Since her date of joining is 1st March 2008, her benefit period starts on 1st December 2008 (nine months of first entry) Since she resigned from service well before her benefit period it is not possible to get maternity benefits. Moreover, from the post it seems that notice of expected date of confinement in form 21, claim for maternity benefit in form 22 and certificate of confinement in form 23 were not given to the ESIC in due time. She should have filed certificate of confinement within 30 days from the actual date of delivery, ie, 12-12-08. Similarly Regulation 93 of the ESI (General) Regulations, 1950 provides that a woman employee shall be disqualified from claiming maternity benefit if she fails to attend for medical check up. Regards, Madhu.T.K