Chandigarh, May 29 -- A year after the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was ordered to deposit over three lakh rupees, a local court has ordered attachment of its bank account of for failure to pay the amount.

The case stems from a petition filed by Sahil Engineering Works, accusing ESIC of acting in an illegal manner and wrongly charging Rs.3,53,265. The petitioner approached the court seeking refund of the amount.

In July last year, the court of Rahul Garg, civil Judge, senior division had ordered the regional director, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), regional office Chandigarh, to pay a sum of Rs.3.53 lakh to the petitioner within two months. However, the corporation failed to deposit the amount within time....