The issue got resolved when we moved from JBoss 5.0.1 to JBoss 5.1.0 View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4247802#4247802 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4247802