diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/PaginationRequest.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/PaginationRequest.java
index 7f8b794132..ef90ef1717 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/PaginationRequest.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/PaginationRequest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class PaginationRequest {
     private Map<String, Object> property = new HashMap<>();
     private List<String> statusList = new ArrayList<>();
     private OperationLogFilters operationLogFilters = new OperationLogFilters();
-    private SortColumn sortColumns;
+    private List<String> sortColumns;
     public OperationLogFilters getOperationLogFilters() {
         return operationLogFilters;
     }
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ public class PaginationRequest {
         this.filter = filter;
     }
 
-    public SortColumn getSortColumns() { return sortColumns; }
+    public void setSortColumns(List<String> sortColumns) { this.sortColumns = sortColumns; }
 
-    public void setSortColumns(SortColumn sortColumns) { this.sortColumns = sortColumns; }
+    public List<String> getSortColumns() { return sortColumns; }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/SortColumn.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/SortColumn.java
index 76ba03b332..8e6d4915ea 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/SortColumn.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/common/SortColumn.java
@@ -1,21 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * WSO2 Inc. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
- * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with the License.
- * you may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- *
  * Copyright (c) 2023, Entgra (pvt) Ltd. (https://entgra.io) All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
@@ -35,32 +18,15 @@
 
 package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
 /**
  * This class holds required parameters for a querying a sort by column in pagination.
  *
  */
 public class SortColumn {
-    List<String> name = new ArrayList<>();
-    List<SortColumn.types> type = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    /**
-     * SortColumn Constructor with sort field parameter and splitting string into columnName and sortType
-     *
-     * @param sort which is separated by a colon(:) and first will be the columnNane and the second will be type ASC or DESC
-     *
-     */
-    public SortColumn(List<String> sort) {
-        for (String sortBy: sort) {
-            String[] sorting = sortBy.split(":");
-            name.add(sorting[0]);
-            type.add(sorting.length >= 2 && (sorting[1].equalsIgnoreCase("desc")) ? types.DESC : types.ASC);
-        }
-    }
+    String name;
+    SortColumn.types type;
 
-    private enum types {
+    public enum types {
         ASC, DESC
     }
 
@@ -68,25 +34,25 @@ public class SortColumn {
      * ColumnName setter method
      * @param name of the column
      */
-    public void setName(List<String> name) { this.name = name; }
+    public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; }
 
     /**
      * get the name of the column
      * @return name
      */
-    public List<String> getName() { return name; }
+    public String getName() { return name; }
 
     /**
      * Column sort type
      * @param type of sort as ASC or DESC
      */
-    public void setType(List<SortColumn.types> type) { this.type = type; }
+    public void setType(SortColumn.types type) { this.type = type; }
 
     /**
      * get column sort type
      * @return type of sort
      */
-    public List<SortColumn.types> getType() { return type; }
+    public SortColumn.types getType() { return type; }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
index 65a26d1330..3c733a1510 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/util/DeviceManagerUtil.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.EnrolmentInfo;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.GroupPaginationRequest;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.PaginationRequest;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.PaginationResult;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.SortColumn;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.configuration.mgt.ConfigurationEntry;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.configuration.mgt.ConfigurationManagementException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.configuration.mgt.EnrollmentConfiguration;
@@ -1284,4 +1285,23 @@ public final class DeviceManagerUtil {
                     + deviceGroup.getGroupId();
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert SortColumns field parameter and splitting string into columnName and sortType
+     *
+     * @param sortColumns which is separated by a colon(:) and first will be the columnNane and the second will be type ASC or DESC
+     * @return sortColumnList as a list of sortColumn
+     */
+    public static List<SortColumn> convertToSortColumn(List<String> sortColumns) {
+        List<SortColumn> sortColumnList = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String sortBy: sortColumns) {
+            SortColumn sortColumn = new SortColumn();
+            String[] sorting = sortBy.split(":");
+            sortColumn.setName(sorting[0]);
+            sortColumn.setType(sorting.length >= 2 && (sorting[1].equalsIgnoreCase("desc"))
+                    ? SortColumn.types.DESC : SortColumn.types.ASC);
+            sortColumnList.add(sortColumn);
+        }
+        return sortColumnList;
+    }
 }