not prejudicial to the interest of. the company.
(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company has not borrowed any term. loans from any bank or financial
institution except working capital demand loan, which has been used for
the purpose for which the same has been taken during the year.
(xix) On the basis of the overall examination of the Balance Sheet of
the Company, in our opinion, there are no funds raised on short-term
basis which have been used for long term investments.
(xx) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has. not made any preferential allotment of shares to parties
and companies covered in the register maintained under Section-301 of
the Act,
(xxi) The Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of cost
records under Section 209(l)(d) of the Act for the company.
(xxii) According to the information and explanations given to. us, the
Company has not issued any debentures and . hence the question of
creating the security does not arise.
(xxiii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not raised any money through public issues.
(xxiv) During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing
practices and according to the information and explanations given to
us, we have neither come across any fraud on or by the Company nor have
we been informed of any such case by the management.
For LODHA & COMPANY
Chartered Accountants.
-Sd-
G. SUBRAMANIA SARMA
Partner, (M. No 21756)
Chennai, 3rd September2009
Disclaimer: This is 3rd Party content/feed, viewers are requested to use their discretion and conduct proper diligence before investing, GoodReturns does not take any liability on the genuineness and correctness of the information in this article