| 1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ADHUNIK SYNTHETICS
LIMITED as at 31st March 2008, the Profit & Loss Account and also Cash
Flow Statement for the year ended on that date, annexed thereto. 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 conducted our audit in accordance with 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 test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles and significant estimates made by
the management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003
(hereinafter referred to as the CARO 2003) issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of section 227(4A) of the Companies Act,
1956, (hereinafter referred to as the Act) we enclose in the Annexure
a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said
order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we
report that:
(i) We have obtained all the information and explanations, except
referred to elsewhere in the report, 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;
(iii) The Balance Sheet, Profit & 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 & Loss Account and Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the mandatory
Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3-C) of section 211 of
the Companies Act, 1956 except:
(a) AS-1 as referred to in Note No. 12 of schedule 20 that the
financial statements have been prepared on the concept that the company
will continue as a going concern, though:
aa) Manufacturing operations at Jalgaon unit of the company continued
to stand suspended;
ab) Plant and Machinery of Kim unit has already been sold in an earlier
year;
ac) Murbad and Umbergaon units of the company were not operating at
full capacity;
ad) The company is not in a position to honour its commitment towards
various secured, even under "One Time Settlement" (hereinafter referred
as to "the OTS") and unsecured creditors;
ae) The company has continuously incurred losses and thereby the
accumulated loss has exceeded the net worth of the company and a
substantial loss is carried forward as on 31st March 2008;
af) On forwarding the matter by the BIFR, The Honourable High Court,
Mumbai, issued notification to official liquidator for appointing him
as provisional liquidator; the initial proceedings before official
liquidator were commenced; and
ag) Further impairment of the assets as reported in the following
paragraphs and also in annexure to report, cannot be ruled out on
realization / recovery, which may contribute to accumulated loss.
Hence it cannot be said whether the company will continue to be so.
Accordingly, financial statements for the year under consideration do
not include any adjustments relating to recorded amounts and
classification of assets; or to amounts and classification of
liabilities that may be necessary if the company is unable to continue
as a going concern.
(b) AS-2 as referred to in Point No. 5 of schedule 19 of Significant
Accounting Policies for valuation of inventories, the method of
valuation is not as per Accounting Standard. Secondly, even in respect
of fabric division of the company, in view of various qualities, as
explained to us, of fabrics produced, valuation of grey and finished
fabrics is based on the past experience and judgment of the management
as regards to attribution of cost elements which is not fully
verifiable for want of cost records.
Thirdly, the comparative inventory holding levels, in view of
continuous steep decline in the turnover in past few years, as compared
to earlier years with turnover, in our opinion, are higher therefore
there is a possibility of loss on sale / realization of slow moving
/old items also. The impact of the above remarks, presently not
ascertainable and, therefore, cannot be commented upon;
(c) AS-15 as referred to in Note No. 5 of schedule 20, the company has
neither formulated any policy for employees benefits nor made
provision for employees benefits, therefore for want of actuarial
valuation , the amount of the same and consequential impact thereof on
the profit /loss is not ascertainable;
(d) AS-13 as referred to in Note no. 15 of schedule 20, no provision
has been made for diminution in the value of investments in the equity
shares of (a) Adhunik Yarns Ltd, a sick industrial undertaking within
the meaning of Section 3 (1) (o) of the SICA, 1985 and BIFR formed,
prima facie, an opinion that the company be wound up and forwarded the
matter to concerned High Court, Rs 81.87 lacs and (b) Adhunik Fintrade
Ltd., a company having substantial carried forward losses, Rs. 5.94
lacs; and
(e) AS-28, as referred to in Note no. 20 of schedule 20, the company
has not measured and recognized the loss of impairment of its assets,
which, in view of continuous suspension of manufacturing operations at
its yarn manufacturing units and partly utilization of capacity of
fabric manufacturing units and also long outstanding amount as referred
to in note no. 14 of schedule 20, in our opinion, cannot be ruled out
and therefore should have been recognized. Attention of the members is
further invited to refer para no. (iii) of annexure to the Auditors
Report.
