WASH. FED. SAV. & L. ASS'N v. Whiteside, 488 A.2d 936 (1985)

The RAO has primary jurisdiction to decide matters properly brought before them under the Rent Control Act. Drayton v. Poretsky Management, 462 A.2d 1115 (D.C.1983); Interstate General Corp. v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations Commission, 441 A.2d 252 (D.C. 1982). Likewise, the RAO has jurisdiction to determine its jurisdiction over the complaint filed by Whiteside. See City Wide Learning Center, Inc. v. William C. Smith & Company, 488 A.2d 1310 (D.C. 1985); Auger v. District of Columbia Board of Appeals & Review, 477 A.2d 196, 207 (D.C.1984). The RAO having determined *938 the matter, and Washington Federal having exhausted its administrative remedies, its proper remedy is to petition for review in this court. See City Wide Learning, supra; Beal v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 474 A.2d 829 (D.C.1984).