Mar 31, 2013
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report together
with the audited Statements of Account for the year ended 31st March,
2013:
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY FINANCIAL RESULTS:
Previous Year
Rupees Rupees
Total Revenue from operations 50,833,923 58,640,949
Deducting therefrom :
Employee benefits expense 893,896 931,243
Finance costs 586,371 174,314
Depreciation and amortization expense 442,642 512,187
Other expenses 47,092,838 102,106,875
Total Expenses 49,015,747 103,724,619
Profit/(Loss) before exceptional and 1,818,176 (4,50,83,670)
extraordinary items and tax
Less : Exceptional items 26,90,185
Operating Profit/ (Loss) for
the year before 1,818,716 (42,393,485)
tax
Less: Current Income Tax 430,800
Profit after tax 1,387,376 (42,393,485)
DIVIDEND:
In view of losses there is no recommendation for any Dividend.
OPERATIONAL VIEW
The Company has written-off the non-recoverables over the years which
has resulted in the loss of the Company.
The Notes to the Accounts are fully self-explanatory, and the
Director''s feel that no further clarification is required on the said
Notes.
The Management is confident of turning around the Company in the next 5
to 7 years.
Inspite of payment by Decree Holder / Guarantor property attached by
the Court. The matter is pending in the Supreme Court.
DIRECTORATE
Mr. T. B. Ruia retires by rotation and, being eligible offers himself
for reappointment.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta and Mr. Thretun B. Patel were appointed as
additional Director at the Board Meeting held on 07.12.2012. The
Company has received a notice u/s 257 of the Companies Act, 1956 in
writing proposing the Candidature of Mr. Arvind Kumar Gupta and Mr.
Thretun B. Patel as a Director of the Company.
During the year Mr. Ravi P. Agarwalla reigned as Director with effect
from 10.12.2012 and Mr.Vijay Kumar Agarwalla resigned as Director with
effect from 12.12.2012. Mr. J. B. Shah ceases to be Director of the
Company with effect from 10th December 2012 due to his sad demise.
The Company appreciates the services as a Director given by them.
LEGAL
The Company is already admitted under BIFR, Rehabilitation Scheme is
pending due to various litigations with the Custodian and matter in
High Court/ Supreme Court.
The Company''s appeal in Supreme Court against the appropriation of dues
by the custodian under decree was ruled against the Company and the
refund expected by the Company as reported earlier is now lost. The
decrees are still not marked satisfied. Pending appeal of GTB (Oriental
Bank of Commerce) against sale of buildings by the Special Court, the
Company has made applications to Supreme Court for expeditious hearing
and we expect a hearing soon.
SUBSIDIARIES:
Pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss Account of the Subsidiary Companies together with
the Directors and Auditors'' Report thereon are attached with the Annual
Report of your Company.
Hon''ble Bombay High Court has passed the order of winding- up of one
subsidiary Killick Air Couriers and Forwards Ltd. on 15.06.2012.
DEPOSITS:
During the year the Company did not invite any deposits from public.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES :
There were no employees drawing a remuneration exceeding Rs.60 Lakhs
per annum when employed for the whole year or Rs.5 Lakhs per month when
employed for part of the year and hence, no disclosure under Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 is made.
Information pursuant to Section 217(1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the
Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of
Directors) Rules, 1988 is given below:
(A) Conservation of Energy: The Company does not have manufacturing
activity. There are no specific areas, where energy conservation
measures could be significantly undertaken. As an ongoing process
efforts are made to conserve and optimize the use of the energy through
improved operations and other means.
Disclosure of total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit
of production as per Form A is not applicable to the Company.
(B) Technology absorption, adaptation & innovations: The Company did
not have any Technical Collaboration arrangement in force during the
year under review and therefore disclosure under Form B is not
applicable.
(C) Foreign Exchange earnings and outgo: (i) Activities relating to
exports etc: NIL (ii) Foreign exchange used and earned: NIL
REFERENCE TO B.I.F.R.
The Company has been declared a ''Sick Company'' under Section 3(1)(o) of
the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA)
vide the order of BIFR dated 29-8-2006. BIFR has appointed IDBI as the
Operating Agency to prepare a viability study report and revival scheme
for the Company which is in progress. The Company is awaiting the final
Supreme Court orders in the Custodian matters.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 217(2AA) OF THE
COMPANIES ACT, 1956.
The Directors confirm :
1. that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
2. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the
Company for that period;
3. that they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing
and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The information/details as required under the Corporate Governance Code
is given in the Annexure and forms part of this Report.
AUDITORS
M/s. NBS & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the
Company holds office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting, and is eligible for re-appointment. The Company has received
their consent under section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
such re-appointment.
AUDITORS'' REPORT:
The Directors have taken a note of the observations made by the
Auditors in their report. In this connection attention is drawn to the
relevant Notes to Accounts, which are self-explanatory.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The Board records its appreciation for the support received from its
Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Government Authorities etc.
