Independent Auditors' Report
To
The Members of
MEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS LIMITED
REPORT ON THE STANDALONE IND AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements of MEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31, 2018, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information ("Standalone Financial Statements").
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STANDALONE Financial STATEMENTS
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs, financial performance, cash flows and statement of changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone 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 Standalone Financial Statements based on our audit. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, as specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial controls relevant to the Company’s preparation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view 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 the Company’s directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, Standalone Financial Statements, give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including Ind AS, of the state of affairs (financial position) of the Company as at March 31, 2018, and its profit including total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the statement of changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
oTHER MATTERS
The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended on March 31, 2017 are based on previously issued Standalone IND AS Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, audited by predecessor auditor for the year ended on March 31, 2017, dated May 25, 2017, expressed a modified opinion on those Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
I. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act we give in the Annexure A, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
II. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) in our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2018 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164
(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B" to this report.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Standalone Financial Statements - Refer Note 36 to the Standalone Financial Statements.
ii. The Company does not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there are any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
i. a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars including quantitative details and location of property, plant and equipment for the year.
b) The Company has regular programme of physical verification of its fixed assets by which all fixed assets are verified in a phased manner over a period of two years. In our opinion, this periodicity of physical verification is reasonable having regard to the size of the company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant to the programme, certain fixed assets were physically verified during the year and no material discrepancies were found.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on the records produced, the title deeds of the immovable properties held by the Company are in the name of the Company.
ii. The company does not have any physical inventory as on the balance sheet, accordingly reporting under clause 3 (ii) of the order is not applicable to the Company.
iii. a) During the year the company has granted unsecured loans to fourteen companies covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the terms and conditions of the loan are not prejudicial to the company’s interest.
b) In respect of the loans granted to the companies listed in the register maintained under section 189 of the Act, there is no principal amount due for payment during the year and the borrowers shall repay the principal amount as stipulated in the agreement. However, there is no stipulation of schedule for payment of interest and hence we are unable to make comment on regularity of payment of interest.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there is no amount of loan granted to the companies listed in the register maintained under section 189 of the Act, which are overdue and outstanding for more than ninety days.
iv. According to the information and explanations given to us, there are no loans, investments, guarantees, and securities in respect of which provisions of section 185 and section 186 of the Act are applicable.
v. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the company has not accepted any deposits as per the directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of sections 73 to 76 of the Act and the rules framed. Accordingly, paragraph 3(v) of the order is not applicable to the company.
vi. We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the company pursuant to the rules prescribed by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records under section 148(1) of the Act, and are of the opinion that prima facie, the specified accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a detailed examination of the records.
vii. a) According to the information and explanations given to
us and on the basis of our examination of the records of the Company, amounts deducted/ accrued in the books of account in respect of undisputed statutory dues including Provident fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Sales tax, Service tax, Value added tax, Cess and other material statutory dues have generally been regularly deposited during the year by the Company with the appropriate authorities, except for dues of Income tax and Goods and Service tax, in which there have been significant delays in few instances. According to the information and explanation given to us, the company did not have any dues on account of wealth tax, duty of customs, duty of excise.
b) On the basis of examination of the relevant records and according to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees’ State insurance, Value Added Tax, Goods and Service Tax, Duty of Customs, Duty of Excise and Cess were outstanding, as at March 31 2018 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable. However, in case of undisputed statutory dues, the amounts outstanding for more than six months with respect to TDS amounting to Rs 505.35 lakhs and GST amounting to Rs 110.68 lakhs were paid subsequently before the date of audit report.
c) According to the information and explanation given to us, there are no dues of income tax, sales- tax, wealth tax, service tax, duty of customs, duty of excise, value added tax, Goods and Service Tax Act and cess which have not been deposited on account on any dispute except for the following:
(Rs, In Lakhs)
Name of Statute
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Nature of Dues
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Forum where Dispute is pending
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period to which amount relates (Financial Year)
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gross
amount
involved
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Maharashra Value Added Tax Act, 2002
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MVAT
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Asst. Comm. Of Sales Tax (D-104), Mumbai
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FY 2013-14
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20.19
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viii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the company had not defaulted in repayments of dues of financial institutions and banks during the year. The company does not have any loans or borrowings from the Government, and has not issued any debentures.
ix. According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of examination of records, the Company has neither obtained new term loans nor raised any money by way of initial public offer or further public offer of shares and/or debt instruments during the year. Therefore, the provisions of clause (ix) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
x. According to the information and explanation given to us, no fraud on or by the company, by its officers and employees has been noticed or reported during the course of our audit.
xi. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of records of the Company, the managerial remuneration has been paid or provided in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
xii. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not a Nidhi Company and accordingly the provisions of clause (xii) of the Order are not applicable to the Company
xiii. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of records of the Company, the transactions entered with related parties are in compliance with provisions of section 177 and 188 of the Act, where applicable and
the details of such transactions are disclosed in the Standalone Financial Statements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
xiv. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of records of the Company, money raised by way of Qualified Institutional Placement by the Company in the month of April 2018, were applied before the date of this report for the purpose for which they were raised.
xv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and based on our examination of records of the Company, the Company during the year has not entered into any non-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with the directors and accordingly the provisions of clause (xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xvi. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act,1934 and accordingly the provisions of clause (xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
REPORT ON THE INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING UNDER CLAUSE (I) OF SUB-SECTION 3 OF SECTION 143 OF The COMpANIES ACT, 2013 ("THE ACT")
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of MEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS LIMITED ("the Company") as of March 31, 2018 in conjunction with our audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting ("the Guidance Note") issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013.
AUDITORS' RESPONSIBILITY
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note and the Standards on Auditing issued by the ICAI and deemed to be prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Company’s internal financial controls system over financial reporting.
MEANING OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements.
INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
OPINION
In our opinion, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as of March 31, 2018, based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI.
For G. D. Apte & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration Number: 100515W
Chetan R. Sapre
Place : Mumbai Partner
Date : May 23, 2018 Membership No: 116952
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