With Patel promoted, the only activity in the TADA court till a new judge is appointed will be that of the accused on bail reporting every Monday to sign the muster. This, incidentally, was his last order. For his part, he says he will miss the action at the Arthur Road jail from where the TADA court has been functioning since April 1994: "It is like climbing half way up Mt Everest and being brought back. I would have been happy to reach the summit. But I am glad about my promotion, which was due." The promotion came on March 6, a day before he was to cross-examine his 50th witness, and Patel joined the ranks of over 40 judges in the Bombay High Court. "I was bowled out before I could score a half-century," he laughs.