it worked out using event, following is the code that worked for me
<node name="FetchUserEsb">
<event type="node-enter">
<create-timer duedate="10 seconds" transition="TimeOut"></create-timer>
</event>
<action
class="org.jboss.soa.esb.services.jbpm.actionhandlers.EsbActionHandler">
<esbCategoryName>FetchUserAlfrescoCat</esbCategoryName>
<esbServiceName>FetchUserAlfrescoServ</esbServiceName>
<exceptionTransition>exception</exceptionTransition>
<bpmToEsbVars />
<esbToBpmVars>
<mapping esb="BODY_CONTENT" bpm="userList" />
</esbToBpmVars>
</action>
<transition to="MailSetUpNode" name="MailSetUpNode"></transition>
<transition to="ExceptionNode" name="exception"></transition>
<transition to="TimeOut" name="TimeOut"></transition>
</node>
Don't know why previous didnt work, it just threw an error after the time completed
the error was : ERROR [org.jboss.soa.esb.services.jbpm.integration.job.ExecuteTimerCommand] Timer retry count exceeded for timer 2358
If anyone knows about the error, do let me know.