We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Jaihind
Projects Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as
at 31st March 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow
Statement for the year ended, and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory information.
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Management and Board of Directors of the Company are responsible
for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013
('the act') with respect to 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 principles generally accepted in india, including the
Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with
rule 7 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility
includes 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; design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,
that are operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of 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 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
provision of the Act and Rules made thereunder. We conducted our audit
in accordance with the Standards on Auditing 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 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 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 financial control relevant
to the Company's preparation of the financial statements, that give a
true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on whether the Company has in place an adequate internal
financial controls system over financial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
the accounting estimates made by the Company's management and Board of
Directors, 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 qualified audit opinion and
except to these standards could not be applied in their entirety for
want of adequacy of appropriate internal control system and accounting
procedures followed by the Company.
Basis for Qualified Opinion:
1) Attention is invited to Note no. 36 of the standalone financial
statements; the Company has recognized revenue of Rs. 16,415.59 lacs on
certain projects arising out of deviation in designs and/or scope of
work, liquidity damage/PRS for which acceptance by the clients are
awaited. The amount of such certification cannot therefore be measured
reliably. In the absence of sufficient appropriate audit evidence
regarding the extent to which such claims/scope variations will be
accepted by the clients, we are unable to comment on the
appropriateness of such revenue as recorded in the financial
statements, the amounts that will be ultimately realised and the
consequent impact, if any, on the reported loss for the year ended
March 31, 2015 and corresponding assets and liabilities as at that
time.
2) Attention is invited to Note no. 37 of the standalone financial
statements, regarding bank guarantee invoked by "Arabian Pipeline
Projects Company" (APPCO) of Rs. 6,051.04 lacs. The Company has not made
any provision in its financial statements in respect of bank guarantee
invoked. The Company has filed the suit before Hon'ble City Civil
Court, Ahmedabad against the invocation of bank guarantee and the
Hon'ble Court has granted stay. The Company has also referred the
dispute to "The London Court of International Arbitration" for
arbitration. In view of the pending litigation and uncertainty of
outcome of such pending litigation, we are unable to quantify and
comment upon the liability that may devolve on the Company on account
of such invoked bank guarantee. Our audit opinion on the financial
statement for the year ended March 31, 2015 is qualified in respect of
above matter.
3) Attention is invited to Note no. 38 of the standalone financial
statements regarding invocation of bank guarantee of Rs. 4,738 lacs by
"Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited" (BCPL) on April 17, 2015. The
Company has not made any adjustment in respect of bank guarantee
invoked, which constitutes departure from the Accounting Standard
(AS)-4 on "Contingencies and Events Occurring After the Balance Sheet
Date", issued by the ICAI, which requires adjustment to be made in
assets and liabilities for events occurring between the balance sheet
date and the date on which financial statements have been approved.
4) Attention is invited to Note no. 39 of the standalone financial
statements; The Company has made investments in its subsidiaries
aggregating to Rs. 665.0 lacs reported under "Non-Current Investments".
There is erosion of net worth, current year losses, legal cases by
lenders and creditors against the said subsidiaries, which may result
into the permanent diminution in the value of investments. In spite of
this, the Company has reported these investments at cost. This
constitutes departure from Accounting Standard (AS)-13 "Accounting for
Investment" issued by the ICAI, which requires ascertainment and
provision for diminution, other than temporary, in the carrying amount
of investment
5) Attention is invited to Note no. 40 of the standalone financial
statements, The Company has reversed Interest expense of Rs. 754.11 lacs
on loans from banks by way of credit to "Interest Expenses" in
statement of profit and loss account for which confirmations from the
bank are not made available, resulting into the understatement of loss
and liabilities by Rs. 754.11 lacs.
6) Attention is invited to Note no. 41 of the standalone financial
statements; The Company has not provided interest on amounts borrowed
from the NBFCs aggregating to Rs. 2215.02 lacs as on March 31, 2015
(Previous year Rs. 3033.10 lacs). As balance confirmation and / or
statement of loan accounts from NBFCs are not made available to us, we
are unable to ascertain the impact of non-provision of interest on
amounts borrowed from NBFCs on financial statements. The amount due to
NBFCs is disclosed based on the information available with the
management and subject to reconciliation.
