If the resignation is followed by a notice period of 1 month or 2 months or more whichever is applicable, then yes it is true that the company must pay the ESIC contribution till the last working date.
If this is a case, where the employee is exiting on 28th October, still the company has to pay the ESIC contribution, even though it is the start of a new contribution period.
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