3.From the order of the learned Single Judge, this Court finds that the learned Judge has not given any proper or valid reason for imposing exemplary cost of Rs.25,000/-. The official respondents are expected only to give instructions to the Government Pleader who shall prepare the counter affidavit and file it. This Court is unable to sustain the order imposing cost of Rs.25,000/- each on the appellants 2 and 3 for not filing counter affidavit in the writ petition which was filed in 2019. The learned Judge has not even issued notice to the persons who are holding office before passing the impugned order. The order is therefore in violation of principles of natural justice. It is not necessary that in all cases, counter affidavit has to be filed. There are other factors which should be looked into before finding fault with the official respondents for not filing counter affidavit. In the absence of any reason to sustain the order impugned, this Court finds that the appellants cannot be multed with such exemplary cost even for not filing counter