7) As stated in Note no. 42 of the standalone financial statements
regarding pending confirmation of balances in respect of Trade
Payables, Other Current Liabilities, Long Term Loans & Advances, Trade
Receivables, Short Term Loans & Advances and Other Current Assets, we
are unable to comment on the impact of arising out of reconciliation/
adjustments, if any, required upon such confirmation.
8) In absence of adequate working papers on physical verification of
Inventories, discrepancies, if any, between book and physical
inventories could not be ascertained including effect of the same in
financial statements of the Company.
9) As stated in note no. 43 of the standalone financial statements
regarding write back of old liabilities of Rs. 1,353.21 lacs and write
off of old receivables of Rs. 397.28 lacs. In absence of adequate
supporting documents, we are unable to comment on effect of the same in
financial statements of the Company.
10) Attention is invited to Note no. 44 of the standalone financial
statements regarding uncertainties relating to recoverability of trade
receivable aggregating to Rs. 12,013.96 lacs recognized in the earlier
years in respect of project which are suspended or substantially closed
and where the claims are currently under
negotiations/arbitration/litigation. Pending the ultimate outcome of
these matters, which is presently unascertainable, no adjustments have
been made in the accompanying standalone financial statements. Our
opinion is qualified in respect of this matter.
11) We draw attention to Note no. 45 of the standalone financial
statements regarding the assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure
of project at "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (KSA) accounted for in the
financial statements on the basis of unaudited financial information of
project at "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (KSA) available with the Company
because of the reasons stated therein. We have not carried out audit
procedures to verify the financial figures of this shared project
accounted for in the financial statements of the Company. The financial
statements of project at "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (KSA) are reported
on the basis of management's internal assessment and legal opinion
obtained by the Company, and we are unable to comment and give any
opinion on the transactions/balances accounted for in the books of
accounts of the Company.
OPINION
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us except for the effects of the matter described
in the basis for qualified opinion paragraph, the aforesaid 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, of the state of
affair of the Company as at March 31, 2015 and its loss and its cash
flows for the year ended on that date.
Emphasis of Matter
Attention is invited to Note no. 46 of the standalone financial
statements, regarding the Company's ability to meet its financial
obligations including loans, overdue loans, unpaid interest, and
ability to fund obligations pertaining to operations including unpaid
creditors and investment in ongoing projects for ensuring normal
operations. During the year the Company incurred the net loss of Rs.
1,792.43 lacs and has loan aggregating to Rs. 2,470.97 lacs falling due
over next twelve months period which also includes unpaid dues of
Company as at March 31, 2015. These matters require the Company to
raise such additional cash flows to the fund the operations as well as
the investment obligations towards on- going projects. However the
financial statements have been prepared under the assumption,
considering the management's assessment to recover the dues from the
customers, divestment of existing assets and management plan to get
requisite funding from various other sources. Based on its assessment
management is reasonably confident that the Company has the ability to
raise the required cash flow, which has not been independently assessed
by us. Relying on the above, no adjustments have been made in these
financial statements.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2015 ("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
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by the section 143(3) of the Act, we further report
that;
a. We have sought and except for the matters described in the Basis
for Qualified Opinion paragraph, obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were
necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b. Except for the possible effects of the matters described in the
Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, 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;
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. Except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for
Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in our opinion, the aforesaid
standalone financial statements comply with the applicable Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014;
e. The matters described in Basis of qualified opinion paragraph,
paragraph of Emphasis of Matter and paragraph ix to statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order above, in our
opinion, may have adverse effect on the functioning of the Company.
f. On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2015 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2015
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the
Act.
g. The qualification relating to the maintenance of accounts and other
matters connected therewith are as stated in the Basis for Qualified
Opinion paragraph above; and
h. 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, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to explanations given to us:
I. The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its financial statements- Refer Note 27 to the
financial statements.
II. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable
law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any,
and as required on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
III. There are no amounts which are required to be transferred to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
Annexure to Auditors' Report (Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report
of even date) (Contd...)
