Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of MPL PLASTICS
LIMITED, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MILTON PLASTICS LIMITED ("the Company"),
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's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors 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 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 the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
This responsibility also 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; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate
internal financial controls, that are operating effectively for the
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 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 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 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 controls 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. 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 believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the financial
statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the 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:
a) In the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2015;
b) In the case of the Statement Profit and Loss, of the profit for the
year ended on that date; and
c) In the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for the
year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2015 issued
by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of
section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to the 'Order') and on the
basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as we
considered appropriate and according to the information and
explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. 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
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 of those
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 account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) 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.
f) 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 the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its
financial position in its financial statements - Refer Note No 24;
ii. In our opinion and as per the information and explanations provided
to us, the Company has not entered into any long term contracts
including derivative contracts, requiring provision under applicable
laws or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses; and
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to
the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
Annexure to the Independent Auditor's Report
(Referred to in paragraph 1 of "Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements" of our Independent Auditors' Report of even date on the
accounts of MPL PLASTICS LIMITED FORMERLY KNOWN AS MILTON PLASTICS
LIMITED for the year ended 31st March, 2015)
On the basis of such checks as we considered appropriate and in terms
of information and explanations given to us, we state that: -
1. (a) The complete records showing full particulars including
quantitative details and location of fixed assets have not yet been
compiled.
(b) We are informed that the physical verification of fixed assets was
carried out by the management during the year and no material
discrepancies were noticed by the management on such verification.
2. (a) As explained to us, inventories were physically verified during
the year by the management at reasonable intervals and in our opinion,
the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
3. According to the information and explanation given to us the
Company has not granted any loans to Companies, firms or other parties
covered in the Register maintained under Section 189 of the Companies
Act, 2013.
(a) As the Company has not granted any loans secured or unsecured the
regularity of receipt of principal and interest does not arise.
(b) As the Company has not granted any loans secured or unsecured, the
reporting for overdue amount in excess of rupees one lakh does not
arise.
4. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of inventory and fixed assets and sale of goods. During the
course of our audit, we have not observed any continuing failure to
correct major weaknesses in internal control system.
5. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not accepted deposits and consequently
paragraph 3(v) of the order is not applicable.
6. We have broadly reviewed the Cost records maintained by the Company
which have been specified by the Central Government under sub-section
(1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, in respect of the Company's
products to which the said rules are made applicable, and are of the
opinion that, prima-facie, the prescribed accounts and records, have
been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed
examination of the records, with a view to determine whether they are
accurate.
7. (a) The Company is generally regular in depositing with appropriate
authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident fund,
employees' state insurance, income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, custom
duty, excise duty, value added tax, cess and any other statutory dues
with the appropriate authorities.
According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of any of the above statutory
dues were in arrears, as at 31st March, 2015 for a period of more than
six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
disputed statutory dues aggregating to Rs.189.67 lacs that have not
been deposited on account of matters pending before appropriate
authorities are as under:
NAME OF THE
STATUTORY DUES FORUM WHERE DISPUTE IS PENDING UNPAID AMOUNT
RS. IN LACS
Income Tax Comm. of I. Tax(Appeals) 77.03
Excise Duty CESTAT 112.64
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there is
no amount required to be transferred to Investor Education and
Protection Fund and hence paragraph 3 (vii) (c) of the Order is not
applicable.
8. The Company's accumulated losses exceed fifty percent of the net
worth of the Company as at year end. Further, the Company has not
incurred cash losses in the current financial year but had incurred
cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year.
9. According to the information and explanations given to us and as
per the audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing practices,
in our opinion the Company has not defaulted in repayment of its dues
to a financial institution or bank or debenture holders.
10. According to the information and explanations given to us the
Company has not given guarantees for loans taken by others from banks
or financial institutions.
11. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purpose for which
they were raised.
12. During the course of an examination of the books of account
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing
practices in India, no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or
reported during the year.
For MEHTA CHOKSHI & SHAH
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
R. T. MEHTA
PARTNER
MEMBERSHIP NO. : 5445
Place: Mumbai Firm Registration No : 106201W
Date: 29th May, 2015
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