An article headlined " A life lost to litigation " in the Hindustan Times yesterday outlines how government officials use our money to persecute and harass us. One Ashok Kumar Aggarwal was suspended by the Central Bank of India in 1978 for stealing Rs 159000 from six inoperative bank accounts. He was just 29 years old at the time. The bank lodged a criminal case against him which was dismissed by a court in Jalandhar, Punjab 1983. In 1991 the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed an appeal filed by the bank. The bank officials were not done. Despite his acquittal by the High Court the bank instituted departmental proceedings against Mr Aggarwal for " gross misconduct." In 2007 the High Court again found for Mr Aggarwal and quashed the " departmental proceedings " against him. Still the bank would not give up. In February 2008 it moved the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court because of the " very serious nature " of Mr Aggarwal's crimes. While the case is being heard before the Supreme Court the bank terminated Mr Aggarwal's employment one day before he was scheduled to retire. In spite of its complaints being repeatedly rejected by the courts the bank did not reinstate Mr Aggarwal. He was paid Rs 500-600 per month between 1979 and 1987 and fro 1987 to March 2009 he was paid Rs 1380 a month. If the Supreme Court finds for the bank then crime will have been punished. If, however, the Court again rejects the Bank's case it must make an example of the officials of the bank. Make the CEO and MD pay all the arrears with interest and costs. That will teach sarkari bastards to use our money to screw us.