Annexure referred to in our report of even date to the members of
Jaihind Projects Limited on the accounts of the Company for the year
ended 31st March, 2015
On the basis of such checks as we considered appropriate and according
to the information and explanations given to us during the course of
our audit, we report that:
i. a) The Company has maintained the fixed assets register however the
records maintained by the Company in respect of its fixed assets are
not considered to be proper in so far as these does not give full
particulars of situation of assets, and location of assets.
b) In absence of the working papers of physical verification,
methodology adopted by the Company for the verification of the fixed
assets could not be ascertained.
ii. a) As explained to us, inventories have been physically verified by
the management. However, in absence of working papers of physical
verification, we are unable to comment on the adequacy of frequency of
such verification/estimation.
b) According to information and explanations provided to us,
inventories at different sites have been visually quantified and the
value estimated by respective site in charge. However in absence of
working papers as mentioned above, we are unable to comment on the
correctness of the procedure of physical verification of inventories
followed by the management.
c) In absence of working papers for the physical verification of
inventories conducted by the management, we are unable to comment on
the discrepancies between physical stock and book records, if any and
adjustment thereof in the books of accounts.
iii. The company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under section 189 of the Act.
iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the internal control procedures are not adequate and
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business with regard to purchases of inventory, fixed assets and sale
of goods and services. During the course of our audit we have observed
some instances of continuing failure to correct weaknesses in internal
controls.
v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public covered
under Section 73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013.
vi We have broadly reviewed the books of account relating to materials,
labour and other items of costs maintained by the Company pursuant to
the Rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost
records under section 148 (1) of the Act and we are of the opinion that
prima facie the prescribed accounts and records have been made and
maintained. We have, however not made detailed examinations of the
records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.
vii. a) According to information and explanations provided to us and on
the basis of examination of records, the Company is not generally
regular in deposit of undisputed statutory dues including Provident
Fund, Investor Education and Protection Fund, Employees' State
Insurance, Income-tax, Sales-tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty,
Excise Duty, Cess (except Cess under section 441A of the Act since the
aforesaid section has not yet been made effective by the Central
Government) and any other statutory dues applicable to it.
b) According to the information and explanation provided to us, in our
opinion, no undisputed amount payable in respect of the aforesaid due
were outstanding as at 31st March, 2015 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable except Professional Tax
amounting to Rs. 4.97 lacs ESIC Rs. 0.45 lacs, TCS Rs. 0.18 lacs and TDS
amounting to Rs. 51.52 lacs.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
statutory dues which have not been deposited on account of any dispute
are as under:
Name of the statute Nature of the Amount in Period to which
dues Rs. Lacs it relates
Finance Act 1994 Service Tax 223.58 June 16, 2005 to
Sep 2006
Finance Act 1994 Service Tax 212.79 Oct 2006 to Sep 2007
Finance Act 1994 Service Tax 177.37 Oct 2007 to March
2008
Gujarat Commercial
Tax Commercial Tax 327.41 Year 2009-10
Gujarat Commercial
Tax Commercial Tax 416.95 Year 2010-11
Name of the Status Forum where dispute is pending
Supreme Court
CESTAT, Ahmedabad
CESTAT, Ahmedabad
Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Tax (Appeals) Ahmedabad
Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Tax (Appeals), Ahmedabad
d) There has not been an occasion in case of the Company during the
year under report to transfer any sums to the investor Education and
Protection Fund. The question of reporting delay in transferring such
sums does not arise.
viii The Company does not have accumulated losses at the end of the
current financial year subject to our qualifications in Independent
Auditors' Report. It has incurred cash losses during the year and the
immediately preceding financial year.
ix Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and
explanations given by the management, the Company had executed
Corporate Debt Restructuring agreement with its principal lenders. As
per terms of the Corporate Debt Restructuring package, the Company was
required to pay during the year under report amounting to Rs. 479.05 lacs
and interest of Rs. 754.11 lacs which it has failed to pay. The Company
has also defaulted in repayment of loans due to financial institutions
of Rs. 2,215.02 lacs as on March 31, 2015 and interest thereon.
x. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions on which the Company has given
guarantees for loans taken by others from banks or financial
institutions are not prejudicial to the interests of the Company since
these guarantees are given for a subsidiary Company promoted by the
Company.
xi In our opinion, and according to information and explanations given
to us, the Company has not raised any term loans during the year.
xii During the course of our examination of the books and records of
the Company, carried in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India, we have neither come across any instance
of fraud on or by the Company noticed or reported during the course of
our audit nor have been informed of any such instance by the
Management.
For R. K. DOSHI & COMPANY
Chartered Accountants
Regn. No. 102745W
Shailesh A. Gathani
30th May 2015 Partner
Ahmedabad M. No. 049973 |