Registered Office: For and on behalf of the
Basement, Commercial Union House, Board of Directors
No.9, Wallace Street, Fort,
Mumbai- 400 001
Place : Mumbai T. B. RUIA
Dated : 02/09/2013 Chairman
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report together
with the audited Statements of Account for the year ended 31st March,
2010 :
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
Previous Year
Rupees Rupees Rupees Rupees
Total Income 42,404,969 45,173,043
(Loss)/Profit for
the year ended 31st
March, 2010 before
providing for
Interest,
Depreciation and
Doubtful Debts and
Writing off Bad Debts
and Advances
amounts to (11,911,689) (24,962,562)
Deducting therefrom :
Bad debts and advances
written off... - -
Interest 1,002,280 182,252
Depreciation (net) 597,258 539,045
Loss on sale of
Investments - (1,599,538) 4,500,707 (5,222,004)
Total Expenses (13,511,227) (30184566)
Less : Provision for
Taxation for prior
years ... - 247,476
Deferred Tax for the year - -
Operating Profit/ (Loss)
for the year
amounts to (13,511,227) (30,432,042)
Dividend:
In view of huge losses during the current year, there is no
recommendation for any Dividend.
OPERATIONAL VIEW
Depsite the downtrends, the Company is confident that the Companys
Engineering Division can be reviewed and revive the Engineering Unit
which would attract good response from the customers and in view of the
present infrastructure projects coming up in India, the Company hopes
to derive benefits once the litigation pending in the Supreme Court of
the Custodian matters are resolved. The Management is trying its best
to resolve matter in the circumstances and is burdened with heavy legal
expenses. The litigation with the labour are going on, and pending in
various Labour Courts. The Company is examining with its Auditors a
proposal to merge aggregate/sell certain subsidiaries of the Company to
remove the burden of the Company and realize some funds.
The Company has written-off the non-recoverables over the years which
has resulted in a increase in the loss of the business.
The Notes to the Accounts are fully self-explanatory, and the
Directors feel that no further clarification is required on the said
Notes. The Management is confident of turning around the Company in
the ext 5 to 7 years.
LEGAL
1) We have already admitted under BIFR now Rehabilitation Scheme is
pending due to various litigations with the Custodian.
2) Our appeal in Supreme Court against the appropriation of dues under
decree was ruled against us and the refund expected by the Company as
reported earlier is now lost. The decrees are still not marked
satisfied. Pending the appeal of GTB (Oriental Bank of Commerce)
against sale of buildings by the Special Court, the Company has made
expeditious applications in Supreme Court and we expect a hearing soon.
SUBSIDIARIES:
Pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss Account of the Subsidiary Companies together with
the Directors and Auditors Report thereon are attached with the Annual
Report of your Company.
Deposits:
During the year the Company did not invite any deposits from public.
Statutory information/disclosures:
There were no employees drawing a remuneration exceeding Rs.24 Lakhs
per annum when employed for the whole year or Rs.2 Lakhs per month when
employed for part of the year and hence, no disclosure under Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 is made. Information pursuant to
Section 217(1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules,
1988 is given below:
(A) Conservation of Energy: The Companys manufacturing operations
require low Energy consumption and there are no specific areas, where
energy conservation measures could be significantly undertaken. As an
ongoing process efforts are made to conserve and optimize the use of
the energy through improved operations and other means.
Disclosure of total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit
of production as per Form A is not applicable to the Company.
(B) Technology absorption, adaptation & innovations: The Company did
not have any Technical Collaboration arrangement in force during the
year under review and therefore disclosure under Form B is not
applicable.
(C) Foreign Exchange earnings and outgo: (i) Activities relating to
exports etc:
Exports during the year were not significant but the Company hopes to
improve the same.
(ii) Foreign exchange used and earned:
2009-10 2008-09
(Rupees)
(a) Used
Expenditure in Foreign Currency for - -
Traveling
(b) Earned
Export of goods on F.O.B. basis - -
Commission & other earnings - -
REFERENCE TO B.I.F.R.
The Company has been declared a "Sick Company" under Section 3(1 )(o)
of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA)
vide the order of BIFR dated 29-8-2006. BIFR has appointed IDBI as the
Operating Agency to prepare a viability study report and revival scheme
for the Company which is in progress and awaiting the final Supreme
Court orders in the Custodian matters.
Directors Responsibility Statement pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the
Companies Act, 1956.
The Directors confirm :
1. that in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
2. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the
Company for that period;
3. that they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing
and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Corporate Governance:
The information/details as required under the Corporate Governance Code
is given in the Annexure and forms part of this Report.
Auditors
M/s. NBS & Co., Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the
Company holds office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting, and is eligible for re-appointment. The Company has received
their consent under section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act, 1956 for
such re-appointment.
Auditors Report:
The Directors have taken a note of the observations made by the
Auditors in their report. In this connection attention, is drawn to the
relevant Notes to Accounts, which are self-explanatory.
