1. The common question referred to the Division Bench is whether the claimants are entitled to get interest on compensation in respect of the trees cut and removed from their properties without having any contractual obligation. When the matter was argued before us, the question was limited to the date from which interest has to be calculated, i.e., whether interest is to be paid from the date of cutting of trees or from the date on which the application for compensation was made or from the date on which compensation was awarded. Therefore, there is no dispute before us that interest is payable on the compensation for trees cut and removed. In some of the revisions, compensation was awarded for the trees cut and interest at different rates is awarded from the date of petition till the date of payment and in some others Kerala State Electricity Board has challenged the award and rate of interest. According to the persons who have filed the revisions challenging the sufficiency of compensation, interest should have been awarded from the date of cutting and not from the date of petition. There is also controversy as to what exactly is the percentage of interest to be awarded. But it