Leaflet geojson unstable layer order - leaflet

I have a situation with Leaflet, where I want to display different layers on a map and toggle between them using a layer controller.
My problem is that one of the layer is a geojson and I need to display the layers of that geojson in a specific order.
I do so using bringToFront and bringToback functions on the geojson layer.
But when I toggle between different layers using the controller, the ordering is lost.
Here is a fiddle showing the problem. Toggle the layers and the triangle will change color.
Question : is there a way to keep the layers order stable while toggling around ?

You could achieve the desired result, just by re-ordering your features in your geojson, without using Leaflet's bringToBack() method.
Higher position of an item in geojson.features array will result in higher display (above feaures with lower position).
The following function changes the order accordingly.
const moveLayersToBottom = (geojson, featureName) => {
geojson.features.sort((x, y) => (
x.properties.name === featureName ? -1 : y.properties.name === featureName ? 1 : 0
))
}
moveLayersToBottom(myGeojson, 'zone_1');
Here is your fiddle, edited (I commented out code of your fiddle that is unnecessary): https://jsfiddle.net/br0g962p/

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<div id="leaflet"></div>
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