diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Helpers/CacheHelper/ProjectCache.cs b/Marco.Pms.Helpers/CacheHelper/ProjectCache.cs
index 6f11b07..77ca7d4 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Helpers/CacheHelper/ProjectCache.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Helpers/CacheHelper/ProjectCache.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Marco.Pms.Model.Projects;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using MongoDB.Bson;
+using MongoDB.Bson.Serialization;
 using MongoDB.Driver;
 
 namespace Marco.Pms.Helpers
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Helpers
     {
         private readonly IMongoCollection<ProjectMongoDB> _projectCollection;
         private readonly IMongoCollection<WorkItemMongoDB> _taskCollection;
+
+        private readonly string ActiveProjectStatusId = "b74da4c2-d07e-46f2-9919-e75e49b12731";
+        private readonly string InProgressProjectStatusId = "cdad86aa-8a56-4ff4-b633-9c629057dfef";
+        private readonly string OnHoldProjectStatusId = "603e994b-a27f-4e5d-a251-f3d69b0498ba";
+        private readonly string InActiveProjectStatusId = "ef1c356e-0fe0-42df-a5d3-8daee355492d";
         public ProjectCache(ApplicationDbContext context, IConfiguration configuration)
         {
             var connectionString = configuration["MongoDB:ConnectionString"];
@@ -135,16 +141,68 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Helpers
 
             return project;
         }
+
+        //public async Task<List<ProjectMongoDB>> GetProjectDetailsListFromCache(List<Guid> projectIds)
+        //{
+        //    List<string> stringProjectIds = projectIds.Select(p => p.ToString()).ToList();
+        //    var filter = Builders<ProjectMongoDB>.Filter.In(p => p.Id, stringProjectIds);
+        //    var projection = Builders<ProjectMongoDB>.Projection.Exclude(p => p.Buildings);
+        //    var projects = await _projectCollection
+        //        .Find(filter)
+        //        .Project<ProjectMongoDB>(projection)
+        //    .ToListAsync();
+        //    return projects;
+        //}
+
         public async Task<List<ProjectMongoDB>> GetProjectDetailsListFromCache(List<Guid> projectIds)
         {
-            List<string> stringProjectIds = projectIds.Select(p => p.ToString()).ToList();
+            var stringProjectIds = projectIds.Select(p => p.ToString()).ToList();
+
             var filter = Builders<ProjectMongoDB>.Filter.In(p => p.Id, stringProjectIds);
-            var projection = Builders<ProjectMongoDB>.Projection.Exclude(p => p.Buildings);
-            var projects = await _projectCollection
-                .Find(filter)
+
+            var projection = Builders<ProjectMongoDB>.Projection
+                .Exclude(p => p.Buildings);
+
+            // base aggregation
+            var aggregate = _projectCollection.Aggregate()
+                .Match(filter)
                 .Project<ProjectMongoDB>(projection)
-            .ToListAsync();
-            return projects;
+                .AppendStage<BsonDocument>(
+                    @"{
+                        $addFields: {
+                            statusPriority: {
+                                $cond: [
+                                    { $eq: [""$ProjectStatus.Id"", """ + ActiveProjectStatusId + @"""] }, 0,
+                                    {
+                                        $cond: [
+                                            { $eq: [""$ProjectStatus.Id"", """ + InProgressProjectStatusId + @"""] }, 1,
+                                            {
+                                                $cond: [
+                                                    { $eq: [""$ProjectStatus.Id"", """ + OnHoldProjectStatusId + @"""] }, 2,
+                                                    {
+                                                        $cond: [
+                                                            { $eq: [""$ProjectStatus.Id"", """ + InActiveProjectStatusId + @"""] }, 3,
+                                                            4
+                                                        ]
+                                                    }
+                                                ]
+                                            }
+                                        ]
+                                    }
+                                ]
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }")
+                .Sort(Builders<BsonDocument>.Sort
+                    .Ascending("statusPriority")   // custom status order
+                    .Ascending("ShortName"));            // then by Name
+
+            var docs = await aggregate.ToListAsync();
+
+            var items = docs
+                .Select(d => BsonSerializer.Deserialize<ProjectMongoDB>(d))
+                .ToList();
+            return items;
         }
         public async Task<bool> DeleteProjectByIdFromCacheAsync(Guid projectId)
         {
diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Model/MongoDBModels/Project/ProjectMongoDB.cs b/Marco.Pms.Model/MongoDBModels/Project/ProjectMongoDB.cs
index d64d358..982adf9 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Model/MongoDBModels/Project/ProjectMongoDB.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Model/MongoDBModels/Project/ProjectMongoDB.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Model.MongoDBModels.Project
         public int TeamSize { get; set; }
         public double CompletedWork { get; set; }
         public double PlannedWork { get; set; }
+        public int statusPriority { get; set; }
         public DateTime ExpireAt { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow.Date.AddDays(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ProjectServices.cs b/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ProjectServices.cs
index 760cc6b..304132d 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ProjectServices.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ProjectServices.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Service
         private readonly ILoggingService _logger;
         private readonly CacheUpdateHelper _cache;
         private readonly IMapper _mapper;
+
+        private readonly Guid ActiveProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("b74da4c2-d07e-46f2-9919-e75e49b12731");
+        private readonly Guid InProgressProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("cdad86aa-8a56-4ff4-b633-9c629057dfef");
+        private readonly Guid OnHoldProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("603e994b-a27f-4e5d-a251-f3d69b0498ba");
+        private readonly Guid InActiveProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("ef1c356e-0fe0-42df-a5d3-8daee355492d");
+        private readonly Guid CompletedProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("33deaef9-9af1-4f2a-b443-681ea0d04f81");
         public ProjectServices(
             IDbContextFactory<ApplicationDbContext> dbContextFactory,
             IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
@@ -3314,6 +3320,13 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Service
                 using var context = _dbContextFactory.CreateDbContext();
                 return await context.Projects.AsNoTracking()
                     .Where(p => projectIdsToFetch.Contains(p.Id) && p.TenantId == tenantId)
+                    .OrderBy(p =>
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == ActiveProjectStatusId ? 0 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == InProgressProjectStatusId ? 1 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == OnHoldProjectStatusId ? 2 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == InActiveProjectStatusId ? 3 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == CompletedProjectStatusId ? 4 : 5)
+                    .ThenBy(p => p.ShortName)
                     .ToListAsync();
             });
 
