UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER / HALF YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2005
			(Rs. in lacs)
Particulars							Previous
							Accounting
			Quarter ended		Half-year ended		year ended
			30.09.2005	30.09.2004	30.09.2005	30.09.2004	31.03.2005
							(Audited)
1	Gross Sales		2144.13	1701.16	3897.27	3012.56	6772.09
	Excise Duty		205.55	178.57	377.45	311.31	678.44
	Net Sales		1938.58	1522.59	3519.82	2701.25	6093.65
2	Other Income		7.82	4.53	13.85	12.03	43.70
3	Total Expenditure		1663.87	1304.44	2998.63	2300.94	5424.12
	a)	Increase/decrease in stock in trade	-20.80	0.98	-196.88	-107.39	-122.72
	b)	Consumption of raw materials	236.31	215.48	429.82	409.63	910.51
	c)	Purchases (Tradings)	500.82	272.19	923.77	485.46	1234.80
	d)	Power & Fuel	105.44	98.82	240.96	184.95	401.91
	e)	Staff Cost	295.86	238.86	581.59	472.69	1007.59
	f)	Other expenditure	546.24	478.11	1019.37	855.60	1992.03
4	Operating Profit		282.53	222.68	535.04	412.34	713.23
5	Interest		42.18	28.34	83.60	59.43	104.11
6	Gross Profit		240.35	194.34	451.44	352.91	609.12
7	Depreciation		57.63	66.78	117.28	133.86	210.67
8	Profit (+)/Loss (-) before tax		182.72	127.56	334.16	219.05	398.45
9	Provision for taxation
	-	Current	28.60	20.00	53.04	50.00	164.10
	-	Deferred	36.89	-7.62	63.84	-15.36	-4.79
10	Net Profit (+)/Loss (-)		117.23	115.18	217.28	184.41	239.14
11	Paid-up equity share capital		268.75	268.75	268.75	268.75	268.75
	(Face Value Rs. 5/- each)
12	Reserves excluding revaluation reserve		---	---	---	---	2022.77
	(as per balance sheet)
13	a) Basic and diluted EPS (in Rs.)		2.18	2.14	4.04	3.43	4.45
	b) Cash EPS (in Rs.)		3.94	3.24	7.41	5.64	8.28
14	Aggregate of Non-promoter Shareholding
	- No. of shares		2237034	2237034	2237034	2237034	2237034
	- Percentage of shareholding		41.62	41.62	41.62	41.62	41.62
Notes:
1	The above statement of Unudited Financial Results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the
	Board of Directors at its meeting held on 24.10.2005.
2	Figures have been regrouped wherever necessary.
3	The Statutory Auditors of the Company have carried out a limited Review of the Unaudited  Financial Result for
	the quarter / half year ended 30.09.2005.
4	Status of Investors' Complaints / Queries: Pending as on 01.07.2005 - NIL, received during the quarter -42,
	disposed off during the quarter - 37 and pending as on 30.09.2005 - 5.
					By Order of the Board
Date: 24.10.2005					Vikram Somany
Place: Kolkata					Chairman-cum-Managing Director