How to change the sort order for shipping in admin panel in magento

Step 1 : You have to copy this two files to your Theme in the adminhtml

app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/sales/order/shipment/create/tracking.phtml
app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/sales/order/invoice/create/tracking.phtml

Step 2 : Open : app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/sales/order/shipment/create/tracking.phtml
(you will find this code at Line number 93)

Replace with

<select name="tracking[__index__][carrier_code]" id="trackingC__index__" class="select carrier" style="width:110px;" disabled="disabled">
    <?php foreach ($this->getCarriers() as $_code=>$_name): ?>
    <option value="<?php echo $_code ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_name) ?></option>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</select>

Step 3 : Open : app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/sales/order/invoice/create/tracking.phtml
(you will find this code at Line number 93)

Replace with

<select name="tracking[__index__][carrier_code]" id="trackingC__index__" class="select carrier" style="width:110px;" disabled="disabled">
    <?php foreach ($this->getCarriers() as $_code=>$_name): ?>
    <option <?php if ($_code=="ups"): ?>selected<?php endif; ?> value="<?php echo $_code ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_name) ?></option>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</select>