v) Attention of the members is invited to:
(a) Note no. 2 of schedule 20, no independent confirmation of balances
of Sundry Debtors, Sundry Creditors, Loans and Advances, loans from
Financial Institutions & Banks and other balances have been produced to
us and therefore consequential impact, if any, could not be
ascertained;
(b) Note no.6 of schedule 20, lower charge of depreciation, as a
result, up to date depreciation charge is lower by Rs 13.44 lacs after
taking into account Rs 12.76 lacs excess charge for the year under
review;
(c) Note no. 9 of schedule 20, no provision has been made for interest
accrued and due on the unpaid instalments which have already become due
pertaining to Special Capital Incentives and Sales Tax Incentives
received in the form of unsecured loans, the amount could not be
ascertained in absence of proper information available with the
company; and
(d) Note no. 16 of schedule 20, no provision has been made for interest
on unpaid secured loans in view of the OTS with the said secured
creditors, however till the final payments to such creditors and
getting the no dues certificates from them the company should have
provided the interest. The amount of interest, liquidated damages,
overdue and compound interest, if any, on late payments/ defaults in
payment of interest as well as repayment of instalments of loans &
debentures, could not be determined / ascertained properly;
vi) We, further report that, overall impact of the above referred
remarks, without considering items mentioned at iv) a), b), c), d), e)
and v) a), c), and d) above and para no (i), (ii) and (xv) of Annexure
to the Auditors Report, the effect of which could not be determined,
the loss for the year would have been lower by Rs.12.75 lacs and the
debit balance in Profit & Loss Account would have been higher by Rs.
13.44 lacs;
vii) All the directors of the company, are disqualified as on 31" March
2008, to be appointed as a director of any other public company, as the
company has failed to redeem its debentures on due dates, as referred
to in Section 274 (1) (g) of the Act on the said date;
viii) As informed to us, the company has not complied with the
conditions of the Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement;
ix) Minutes Books of Meetings of the Board of Directors and
Shareholders and other Statutory Registers required to be maintained
under the Act by the company, were not produced to us for our
verification;
x) Note No. 7 of Schedule 20, the company has paid managerial
remuneration amounting to Rs. 2.48 lacs without satisfying the
conditions of Schedule XIII of the Act;
xi) Note No. 13 of Schedule 20 for non-availability of the relevant
information with the company, the information of creditors registered
as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises under the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 could not be complied;
xii) For want of proper evidence of expenses amounting to Rs. 530691.00
included under the head Advertisement & Publicity, incurred through
credit cards, the classification and reasonableness of the same could
not be ascertained and hence the impact, if any, on the financial
statement presentation (including disclosure of expenditure in foreign
currency) cannot be commented upon;
xiii) Expenses amounting to Rs. 256540/-, included under head of
electricity expenses, are in nature of personal expenses; and
xiv) In our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and according to
the information and explanations given to us, the said accounts,
subject to the forgoing and read together with the accounting policies
and other notes thereon, give the information required by the Companies
Act 1956, in the manner so required and give a true and fair view.
(i) In the case of Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March 2008;
(ii) In the case of Profit & Loss Account, of the profit for the year
ended on that date; and
(iii) In case of Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PARAGRAPH (3) OF AUDITORS REPORT OF EVEN DATE ON
THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31" MARCH, 2008 OF ADHUNIK SYNTHETICS
LIMITED ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHECKS AS WE CONSIDER APPROPRIATE AND IN
TERMS OF THE INFORMATION AND EXPLANATION GIVEN TO US, WE STATE THAT:
(i) a) The fixed assets register was not produced to us for our
verification, however a statement was produced to us containing the
broad particulars of the fixed assets on the basis of that it can not
be said that the Company has maintained proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation of fixed
assets;
b) As informed to us, the management has, at reasonable intervals
during the year, physically verified the fixed assets except the fixed
assets of Units located at Jalgaon and Kim where manufacturing
operations were shut down and found no discrepancies. Hence,
discrepancies, if any, in the fixed assets situated on above locations,
could not be ascertained. Further no fixed assets of the company were
insured for any risk; and
c) During the year the company has not disposed off a substantial part
of its fixed assets.
