18 Regino v.

Pangasinan Colleges of SciencesDoctrine: Exhaustion of administrative remedies has no application where a student is not asking for thereversal of the policies of an educational institution nor demanding that she be allowed to take the finalexaminations that she was prevented from taking, but is praying for damages. Facts:The petitioner, Khristine Rea M. Regino, sued the schoolPangasinan Colleges of Sciences for damagesbefore the RTC for preventing her from taking the final exams due to her failure to pay for tickets for aschool fundraising activity called "Rave Party and Dance Revolution , and respondent insisted that thecomplaint should first be filed with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Issues: Whether or not CHED an administrative body has the power to award damages based on thecomplaint of the student-petitioner.Whether or not the exhaustion of administrative remedies has no application in the case at bar. Ruling: No. CHED has no power to award damages, and thus, the petitioner could not have commencedher case before the CHED.Exhaustion of administrative remedies has no application where a student is not asking for the reversalof the policies of an educational institution nor demanding that she be allowed to take the finalexaminations that she was prevented from taking, but is praying for damages.