India, May 3 -- Senior faculty members from several Delhi government hospitals such as Ambedkar Hospital, Lok Nayak Hospital, and Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, submitted a representation to lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena's office on Friday, demanding that they be allowed to avail of the Old Pension Scheme - Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules 1972 - rather than the National Pension System 2004, according to people familiar with the matter.

A group of 70 doctors reached the LG's office on Friday afternoon to submit their demand. They said that despite their multiple requests, they were not being allowed to avail of the benefits under the Old Pension Scheme as the government claims they were hired as contractual workers.

A senior doc...