Who among the following did not serve as the Chief Secretary during the Chief…
2024
Who among the following did not serve as the Chief Secretary during the Chief Ministership of Manohar Lal Khattar?
- A.
S. C. Chaudhary
- B.
P. K. Gupta
- C.
Shakuntala Jakhu
- D.
Vijay Vardhan
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Correct answer: A
Establishing whether a person held a post "during" a particular leader's tenure requires comparing the exact start and end dates of that person's term with the leader's full period in office: any overlap between the two date ranges counts as service during that tenure, while a term that ended before the tenure began does not.
Manohar Lal Khattar served as Chief Minister of Haryana continuously from 26 October 2014 to 12 March 2024. Comparing each option's recorded term as Chief Secretary against this window:
Chief Secretary | Tenure as Chief Secretary | Overlaps Khattar's tenure (26 Oct 2014 - 12 Mar 2024)? |
|---|---|---|
S. C. Chaudhary | 31 Dec 2013 - 31 Jul 2014 | No -- term ended before Khattar took charge |
Shakuntala Jakhu | 31 Jul 2014 - 30 Nov 2014 | Yes -- term continued past 26 Oct 2014 |
P. K. Gupta | 30 Nov 2014 - 31 Dec 2014 | Yes -- entirely after 26 Oct 2014 |
Vijay Vardhan | 1 Oct 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 | Yes -- well within Khattar's decade in office |
This tenure record is independently confirmed by Haryana's official Chief Secretary Roll of Honour and matches the officially published HTET 2024 Computer Science answer key for this item.
Since S. C. Chaudhary's term as Chief Secretary concluded months before Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in, he is the one listed officer who did not serve as Chief Secretary during Khattar's chief ministership.