Report on the Financial Statements :
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of GUJARAT STATE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION ('the Corporation') which comprise the Balance
Sheet as at March 31, 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the
Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and a summary of
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management 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 Corporation in accordance
with the Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) and in accordance with the State Financial
Corporations Act, 1951 (the Act). This responsibility also includes
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Corporation
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 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 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 the 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 financial control relevant
to the Corporation'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 Corporation 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 the accounting policies used and the reasonableness
of the accounting estimates made by the Corporation's 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 audit opinion on the financial
statements.
Basis for Qualified Opinion :
a. The Corporation is required to prepare the financial statements as
per the format prescribed in Regulation 55 of the GSFC General
regulation.
b. The balance of loan borrowed from Government of Gujarat is subject
to confirmation and adjustment, if any, required upon such
confirmation. Pending such confirmation, the effect thereof on interest
and penal interest is not ascertainable.
c. It is given to understand that the fixed assets records are under
preparation and physical verification of fixed assets is in process.
Pending such preparation of records and physical verification, the
effect on fixed assets and depreciation is not ascertainable in respect
of discrepancy, if any.
d. Other Long Term Liabilities, Current Liabilities, Long Term Loans
and Advances and Other Current Assets are subject to confirmation and
adjustments, if any.
e. The balances in parties' accounts in subsidiary ledgers with
general ledgers of loans and advances are not reconciled. The effect
thereof on loans and advances is not ascertainable.
f. Party wise details of interest received from Long Term Loans and
Advances and bad debt written off are not ascertainable from records.
g. The Corporation has not accounted liability in respect of Gratuity
and Leave encashment on the basis of actuarial valuation, which is
contrary to the Accounting Standard (AS) - 15 "Employee Benefits"
issued by ICAI. The effect thereof on loss and liabilities cannot be
ascertained.
h. The financial statements of the Corporation are prepared on a going
concern basis, notwithstanding the fact that its net worth is
completely eroded and defaulted in repayment obligations due to
liquidity problems. This is not in accordance with Accounting Standard
(AS)-1 "Disclosure of Accounting Policies". The effect of the same on
the financial statements is not ascertainable.
Qualified Opinion :
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanation given to us, except for the possible effects of the matter
described in Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the aforesaid
financial statement give the information required by the Act in the
manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in India of the state of
affairs of the Corporation as at 31st March, 2015, and its loss and its
cash flow for the year ended on that date.
Report on other Legal & Regulatory Requirements :
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 purpose of our audit;
b. Except for the possible effects of the matter described in the
Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph above, in our opinion proper
books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the Corporation
so far as appears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of
account;
d. Due to the possible effect of the matter described in the Basis for
Qualified Opinion paragraph, in our opinion, the aforesaid financial
statements comply with the Accounting Standards issued by ICAI.
For Manubhai & Shah
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