We have audited the accompanying financial statements of THE
AMALGAMATED ELECTRICITY COMPANY LIMITED which comprises of Balance
Sheet as at 31st March, 2014 and the Statement of Profit and Loss and
the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date and a summary
of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with
the Accounting Standards notified under the Companies Act, 1956 ("the
Act") read with General Circular 15/2013 dated 13th September 2013
issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133
of the Companies Act, 2013. This responsibility includes the design,
implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the
preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a
true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due
to fraud or error.
Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply with
ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk
assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the
Company's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:-
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March, 2014;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss Account of the
loss for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement of the cash flows for the
year. Emphasis of matter
We draw attention to Note 2(xviii) regarding surrender of the premises
to Dena Bank and deposit of ` 10 lacs with the High Court at Mumbai.
Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this matter.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors' Report) Order, 2003, (the
Order) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section(4A) of Section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter
to referred to as `the Act') we give in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraph 4 and 5 of the said order.
2. As required by section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:
(i) We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our
audit;
(ii) 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 purposes of our audit
have been received from branches not visited by us;
(iii) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss Account and Cash
Flow statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the
books of account;
(iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and
Cash Flow Statement comply with the Accounting Standards notified under
the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") read with General Circular15/2013
dated 13th September 2013 issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
in respect of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013.
(v) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on 31st March, 2014, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March, 2014 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause
(g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956;
ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS' REPORT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR AUDITOR
REPORT OF EVEN DATE
i (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars , including quantitative details and situation of the fixed
assets.
(b) The Fixed Assets have not been physically verified by the
management during the year.
(c) The Company has not disposed off substantial part of fixed assets
during the year.
ii. Considering the activity carried out during the year, in our
opinion the provision of clause 4(ii) are not applicable.
iii (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly, sub-clause
(b), (c) and (d) are not applicable.
iii (b) The Company has not taken loans from companies, firms or other
parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Companies Act, 1956. iv In our opinion and according to the
information and explanation given to us, in view of activities of the
company carried on by the Company , clause 4(iv) is not applicable.
v (a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, there were no contracts or arrangements that needed to be
entered into the register maintained under section 301 of the Act.
Hence provisions of clause 4(v)(a) and (b) are not applicable.
vi The Company has not accepted any deposits form public. And as such
the provision of Section 58A and 58AA of the Act and the Company
(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules 1975 with regard to the deposit accepted
from the public are not applicable.
vii We are informed that in view of the internal control procedures
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business, which in our opinion is adequate, the Company had no separate
internal audit system.
viii The provisions of clause 4 (viii) of the Companies (Auditors
Report) order 2003 are not applicable to the Company.
ix (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing the undisputed
statutory dues in respect of Provident Fund, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Employee's State Insurance, Sales-tax, Wealth tax,
Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory dues except
for income tax ` 44,205/- ( previous year ` 7,500/-) .
ix (b) According to the information and explanation given to us, no
undisputed amount payable in respect of Income Tax , sales tax, wealth
tax, service tax, customs duty and excise duty were in arrears as at
31st March, 2014 for a period of more than six months from the date
become payable.
ix (c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
were no dues in respect of wealth tax, sales tax, service tax, customs
duty and excise duty which have not been deposited on account of any
dispute.
x The Company's accumulated losses at the end of the financial year are
not more than fifty percent of its net worth. The Company has incurred
cash losses in the current or in the immediately preceding financial
year.
xi According to information and explanation given to us, the Company
has no dues to the financial institution or banks. The Company has not
issued any debentures.
xii According to information and explanation given to us, the Company
has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of security by way
of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
xiii The Company is not a chit fund or 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.
xiv According to information and explanation given to us, the Company
has maintained proper records of its investments in shares and has made
timely entries therein.
xv According to information and explanation given to us, the Company
has not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or
financial institutions.
xvi The Company has not taken any term loans during the year.
xvii According to information and explanation given to us, and on
overall examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that
no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long term
investment.
xviii The Company has not made preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in register maintained under Section 301
of the Act.
xix The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.
xx The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during
the year.
xxi According to the information and explanation given to us, no fraud
on or by the Company has been noticed or reported during the course of
our audit.
For N M PANDYA & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg. No.131008W
N M PANDYA
Proprietor
Membership No.135633
Place : Mumbai,
Date : 30th May, 2014
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