We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of SOM
DATT FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED ("the Company"), which comprise the
Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss,
the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's Board of Directors are 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 financial position, financial performance and
cash flow of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India including Accounting Standards specified
under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibility also includes maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with 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 judgement and estimates that
are reasonable and prudent: and design, implementation and maintenances
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
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
AUDITOR'S 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 there under.
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 assurances 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 judgement, 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 Directors, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believer 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, 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 affairs of the Company as
at March 31,2015, and its profit and its cash flows for the year ended
on that date.
EMPHASIS OF MATTERS
We draw the attention to the following notes :
a) The independent director has not been appointed in Board of the
Company as per provision of Section 149 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013.
b) The Company has not appointed any internal auditor as required by
Section 138 (1) and related notified (Accounts) Rules 13 (a) of the
Companies Act, 2013.
c) The Company has failed to appoint to appoint a Whole-time Company
Secretary as required under section 203 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 8 of Companies (Appointment & Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) 2014.
Our opinion is not qualified in respect of these matters.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors' 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 paragraph 3 & 4 of the Order, to
the extent applicable.
1. 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 beliefwere necessary for the
purpose 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 ofthose
books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of accounts.
d) In our opinion, aforesaid standalone financial statement comply with
the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 133 of the Act, read
with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the 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 on March 31, 2015,
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the
Act.
f) With respect o 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 the explanations given to us :
i. There were no pending litigations which would impact the financial
position of the standalone financial statements.
ii. Provision has been made in the standalone financial statements as
required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material
foreseeable losses, if any on long term contracts including derivative
contracts.
iii. There has been delay in transferring Rs. 11,09,725 required to be
transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
Annexure to Independent Auditors' Report
Referred to in paragraph 1 under the heading of "Report on Other Legal
and Regulatory Requirements "
of our report of even date.
i) In respect of its fixed assets:
(a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) The management during the year has not physically verified all the
assets but there is a regular programme of verification, which in our
opinion is reasonable, having regard to the size of the Company and
nature of its assets. No material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
ii) In respect of its inventories:
(a) The management has physically verified the stock of shares during
the year. In our opinion, frequency of the verification is reasonable.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of stock of shares followed
by the management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size
of the company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the record of stock of shares,
we are of the opinion that, the Company is maintaining proper records
of shares. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of shares
as compared to book records were not material and have been properly
dealt with in the books of account.
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 Companies Act, 2013.
iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there are adequate internal control procedures
commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its
business with regard to the purchase of shares, fixed assets and for
the sale of the shares. Further, on the basis of our examination and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have
neither come across nor have been informed of any instance o of major
weakness in aforesaid internal control procedure.
v) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposits from public
during the year.
vi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Central Government has not prescribed maintenance of
cost records under sub-section 1 of Section 148 of the Companies Act,
2013 for the products of the Company.
vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in
respect of statutory dues :-
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues including Provident Fund, Employee's State Insurance,
Income-Tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise
Duty, Cess and other statutory dues with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of the aforesaid dues were
outstanding for a period of more than six months from the date they
become payable as at March 31,2015.
(b) There are no dues in respect of Income tax, Sales tax, Customs
Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other Statutory dues which have not been
deposited as on March 31,2015 on account of any dispute.
(c) There are delays in transferring the amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company.
viii) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of
the financial year and has not incurred cash losses during the
financial year and in the immediately preceding financial year.
ix) Based on our audit procedures and on the information and
explanations given by the management, we are of the opinion that the
Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to financial
institutions or banks. The company has not issued any debentures.
x) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by its fellow
subsidiaries, associates and others, from banks or financial
institutions.
xi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not raised any term loans during the year.
xii) Based upon the audit procedures performed and information and
explanations given by the management, we report that, no fraud on or by
the company has been noticed or reported during the course of our
audit.
For A.S.GUPTA & CO.
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Firm Registration No : 302077E
S. N. CHAUDHURI
Place : Kolkata Partner
Date : 29th May, 2015 Membership No : 08158
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