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It is contended that if viewed in the light of the principles laid down as above, the institution of the petition before this court by a nonexistent entity, in the eye of law , being invalid and infirm, could not gain currency - no matter if the certificate of incorporation was subsequently revived. It is contended that though it may be possible in a situation to claim that the proceedings were validly instituted but the subsequent revocation of the incorporation and revival thereafter, may enable a suitor to claim that the proceedings abated temporarily, during the hiatus brought about in a such a situation, the same cannot be said of proceedings invalidly instituted in the first instance. The rights of the parties if viewed as on the date the petitioner first approached this court, it is clear that the petition was not maintainable.