diff --git a/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ServiceProjectService.cs b/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ServiceProjectService.cs
index 35e89df..24d57a2 100644
--- a/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ServiceProjectService.cs
+++ b/Marco.Pms.Services/Service/ServiceProjectService.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Service
         private readonly Guid ClosedStatus = Guid.Parse("3ddeefb5-ae3c-4e10-a922-35e0a452bb69");
         private readonly Guid OnHoldStatus = Guid.Parse("75a0c8b8-9c6a-41af-80bf-b35bab722eb2");
 
+        private readonly Guid ActiveProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("b74da4c2-d07e-46f2-9919-e75e49b12731");
+        private readonly Guid InProgressProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("cdad86aa-8a56-4ff4-b633-9c629057dfef");
+        private readonly Guid OnHoldProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("603e994b-a27f-4e5d-a251-f3d69b0498ba");
+        private readonly Guid InActiveProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("ef1c356e-0fe0-42df-a5d3-8daee355492d");
+        private readonly Guid CompletedProjectStatusId = Guid.Parse("33deaef9-9af1-4f2a-b443-681ea0d04f81");
+
         public ServiceProjectService(IDbContextFactory<ApplicationDbContext> dbContextFactory,
             IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory,
             ApplicationDbContext context,
@@ -107,7 +113,13 @@ namespace Marco.Pms.Services.Service
 
                 // Fetch projects for the requested page with ordering by newest
                 var serviceProjects = await serviceProjectQuery
-                    .OrderByDescending(sp => sp.CreatedAt)
+                    .OrderBy(p =>
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == ActiveProjectStatusId ? 0 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == InProgressProjectStatusId ? 1 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == OnHoldProjectStatusId ? 2 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == InActiveProjectStatusId ? 3 :
+                        p.ProjectStatusId == CompletedProjectStatusId ? 4 : 5)
+                    .ThenBy(p => p.ShortName)
                     .Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize)
                     .Take(pageSize)
                     .ToListAsync();