City MC on Friday said residents who failed to pay house tax and water bills will be issued notices to clear dues within 15 days else they will face strick action. P S Ghuman, zonal commissioner B, said that there are 29 defaulters whose cheques have bounced and now they have been given 15 days to clear the dues. He further informed that court summons too have been issued against them under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. "If even after 15 days dues are not cleared, they may have to face one year of imprisonment and pay double the pending amount," he added.