LUCKNOW, Aug. 2 -- The Lucknow municipal commissioner has ordered a review into a Rs.4.77-crore financial liability incurred by the Lucknow City Transport Services Ltd (LCTSL), directing the city bus operator to identify officials responsible for the lapse after mandatory Employees' State Insurance (ESIC) contributions were not deducted from the salaries of contractual employees for nearly four years.

In an official communication to the LCTSL managing director, Lucknow civic body chief Gaurav Kumar pointed out that the company failed to deduct ESIC contributions from the wages of contractual workers between 2016 and January 2020, despite the deductions being mandatory under law. The omission eventually led the Employees' State Insurance ...