6.4. In the opinion of this Court, the issue of law raised in the present suit is no longer res integra in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Har Naraini Devi (supra), where in the identical facts, it was held that the Act of 1956 would have no application to devolution of interest in an agricultural land situated in Delhi; and the said devolution would be governed by Section 50 of the DLR Act. In the said case before the Supreme Court, the Bhumidar i.e., Mukhtiar Singh had expired on 06.06.1997 and the agricultural land was mutated in favour of his grandsons as per Section 50(a) of the DLR Act. The challenge to the said mutation was raised by the widow of Mukhtiar Singh and her daughters who contended that the devolution of interest in the agricultural land should be governed by the Act of 1956, especially, in view of the deletion of Section 4(2) of the Act of 1956 [w.e.f. 09.09.2005]. However, the said challenge by the petitioners, therein, was rejected by the Supreme Court and it was held that repeal of Section 4(2) of the Act of 1956 came into effect on 09.09.2005, whereas, the devolution of interest (inheritance) in the agricultural land occurred on 06.06.1997, the date on which Mukhtiar Singh died. The Supreme Court held that the subsequent deletion of Section 4(2) of the Act of 1956 would have no impact on the rights of inheritance, which had already
