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'''Shakuntala Jakhu''' was a 1978 batch [[IAS officer]] and the former [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Shakuntala Jakhu to be new Haryana chief secretary |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/shakuntala-jakhu-to-be-new-haryana-chief-secretary/story-4jThPzIvs2HDL3iU2ZalmI.html |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=Hindustan Times |date=30 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref> to the [[Government of Haryana]]. She was the fourth female chief secretary of Haryana.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/haryana-gets-woman-chief-secretary/articleshow/39326362.cms?from=mdr | title=Haryana gets woman chief secretary | newspaper=The Times of India | date=31 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/keshni-anand-arora-is-new-haryana-chief-secretary/story-xkUd4NMKksgThXB5ZqD9SP.html | title=Keshni Anand Arora is new Haryana chief secretary | date=July 2019 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Before her appointment as Chief Secretary, Jakhu served in several key administrative roles. She was the [[Additional Chief Secretary]] and Financial Commissioner for the Revenue, Disaster Management, and Consolidation Departments.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Shakuntala Jakhu to be new Haryana chief secretary |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/shakuntala-jakhu-to-be-new-haryana-chief-secretary/story-4jThPzIvs2HDL3iU2ZalmI.html |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=Hindustan Times |date=30 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref> Her tenure as Chief Secretary began on August 1, 2014, following the retirement of S.C. Choudhary. Initially scheduled to retire on September 30, 2014, her service was extended until November 30, 2014, with clearance from the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Shakuntla Jakhu takes over as new Haryana CS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shakuntla-jakhu-takes-over-as-new-haryana-cs-114073101394_1.html |access-date=27 September 2025 |agency=Business Standard}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She wad born in [[Ravidassia|Ravidassia Community]] and married to a 1979 batch IAS officer, [[Ramendra Jakhu]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/ec-clears-extension-for-chief-secretary/articleshow/43922202.cms | title=EC clears extension for chief secretary | newspaper=The Times of India | date=October 2014 }}</ref> She is also a close relative of former [[Union Minister]] and [[Lok Sabha MP]] [[Kumari Selja]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/jakhu-to-continue-as-cs-till-november-30/story-qsbBxSKviqieBKh1xkBrNK.html | title=Jakhu to continue as CS till November 30 | date=30 September 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Controversy==<br />
Jakhu was among three Haryana cadre bureaucrats whose names were in the scam of Associate Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper, despite getting a clean chit from the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/national-herald-case-ias-officers-named-in-fir-despite-clean-chit-from-haryana-vigilance-bureau-4604567/ | title=National herald case: IAS officers named in FIR despite clean chit from Haryana vigilance bureau | date=8 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/national-herald-case-subramanian-swamy-seeks-b-s-hooda-ex-haryana-cm-as-witness | title=National Herald: Subramanian Swamy Seeks Ex-Haryana CM as Witness | date=23 April 2017 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Malkiat Singh (police officer)|Malkiat Singh Jakhu]]<br />
*[[Jagmohan Singh Raju]]<br />
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