service.xml file with order by clause

The attributes of the order-column element allows you to fine tune the ordering
of the entity.

<order by="asc">

<order-column name="title" />

</order>
The above settings will order by title in an ascending manner.
<order by="asc"><order-column name="parentLayoutId" />
<order-column name="priority" />
</order>

The above settings will order by parentLayoutId and then by priority in an ascending manner.
<order by="asc">
<order-column name="name" case-sensitive="false" />
</order>
The above settings will order by name and will not be case sensitive.
<order>
<order-column name="articleId" order-by="asc" />
<order-column name="version" order-by="desc" />
</order>
The above settings will order by articleId in an ascending manner and then by
version in a descending manner.