(ii) a) As informed to us, the inventory has been physically verified
at the close of the year by the management except the stocks and other
items of stores and spares lying at the units located at Jalgaon and
Kim, where manufacturing operations were shut down and goods lying with
third parties. In our opinion, the verification of inventory only at
the close of the year in respect of all the items cannot be said to be
reasonable and also no confirmation /certificates have been produced to
us for physical verification of the inventories, for the inventories
lying with third parties;
b) The procedures of physical verification of inventories, as
explained, followed by the management are, in our opinion, needs to be
strengthened in relation to the size of the company and the nature of
its business as no records evidencing the physical verification were
produced to us except confirming the same as done; and
c) The company, for inventory, has maintained no specific records that
can be said proper. As informed to us no material discrepancies have
been noticed on physical verification of stock except the stocks and
other items of stores and spares lying at the units located at Jalgaon
and Kim, where manufacturing operations were shut down and goods lying
with third parties as inventories at these locations were not
physically verified, as compared to book records / statements and the
same has been properly dealt with in the books of account. Hence
discrepancies, if any, in the stocks lying at above locations and with
the third parties, could not be ascertained. Further inventories of the
company were not insured for any risk;
(iii) a) As informed to us, the company has granted unsecured loans to
3 parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the
Act. The maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 370.30 lacs
(including trade advances given in earlier years), the year end balance
of such loans included in sundry debtors Rs. 330.37 lacs and in loans
and advances Rs. 4.25 lacs ;
b) The aforesaid advances in the nature of loans are interest-free and
therefore, in our opinion, are prejudicial to the interest of the
company;
c) The payment of principal amount of the aforesaid loans, however it
is informed that there was/is no stipulation, still, in our opinion,
are not regular as the same are outstanding since long;
d) As stated above, that there was no stipulation yet, in our opinion,
the whole amount is, prudently, overdue as one of these company is a
sick industrial undertaking declared by BIFR for which BIFR also
formed, prima-facie, an opinion for wound up and other one is also a
company having substantial carried forward losses. No Specific recovery
steps, as informed to us, were taken by the company;
e) During the year the company has, as informed to us, taken unsecured
loans from the one party covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Act. The maximum amount involved during the year was
Rs. 30.28 lacs and year end balance of such loan was Rs. 30.28 lacs;
f) The terms and conditions of the aforesaid loan taken are prima facie
not prejudicial to the interest of the company as such loan were taken
free of interest; and
g) Since the aforesaid loan, as informed to us, is repayable on demand,
the payment of principal amount of the aforesa loans was treated
regular.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, internal control system, followed by the management, need
to be strengthened commensurate with the size of the company and the
nature of its business, for the purchase of inventory and fixed assets
and for the sale of goods and services. During the course of audit, no
major weakness has been reported and noticed in these internal control
systems.
(v) a) The company has not produced the register required to be
maintained under section 301 of the Act, for our verification, hence it
can not be said whether particulars of contract or arrangements,
referred to in said section, that need to be entered into such register
have been so entered; and
b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the transactions, exceeding the value of Rs. 5 lacs in
respect of any party during the year made in pursuance of such
contracts or arrangements, have been made at prices which are
reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices at the
relevant time wherever such market prices are available.
(vi) As informed to us, the company has accepted deposit from the
public (from a firm in which relatives of the directors are partners),
contrary to the directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India and
provisions of section 58A of the Act and Rules framed there under. As
informed to us, no order has been passed by the Company Law Board or
National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or
any other Tribunal;
(vii) We are informed that the company has no internal audit system.
(viii) We are informed that the accounts and records pursuant to the
Rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost
records under section 209(1 )(d) of the Act, have not been maintained
by the company.
