diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
index d36c36dd5..d6b1dec02 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
@@ -890,7 +890,11 @@ class CycleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
index f9c59b928..2b42a74ff 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ class IssueArchiveViewSet(BaseViewSet):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
index c54bb87be..6b2375e7d 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ class IssueListEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
index 24b8b08e0..42c610917 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ class IssueDraftViewSet(BaseViewSet):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
index 0c47c928e..e0bcc8feb 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
@@ -614,7 +614,11 @@ class ModuleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
index d813414e4..fbc7db810 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ class GlobalViewIssuesViewSet(BaseViewSet):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
index 92653f721..77f1097ad 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
@@ -663,7 +663,11 @@ class ProjectIssuesPublicEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
         else:
             # List Paginate
             return self.paginate(
-                order_by=order_by_param,
+                order_by=(
+                    "-priority_order"
+                    if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                    else order_by_param
+                ),
                 request=request,
                 queryset=issue_queryset,
                 on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/utils/paginator.py b/apiserver/plane/utils/paginator.py
index f1b23d49f..d08887841 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/utils/paginator.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/utils/paginator.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ from collections.abc import Sequence
 # Django imports
 from django.db.models import Count, F, Window
 from django.db.models.functions import RowNumber
-from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 
 # Third party imports
+from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
 # Module imports
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ class OffsetPaginator:
 
         queryset = self.queryset
         if self.key:
-            queryset = queryset.order_by(*self.key)
+            queryset = queryset.order_by(
+                *self.key,
+            )
 
         page = cursor.offset
         offset = cursor.offset * cursor.value
@@ -506,12 +508,6 @@ class SubGroupedOffsetPaginator(OffsetPaginator):
             for group in self.group_by_fields
         }
 
-    def __result_already_added(self, result, group):
-        for existing_issue in group:
-            if existing_issue["id"] == result["id"]:
-                return True
-        return False
-
     def __query_multi_grouper(self, results):
         processed_results = self.__get_field_dict()
         # Preparing a dict to keep track of group IDs associated with each label ID