Journal not routing through the approval group

It is regarding GL approval rules. We have set the approval rules with approval group and group first responder as a 'Approval routing'. Now when I am creating journal, the journal is not routing through the approval group. Approval required is enabled in ledger options and journal source. Approval group is also defined right. In transaction console it is just showing status as submitted but nothing more. Action tab is not abled i.e it is not showing options to terminate or resotore the process and after 2-3 hours gap it is showing error with below meesage-