While looking through back issues of the Fortean Times I came across a wonderful little snippet from their Sidelines section, odd news reports from around the world. I reproduce it verbatim here, for your delectation.
Ravindra Nath Halder applied for a civil service job in West Bengal in 1968. Now the owner of a Calcutta snack shop he was amazed to get a letter 34 years later, inviting him to an interview. At 52 he said he was too old for the post. Labour minister, Mohammed Amin explained it “often took a long time for a person to be called for interview,” Reuters, 14th March, 2002