New Delhi: Delhi High Court has ruled that Gayatri Devi's two grandchildren will be her legal heirs and overruled its earlier decision that the two stepsons of the late Jaipur queen were also entitled to a share of her property.

Her grandchildren Devraj and Lalitya had earlier moved the high court saying their father Jagat Singh was the son of Gayatri Devi and late Maharaj Sawai Man Singh.

Jagat Singh died leaving a will that Gayatri Devi would be the owner of all his properties.

Later, Gayatri Devi, who died on July 29, 2009, left a will saying her grandchildren Devraj and Lalitya, currently living in Bangkok, would inherit all her properties, the siblings had told the high court.

The recent order by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat came on a review petition by the two grandchildren challenging a 2010 decision of the same court allowing two separate applications for impleadment as heirs of Gayatri Devi.

While one plea had been filed by Devraj and Lalitya, the other application was moved by Gayatri Devi's stepsons Prithvi Raj Singh and Jai Singh, who were born from another wife of Maharaj Sawai Man Singh.

The court set aside its October 19, 2010, order, allowed the review petition and said: "Devraj and Lalitya Kumari are to be treated as legal representatives of the late Gayatri Devi."

It also relied on a Supreme Court judgment saying the verdict was decisive on the question that step-children cannot be equated with children.

"Therefore, the question of other individuals, claiming to succeed to Gayatri Devi's will, cannot arise. For the foregoing reasons, it is held that the review petition has to succeed. It is allowed. The order dated October 19, 2010, is therefore, set aside," Delhi High Court said.

"The present applicants - Devraj and Lalitya Kumari - are to be treated as legal representatives of the late Gayatri Devi," the court added. PTI