(ix) a) The company is not regular in depositing with the appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory dues including Provident Fund,
Employees State Insurance, Investors Education and Protection Fund,
Income tax, Sales-tax, Service tax and other material Statutory Dues
applicable to it. There were no arrears as at 31st March 2008 for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable
except:
aa)Rs. 84752/-, Rs. 1385/-, Rs. 221954/-, Rs. 103386/-, Rs. 109679/-,
Rs. 559832/-, Rs. 50856/-, Rs. 12249/-and Rs. 11992/- towards
provident fund, E.S.I.C, sales tax, interest on sales tax, professional
tax, income tax (TDS), Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT), property tax and
Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund respectively,
ab)the company has also not credited Investors Education and
Protection Fund by unclaimed dividend declared for the period ended
30th June 1995 and unclaimed FCD application money which On allotment
became due for refund, if any, as informed to us that necessary
information are not with the company, and
b) According to the information & explanations given to us, the
statutory dues that have not been deposited with the appropriate
authorities on account of dispute and the forum where the disputes are
pending are given below:-
Name of the Statute Amount
(In Rupees)
Bombay Sales Tax Act 33044
Central Sales tax Act 137221
Bombay Sales Tax Act 657564
Income Tax Act 10000*
20000*
20118705
194891***
Period to which the Forum where dispute is pending
amount relates
1999-2000 In appeal with Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax
1999-2000 In appeal with Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax
2000-2001 In appeal with Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax
AY 1999-2000 The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
AY 2004-2005 The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
AY 2004-2005 The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
AY 2005-2006 The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)
* Penalty u/s 271(1)(b)** Penalty u/s 271(1)(c)*** On regular
assessment
(x) The Company has not incurred cash losses in the year under review
(considering the relief under OTS settlements with secured creditors)
but incurred cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year
and its accumulated losses at the end of the year under review is more
than fifty per cent of its net worth.
(xi) The Company has defaulted in repayment of dues to the financial
institutions, banks and debenture-holders which, as per the information
and explanation given and representation made to us, are given below:
Lender (Amount Rupees)
Nature of credit facilities and Financial Principal Interest
Institutions / banks
(a) Long Term Funds:
Bank of Baroda 5250000 13671696
Debenture-holders 26250000 99595383
(b) Cash Credit Limit (#):
Central Bank of India 64783542 167475603
Bank of Baroda 51680240 125921382
State Bank of India 19683098 41047126
(c) Incentives in form of unsecured loans:
Capital Incentive-MIDC 1320605
Sales Tax Interest Free Loan-Sicon 15386035
Total 184353520 447711190
Period in which sums became due
February 1998 to August 1999
July 1998 to March 2007
August 1997 to August 1999
April 1997 to March 2007
April 1998 to March 2008
October 1998 to March 2008
April 1999 to March 2008
December 1995 to June 2003
November 2000 to March 2008
(xii) According to the information and explanations 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 a nidhi mutual benefit fund/
society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4(xiii) of the CARO 2003
are not applicable to the company.
xiv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company is not dealing or trading (except for investments purposes) in
shares, securities, debentures and other investments. Accordingly, the
provisions of clause 4(xiv) of the CARO 2003 are not applicable to the
company. The Company in its own name holds all the investments.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us and we
report that on prima-facie examination of information provided, the
company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by a third party
from financial institution(s) or bank(s).
(xvi) The company has not obtained any term loans during the year and
hence reporting requirements of para (xvi) of the CARO 2003 are not
applicable.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
an prima-facie examination of the balance sheet of the company, we
report that due to payment of OTS to secured creditors towards term
loans by the company in the year under review and also heavy losses
incurred in earlier years, the funds raised on short term basis have
been used for long purposes to the extent of Rs. 4271.35 lacs at the
end of the year including Rs. 85.28 lacs during the year.
(xviii)The Company has not made preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under section
301 of the Act.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has created security in respect of debentures issued in an
earlier year. No debentures have been issued 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,
representation made to us and to the best of our knowledge and belief,
no fraud on or by the Company, has been noticed or reported by the
company during the course of our audit.
For and on behalf of R. S. AGRAWAL & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
R.S. Agrawal
Mumbai Partner
11th August 2008 Membership No. 33216 |