I have never met Chandrakant Anil. Nor Ratn Sanjay. Yet I salute this 1991 IASand 1998 IPS duo currently serving Siwan. I believe the entire Indian civilservice, should give them a standing ovation and support them for doing what fewin the system have had the courage to do. They have put their ownlives at stake, becoming marked menforever, by putting the common weal beforepersonal safety or career. They have protected democracy and shown us a sterlingexample of what good governance means in the rough and tumble of day-to-day lifein one of India’s most backward states. If only therule of law had been upheld by the civil service on the very first day whenthe first version of Shahabuddin attempted to raise his head inSiwan,, we would have been spared all that's followed.