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9. The Full Bench, in Pragati Construction Consultants (supra), was dealing with a reference from a Division Bench of this Court in relation to conflicting views taken by Division Benches on the question of 'what constitutes a valid filing under Section 34 of the A & C Act'. It must be noted that the basic conflict in the views expressed by Division Benches was essentially on the issue of whether the non-filing of a statement of truth or filing with an unsigned statement of truth, not supported by an affidavit, would be non-est. While Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v Planetcast Technologies Ltd. 2023 SCC OnLine Del 8490 held that such petition, without a proper statement of truth would be non-est, the Court in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v Joint Venture of M/S Sai Rama Engineering Enterprises (Sree) & M/S Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited (Meil) 2023 SCC OnLine Del 63 stated that such a petition would not be non-est.