Acknowledgements:
The Board records its appreciation for the support received from its
Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Government Authorities etc.
For and on behalf of the
Board of Directors
Place : Mumbai T. B. RUIA
Dated : 1st September, 2010 Chairman
Mar 31, 2009
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report together
with the audited Statements of Account for the year ended 31st March,
2009 :
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
Previous Year
Rupees Rupees Rupees Rupees
Total Income ...... ..... 45,173,043 56,061,628
(Loss)/Profit for the year
ended 31st March,2009 before
providing for Interest,
Depreciation and Doubtful
Debts and Writing off Bad
Debts and Advances amounts
to...... (24,962,562) (2,796,728)
Deducting therefrom:
Bad debts and advances
written off... -- --
Interest ............... 182,252 400,163
Depreciation
(net)............ 539,045 1,096,890
Loss on sale of
Investments 4,500,707 (5,222,004) -- 1,497,053
Total Expenses (30184566) (41293,781)
Less : Provision for
Taxation for
prior years ... 247,476 442,170
Deferred Tax for
the year Operating Profit/
(Loss) for the year
amounts to (30,432,042) (4,735,951)
Dividend:
In view of huge losses during the current year, there is no
recommendation for any Dividend.
OPERATIONAL VIEW
The delay in the Balance Sheet was explained by the Directors in the
prior years. The Company now hopes to be regular in finalizing its
Balance Sheet. Depsite the downtrends, the Company is confident that
the Companys Engineering Division can be reviewed and revive the
Engineering Unit which would attract good response from the customers,
and in view of the huge infrastructure projects coming up in India, the
Company hopes to derive benefits once the litigation pending in the
Supreme Court of the Custodian matters are resolved. In the matters of
the Custodian pending in the Supreme Court, the Company is eligible for
refund with interest as all payments as claimed by the Custodian have
been paid by the Company under protest.
The litigation with the labour are going on, and pending in various
Labour Courts. The Company is examining with its Auditors a proposal to
merge aggregate/sell certain subsidiaries of the Company to remove the
burden of the Company.
The Company has written-off the non-recoverables over the years which
has resulted in a increase in the loss of the business.
The Notes to the Accounts are fully self-explanatory, and the
Directors feel that no further clarification is required on the said
Notes.
The Management is confident of turning around the Company in the ext 5
to 7 years.
SUBSIDIARIES;
Pursuant to Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Balance Sheet
and Profit and Loss Account of the Subsidiary Companies together with
the Directors and Auditors Report thereon are attached with the
Annual Report of your Company.
Deposits:
During the year the Company did not invite any deposits from public.
Statutory information/disclosures:
There were no employees drawing a remuneration exceeding Rs.24 Lakhs
per annum when employed for the whole year or Rs.2 Lakhs per month when
employed for part of the year and hence, no disclosure under Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 is made.
Information pursuant to Section 217(1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 is given below:
(A) Conservation of Energy: The Companys manufacturing operations
require low Energy consumption and there are no specific areas, where
energy conservation measures could be significantly undertaken. As an
ongoing process efforts are made to conserve and optimize the use of
the energy through improved operations and other means.
Disclosure of total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit
of production as per Form A is not applicable to the Company.
(B) Technology absorption, adaptation & innovations: The Company did
not have any Technical Collaboration arrangement in force during the
year under review and therefore disclosure under Form B is not
applicable.
REFERENCE TO B.I.F.R.
The Company has been declared a "Sick Company" under Section 3(1 )(o)
of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA)
vide the order of BIFR dated 29-8-2006. BIFR has appointed IDBI as the
Operating Agency to prepare a viability study report and revival scheme
for the Company which is in progress.
Directors Responsibility Statement pursuant to Section 217(2AA) of the
Companies Act, 1956.
been followed along with proper explanation relating to material
departures;
2. that they have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the
Company for that period;
3. that they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing
and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. that they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Corporate Governance:
The information/details as required under the Corporate Governance Code
is given in the Annexure and forms part of this Report.
Auditors
In the extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 16th May
2008 NBS & Co. was appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company.
They retire at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for
re-appointment.
Auditors Report:
The Directors have taken a note of the observations made by the
Auditors in their report. In this connection attention is drawn to the
relevant Notes to Accounts, which are self-explanatory.
Personnel:
The relations with the employees remained harmonious during the year.
Since the Company is making huge losses most of the personnel have been
transferred to other group Companies to reduce the cost burden to the
Company. Your Directors take this opportunity to place on record their
appreciation for the valuable contributions made by the employees at
all levels. Presently the Company has only 2(Two) staff on its roll.
Insurance:
All properties of the Company including Buildings, Plant & Machinery,
and Stocks etc. are adequately insured.
Acknowledgements:
The Board records its appreciation for the support received from its
Bankers, Customers, Suppliers, Government Authorities etc.
For and on behalf of the
Board of Directors
Place : Mumbai T. B. RUIA
Dated : 9th April, 2010 Chairman
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