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The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of academic procrastination on academic achievement of secondary school students. Academic achievement was treated as dependent variable whereas academic procrastination was treated as independent variable. Descriptive survey method was employed for the present study. A sample of 200 secondary school students was taken by using multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. Academic Achievement is defined as total marks obtained in the previous class i.e. 8th standard. Academic Procrastination Scale by Kalia and Yadav (2015) was used to collect the data. Mean, SD, t-test and Coefficient of Correlation (r) were employed to analyze the data. A significant difference was found in academic achievement of secondary school students having high and low academic procrastination. Male students perform high academic procrastination than female students. A significant but negative correlation was found between academic achievement and academic procrastination of secondary school students.