A survey was undertaken to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership styles of secondary school teachers. A sample of 200 secondary school teachers (includes both the gender) were procured from 20 high schools in Puducherry region. Emotional intelligence scale (Balasubramanium, 2003) and Liker’s type leadership style 5-point scale was used as the tool for the present study. The data collected were analyzed statistically using SPSS package. The result revealed that positive correlation exists between emotional intelligence and leadership style variables, whereas significant difference exhibit in emotional intelligence and leadership style variables with respect to different demographic variables.